US Congress House Bill 2520 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on July 13 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Spectrum for Innovation Act of 2011 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modify regulations concerning radio frequency devices to allow unlicensed U-NII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure) devices, as specified, to operate in the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 5350-5470 and 5850-5925 megahertz, provided that: (1) licensed users will be protected by technical solutions, including use of existing, modified, or new spectrum-sharing technologies and solutions, such as dynamic frequency selection; and (2) the primary mission of federal spectrum users in such frequency bands will not be compromised by introducing unlicensed devices. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a study on known and proposed spectrum-sharing technologies and the risk to federal users if unlicensed U-NII devices were allowed to operate in such bands.

Spectrum for Innovation Act of 2011

Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2011-07-13	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

HB2482 (Related) 2011-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
HB3509 (Related) 2011-12-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2520/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2520/BILLS-112hr2520ih.pdf