S 2183
106th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative procedure
Amateur radio stations
Communication satellites
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Radio broadcasting
Radio spectrum allocation
Space activities
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 1999
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 6, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 6, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1185)
Mar 6, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 1999 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from making any reallocations of amateur radio service and amateur satellite service frequency bands, diminishing the secondary allocations of such bands, or making additional allocations within such bands that would substantially reduce their utility unless at the same time the FCC provides equivalent replacement spectrum.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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