the legislation also expands llp to include dj's. when we first passed the limited live performance legislation at the board i did try at that time to get dj's included. i was unsuccessful and indicated i would do a [inaudible] so that's what we're doing. also it provides increased enforcement power for the commission and staff. for example, the legislation expands the limited suspense period that the director -- executive director can apply for a venue that violates the law from seven days to 15 days to provide more flexibility and enforcement. it also provides the director and the commission the power to require a sound test as a condition of a permit. in addition it provides the director with the ability when a club changes hands into a new place of entertainment permit is required to provide a provide temporary place of entertainment permit to bridge the gap for the business so the business does not have to shut down. these are a few examples. there are other provisions in the legislation as well. today i did introduce substitute

currently director of research at bloomberg government which is -- >> guest: a subsidiary of bloomberg llp, maybe not a competitor of c-span, but we have our own tv station, but that's not all, of course. michael bloomberg started a fabulous career after solomon brothers and built an enormous business around the bloomberg terminal, and now bloomberg is in many, many businesses. one of of which is bloomberg government which was started about two and a half years ago which is an information service for pay that provides economic analysis of the business impact of government decisions. we also have information for clients that want to know a lot about congress and know about executive branch agencies, government contracts and so forth. >> host: robert litan, wherever we have members of congress on this program discussing communications issues, they or we often bring up the 1996 telecom act and whether or not it needs to be updated. >> guest: yeah. well, our book is an implicit endorsement of that proposition. we're arguing for, in effect, a new framework for the fcc and a new statute that, in