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S 4234 116th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications

Ensuring Public Safety’s Access to Airwaves Act of 2020

Introduced: July 21, 2020 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jul 21, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 21, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Public Safety's Access to Airwaves Act of 2020

This bill repeals the requirement that the Federal Communications Commission reallocate designated spectrum currently used for public safety. Further, it requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, taking into account certain considerations, to identify a specified amount of federal spectrum that shall be reallocated for the provision of private commercial mobile and fixed wireless broadband internet access service.

What's happening now July 21, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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