S 2454
107th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Auctions
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation
Television frequency allocation
Wireless communication
Auction Reform Act of 2002
Introduced: May 2, 2002
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Became law
May 2, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 2, 2002
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Auction Reform Act of 2002 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and other Federal law to repeal current deadlines for licenses for and auctioning of electromagnetic spectrum used by analog television broadcasters (which includes spectrum in the general 700 megahertz range). Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from commencing or conducting spectrum auctions 31 and 44, currently scheduled for June 19, 2002.
Requires the FCC to report to Congress: (1) specifying when it intends to reschedule such auctions; and (2) describing progress made in the transition from analog to digital television and in the assignment and allocation of additional spectrum for advanced mobile communications services that warrants the scheduling of such auctions.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1