US Congress Senate Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S146-149)
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) ensure the deployment of a nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network in the 700 MHz band which is deployed in both rural and urban areas; (2) reallocate and integrate the 700 MHz D block spectrum for use by public safety entities; (3) permit flexible use of the narrowband spectrum; (4) ensure that the nationwide public safety broadband network is fully interoperable on a nationwide basis; and (5) establish a 10-year public safety advisory board. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the electromagnetic spectrum allocation for public safety services by 10 megahertz. Permits the FCC, if consistent with the public interest for a licensee to relinquish voluntarily some or all of its licensed spectrum usage rights in order to permit the assignment of new initial licenses, to disburse to that licensee portions of the auction proceeds related to the new use that are attributable to the licensee's relinquished spectrum usage. Extends FCC auction authority until September 30, 2020. Establishes in the Treasury: (1) the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Construction Fund; and (2) the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Maintenance and Operation Fund. Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a grant program to assist public safety entities establish a nationwide public safety interoperable broadband network in the 700 MHz band.

Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act

Sen. John Rockefeller [D-WV]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Frank Lautenberg [D-NJ]
Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Barbara Mikulski [D-MD]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S146-149)
2011-01-25	Senate	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S146)

HB607 (Related) 2011-02-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
HB911 (Related) 2011-03-11 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
SB415 (Related) 2011-02-17 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
SB455 (Related) 2011-03-02 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
HB1622 (Related) 2011-04-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
HB2482 (Related) 2011-08-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/28/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s28/BILLS-112s28is.pdf