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HR 691 109th Congress House

Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005

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

Introduced: July 11, 2005 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 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 9, 2005
Introduced in House
Feb 9, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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 Latest action February 25, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after July 1, 2005, 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.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1236 Related bill Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 2 Republican 1
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Dec 18, 2005
CAMP, DAVE
· Oct 18, 2005
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Sep 15, 2005
Fortuno, Luis
· Sep 7, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 11, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 23, 2005
HASTINGS, DOC
· May 11, 2005
STUPAK, BART
· May 11, 2005
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Apr 26, 2005
BOUCHER, RICK
· Apr 14, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 691: Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-691/
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"H.R. 691: Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-691/.
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H.R. 691, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-691/.
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