Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

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8 cosponsors · 5 D, 3 R

2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 5, 2003

Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reallocating primary allocations of bands of frequencies of the amateur radio and amateur satellite services, diminishing the secondary allocations of such bands to such services, or making additional allocations within such bands that would substantially reduce their utility to the amateur radio or satellite service, unless the FCC provides equivalent replacement spectrum to amateur radio and satellite service.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003

Latest action (Mar 5, 2003): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 5, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.