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HR 713 108th Congress House

Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003

Official title: To ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators.

Introduced: December 8, 2003 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedureCommunication satellitesFederal Communications CommissionGovernment Operations and Politics
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 12, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 12, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 26, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after July 1, 2003, from reallocating primary allocations of bands of frequencies of the amateur radio and amateur satellite services, diminishing the secondary allocations of such bands to such services, or making additional allocations within such bands that would substantially reduce their utility to the amateur radio or satellite service, unless the FCC provides equivalent replacement spectrum to amateur radio and satellite service.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 8 Republican 6
D
Thompson, Mike
California · May 18, 2004
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 17, 2004
HILL, BARON
· Jan 28, 2004
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Dec 8, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 8, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Nov 21, 2003
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 30, 2003
 R
Turner, Michael R.
Ohio · Oct 29, 2003
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Oct 20, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Oct 20, 2003
TIAHRT, TODD
· Sep 25, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 14, 2003
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jul 8, 2003
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 8, 2003
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Apr 29, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 25, 2003
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Feb 13, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 713: Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-713/
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