S 2869
107th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative remedies
Auctions
Broadband
Collection of accounts
Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Internet
Law
Licenses
Radio spectrum allocation
Supreme Court decisions
Television frequency allocation
Wireless communication
A bill 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: August 1, 2002
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11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 22, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Nov 19, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 19, 2002
Received in the House.
Nov 19, 2002
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 14, 2002
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 14, 2002
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 14, 2002
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S11153-11154)
Nov 14, 2002
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Aug 1, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Aug 1, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7939)
Aug 1, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Committees of jurisdiction
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