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H.R. 1320, 108th Congress

Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act

Originated in the House · Introduced Mar 18, 2003 · Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor

Fred Upton

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108th Congress
MeasureTitle
H.R. 3717 · Science, Technology, CommunicationsBroadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004

Latest action

Oct 17, 2003

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 314.

CRS summary

As of Oct 17, 2003

Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Organization Act to rewrite provisions concerning the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users.

Mandates that any Federal entity that operates a Government station assigned within eligible frequencies and that incurs relocation costs due to reallocation to non-Federal use receive reimbursement from the Spectrum Relocation Fund established in this Act. Includes within eligible frequencies: (1) the 216-220, 1432-1435, 1710-1755, and 2385-2390 megahertz bands; and (2) any other band reallocated from Federal to non-Federal use after January 1, 2003, by competitive bidding, except for bands previously identified by NTIA in the Spectrum Reallocation Final Report. Requires NTIA to notify the Federal Communications Commission (FCC): (1) at least 18 months prior to the commencement of any auction of eligible frequencies; and (2) at least six months prior to any auction of estimated relocation costs and timelines. Requires NTIA to submit a copy of the estimated relocation costs and timelines to specified congressional committees and the Comptroller General (CG).

Directs NTIA to: (1) ensure the timely relocation of Federal entities' spectrum-related operations from the eligible frequencies to frequencies or facilities of comparable quality; (2) terminate the entity's authority to operate on the former frequency; and (3) notify the FCC that the entity's relocation has been completed.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the FCC: (1) in designing competitive bidding under such auctions, to have as an objective the recovery of 110 percent of the estimated relocation costs; (2) to prescribe methods to ensure that the total cash proceeds from any auction equals at least 110 percent of such costs; and (3) to prohibit the FCC from concluding any auction under which such goal is not reached. Authorizes the FCC to grant a license for the advance use of eligible frequencies pending an auction, on the condition that the licensee cannot cause harmful interference to the Federal entity until the entity's authorization has been terminated.

(Sec. 4) Establishes the Spectrum Relocation Fund. Provides for: (1) the crediting of receipts from the spectrum auction to the Fund; and (2) the use of auction amounts to pay Federal entity costs of relocating from reallocated frequencies, under specified conditions, including submission of a plan from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to specified congressional committees and the CG detailing how such sums will be used to pay relocation costs and the timelines for such relocation. Allows a Federal entity to receive more than one transfer, but requires an explanation and CG review when the sum of a subsequent transfer exceeds ten percent of the original transfer.

(Sec. 5) Revises the basis for loans or other extensions of credit made to small businesses from the Telecommunications Development Fund.

(Sec. 7) Requires an annual report from NTIA to specified congressional committees and the CG on: (1) progress made in adhering to relocation timelines; and (2) estimated and actual relocation costs and amounts paid from the Fund.

(Sec. 8) Requires a report from the NTIA Administrator to specified congressional committees on various policy options to compensate Federal entities for relocation costs when their frequencies are allocated by the FCC for unlicensed, public safety, shared, or non-commercial use.

(Sec. 9) Amends the ORBIT Act to prohibit any license for fixed terrestrial services in the 12.2-12.7 gigahertz band from being used for the provision of mobile terrestrial telephony services.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Jun 11, 2003 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Full roll call

Passed (408–10)

247 of 435 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 408 (94 D · 81 R · 1 I)

MemberPartyState
PORTER, Jon C.—NV
RAMSTAD, James—MN
DICKS, Norman DeValois—WA
HYDE, Henry John—IL
CASTLE, Michael Newbold—DE
WELLER, Gerald C.—IL
SHADEGG, John B.—AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner—MD
CARDOZA, Dennis A.—CA
OTTER, C. L.—ID
McINNIS, Scott—CO
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby—WV
ALLEN, Thomas H.—ME
PETERSON, John—PA
WATT, Melvin L.—NC
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy—CA
PUTNAM, Adam—FL
FLETCHER, Ernest L.—KY
MCCRERY, James O., III—LA
BALLENGER, Cass—NC
LAHOOD, Ray H.—IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.—OH
HART, Melissa A.—PA
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene—OH
COX, Charles Christopher—CA
SHERWOOD, Don—PA
RYUN, Jim—KS
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence—CA
EHLERS, Vernon James—MI
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.—CA
HOEFFEL, Joseph M.—PA
AKIN, W. Todd—MO
GORDON, Barton Jennings—TN
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.—MN
SWEENEY, John E.—NY
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan—IN
LINDER, John Elmer—GA
RENZI, Rick—AZ
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.—IL
MOORE, Dennis—KS
BURNS, Max—GA
ROTHMAN, Steven—NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle—IN
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks—MI
WEXLER, Robert—FL
REYES, Silvestre—TX
OWENS, Major Robert Odell—NY
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.—AZ
JOHNSON, Timothy V.—IL
FRANK, Barney—MA
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor—CA
BROWN-WAITE, Virginia—FL
HOBSON, David Lee—OH
KENNEDY, Mark—MN
BONILLA, Henry—TX
SIMMONS, Robert—CT
GREENWOOD, James Charles—PA
CHOCOLA, Chris—IN
WATSON, Diane Edith—CA
LAMPSON, Nicholas V.—TX
LUCAS, Ken—KY
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane—CA
TANCREDO, Thomas G.—CO
BASS, Charles Foster—NH
BELL, Chris—TX
SOUDER, Mark Edward—IN
TANNER, John S.—TN
SHAYS, Christopher H.—CT
DAVIS, Thomas M., III—VA
TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph—LA
KELLER, Richard—FL
EVANS, Lane Allen—IL
OSBORNE, Thomas—NE
GREEN, Mark—WI
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher—KY
MANZULLO, Donald A.—IL
REYNOLDS, Thomas M.—NY
BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr.—SC
KUCINICH, Dennis—OH
HOOLEY, Darlene—OR
RADANOVICH, George P.—CA
McCOTTER, Thaddeus George—MI
MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N—CO
MILLER, Brad—NC
FERGUSON, Michael—NJ
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene—MS
KOLBE, James Thomas—AZ
SULLIVAN, John—OK
ORTIZ, Solomon P.—TX
WILSON, Heather—NM
SOLIS, Hilda L.—CA
TURNER, Jim—TX
BOUCHER, Frederick C.—VA
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph—MI
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.—TX
OBERSTAR, James Louis—MN
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.—FL
LANTOS, Thomas Peter—CA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita—CA
HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr.—NY
TOWNS, Edolphus—NY
McCARTHY, Karen—MO
STRICKLAND, Ted—OH
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.—PA
POMBO, Richard William—CA
DELAHUNT, Bill—MA
McHUGH, John Michael—NY
DREIER, David Timothy—CA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea—NY
BERKLEY, Shelley—NV
HARMAN, Jane L.—CA
FORD, Harold, Jr.—TN
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.—CA
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas—MD
MARSHALL, Jim—GA
YOUNG, Charles William—FL
TAYLOR, Charles Hart—NC
JOHN, Christopher—LA
DAVIS, Artur—AL
CANTOR, Eric—VA
REHBERG, Denny—MT
BARRETT, James Gresham—SC
DOOLEY, Calvin M.—CA
DeLAY, Thomas Dale—TX
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee—CT
BACA, Joe—CA
BOSWELL, Leonard L.—IA
STENHOLM, Charles Walter—TX
INSLEE, Jay Robert—WA
PLATTS, Todd—PA
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy—FL
WELDON, Wayne Curtis—PA
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV—MO
WU, David—OR
HEFLEY, Joel M.—CO
CANNON, Christopher B.—UT
ABERCROMBIE, Neil—HI
KELLY, Sue W.—NY
GIBBONS, James A.—NV
FROST, Jonas Martin—TX
DAVIS, Jim—FL
SCHROCK, Edward—VA
HULSHOF, Kenny—MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus—OH
SANDLIN, Max A.—TX
BRADLEY, Jeb—NH
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.—MS
DAVIS, Lincoln—TN
DeMINT, James W.—SC
JANKLOW, William J.—SD
KILDEE, Dale Edward—MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis—IL
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard—NY
SABO, Martin Olav—MN
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis—NY
EVERETT, Robert Terry—AL
LEWIS, Ron—KY
KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel—WI
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.—AL
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy—PA
BEREUTER, Douglas Kent—NE
ROSS, Michael Avery—AR
WAMP, Zachary Paul—TN
COLLINS, Michael Allen—GA
MEEK, Kendrick B.—FL
CUNNINGHAM, Randall—CA
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III—ND
BALLANCE, Frank W., Jr.—NC
DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn—WA
HOEKSTRA, Peter—MI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.—NC
STUPAK, Bart T.—MI
BILIRAKIS, Michael—FL
FEENEY, Tom—FL
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph—RI
EMERSON, Jo Ann—MO
MAJETTE, Denise L.—GA
KANJORSKI, Paul E.—PA
SNYDER, Victor F.—AR
MYRICK, Sue—NC
JEFFERSON, William Jennings—LA
CARSON, Brad—OK
BEAUPREZ, Bob—CO
QUINN, John Francis—NY
THOMAS, William Marshall—CA
MATSUI, Robert T.—CA
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.—FL
DEAL, John Nathan—GA
NEY, Robert William—OH
JENKINS, William Lewis—TN
BURTON, Danny Lee—IN
WEINER, Anthony D.—NY
LEACH, James Albert Smith—IA
HARRIS, Katherine—FL
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan—PA
JONES, Stephanie Tubbs—OH
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.—GA
FILNER, Bob—CA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester—TX
LIPINSKI, William Oliver—IL
BERRY, Robert Marion—AR
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest—NJ
GOSS, Porter J.—FL
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln—FL
WALSH, James T.—NY
BONO, Mary—CA
FOLEY, Mark A.—FL
ALEXANDER, Rodney—LA
WELDON, David Joseph—FL
HERGER, Walter William—CA
OXLEY, Michael Garver—OH
McNULTY, Michael Robert—NY
GALLEGLY, Elton W.—CA
NUSSLE, James Allen—IA
HILL, Baron P.—IN
PAYNE, Donald Milford—NJ
WYNN, Albert Russell—MD
HUNTER, Duncan Lee—CA
NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr.—WA
BAKER, Richard Hugh—LA
PENCE, Mike—IN
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.—OK
OLVER, John Walter—MA
GONZALEZ, Charles A.—TX
PRYCE, Deborah D.—OH
BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins—AL
CARSON, Julia May—IN
HAYES, Robert Cannon—NC
SAXTON, Hugh James—NJ
BAIRD, Brian—WA
OSE, Doug—CA
TIAHRT, Todd—KS
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Raúl M. GrijalvaDemocratAZ
Adam B. SchiffDemocratCA
Barbara LeeDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Grace F. NapolitanoDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Linda T. SánchezDemocratCA
Lois CappsDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Michael M. HondaDemocratCA
Mike ThompsonDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Susan A. DavisDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Mark UdallDemocratCO
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
David ScottDemocratGA
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Ed CaseDemocratHI
Janice D. SchakowskyDemocratIL
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Michael E. CapuanoDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Stephen F. LynchDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
C. A. Dutch RuppersbergerDemocratMD
Chris Van HollenDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Michael H. MichaudDemocratME
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Betty McCollumDemocratMN
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Wm. Lacy ClayDemocratMO
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Rush HoltDemocratNJ
Tom UdallDemocratNM
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Gregory W. MeeksDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Joseph CrowleyDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Steve IsraelDemocratNY
Timothy H. BishopDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Tim RyanDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
Robert A. BradyDemocratPA
James R. LangevinDemocratRI
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Jim CooperDemocratTN
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
Jim MathesonDemocratUT
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Rick LarsenDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Tammy BaldwinDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Don YoungRepublicanAK
Mike RogersRepublicanAL
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
John BoozmanRepublicanAR
Trent FranksRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Darrell IssaRepublicanCA
Devin NunesRepublicanCA
Gary G. MillerRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Ander CrenshawRepublicanFL
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Johnny IsaksonRepublicanGA
Phil GingreyRepublicanGA
Steve KingRepublicanIA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Michael K. SimpsonRepublicanID
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
David VitterRepublicanLA
Candice S. MillerRepublicanMI
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Mike RogersRepublicanMI
John KlineRepublicanMN
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Sam GravesRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Lee TerryRepublicanNE
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Scott GarrettRepublicanNJ
Stevan PearceRepublicanNM
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Michael R. TurnerRepublicanOH
Patrick J. TiberiRepublicanOH
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Tom ColeRepublicanOK
Greg WaldenRepublicanOR
Bill ShusterRepublicanPA
Jim GerlachRepublicanPA
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Patrick J. ToomeyRepublicanPA
Tim MurphyRepublicanPA
Joe WilsonRepublicanSC
Marsha BlackburnRepublicanTN
Jeb HensarlingRepublicanTX
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
John Abney CulbersonRepublicanTX
John R. CarterRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Michael C. BurgessRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Randy NeugebauerRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Rob BishopRepublicanUT
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
J. Randy ForbesRepublicanVA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Paul D. RyanRepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI
Shelley Moore CapitoRepublicanWV

Nay: 10 (5 R)

MemberPartyState
OBEY, David Ross—WI
PAUL, Ronald Ernest—TX
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.—VA
SMITH, Nick H.—MI
DAVIS, Jo Ann—VA
Jeff FlakeRepublicanAZ
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Jeff MillerRepublicanFL
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN

Not Voting: 17 (6 D · 1 R)

MemberPartyState
FOSSELLA, Vito John—NY
DEUTSCH, Peter R.—FL
BIGGERT, Judy Borg—IL
CRANE, Philip Miller—IL
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas—MA
CUBIN, Barbara L.—WY
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.—SC
HASTERT, John Dennis—IL
GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew—MO
EMANUEL, Rahm—IL
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
John B. LarsonDemocratCT
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Mark KirkRepublicanIL

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