HR 4738
107th Congress
House
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative remedies
Auctions
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation
Television frequency allocation
Wireless communication
To facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures required in the public interest to meet the needs of wireless telecommunications consumers.
Introduced: May 15, 2002
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6088-6089)
Jun 3, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
May 15, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 15, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), within 15 days after the enactment of this Act, to return to the winning bidders of spectrum auction 35 the full amount of all deposits and down payments made for licenses that the FCC has not delivered by such date.
Frees each winning bidder that elects within such period to relinquish a license not yet delivered of all license obligations such bidder would otherwise have had, including the obligation to pay the full amount of its winning bid upon license delivery.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6088-6089)
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