S. 1268 · 109th Congress
SAVE LIVES Act
Key: what the circles and colors mean
Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:
Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.
Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.
Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.
R
McCainSponsor1 cosponsor · 1 D
1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Spectrum Availability for Emergency-Response and Law-Enforcement to Improve Vital Emergency Services Act or SAVE LIVES Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through December 31, 2008 (currently, 2006) the termination date for television broadcast licenses that authorize analog television service.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 20, 2005
Spectrum Availability for Emergency-Response and Law-Enforcement to Improve Vital Emergency Services Act or SAVE LIVES Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend through December 31, 2008 (currently, 2006) the termination date for television broadcast licenses that authorize analog television service. Repeals provisions authorizing analog service extensions in limited circumstances. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take specified actions within specified deadlines for the final television channel assignment of full-power broadcast television stations authorized for digital service.
Provides deadlines for the auction of recovered analog spectrum to be used for providing public emergency services.
Directs the FCC to distribute to eligible persons analog-to-digital signal converter devices.
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a grant program to provide enhanced interoperability of communications equipment for first responders.
Provides certain consumer education requirements regarding the transition to digital television service.
Authorizes, with a sunset, temporary digital-to-analog signal conversion for certain cable television subscribers.
Directs the: (1) Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to study establishing a nationwide recycling program for electronic waste; and (2) FCC to complete certain pending proceedings relating to conversion to digital television and related matters.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SAVE LIVES Act
Also known as: Spectrum Availability for Emergency-Response and Law-Enforcement to Improve Vital Emergency Services Act
Latest action (Sep 13, 2005): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9974)
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 20, 2005
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.