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Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act of 2008

Introduced: April 17, 2008 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Became law
Apr 17, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Apr 17, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 17, 2008
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E651)
Apr 17, 2008
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wireless Internet Nationwide for Families Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote nationwide broadband competition through the use of wireless services by issuing nationwide licenses, for a term of at least 15 years, for two bands of frequencies, each composed of 20 megahertz of unpaired contiguous spectrum, one band under 3 gigahertz and not part of the recovered analog spectrum and the other band between 2155 and 2180 megahertz.

Requires licensees, among other things, to offer to consumers and authorized public safety users, without subscription, airtime, usage, or other charges, a data service that is faster than 200 kilobits per second and that has technology that protects underage users from accessing obscene or indecent material.

Requires a separate rule-making or other procedures for licensing through auction additional unpaired contiguous spectrum of 20 megahertz below 3 gigahertz, but states that the auction shall be conducted without the conditions specified in the immediately preceding paragraph unless the Commission finds it is in the public interest.

What's happening now April 17, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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