HR 3397 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

HERO Act

Introduced Dec 4, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Jane Harman D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Dec 10, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 4, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Homeland Emergency Response Operations Act or HERO Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from granting any extension beyond December 31, 2006, for the reassignment of the frequencies assigned for public safety services. Directs the FCC to complete assignment of the electromagnetic spectrum between 764 and 776 megahertz and between 794 and 806 megahertz for public safety services and to permit operations by public safety services on those frequencies no later than January 1, 2007.

Cosponsors 27

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 4, 2001 to Nov 7, 2002, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-NYBenjamin A. GilmanOriginalDec 4, 2001
R-NCCass BallengerOriginalDec 4, 2001
R-PACurt WeldonOriginalDec 4, 2001
D-VAJames P. MoranOriginalDec 4, 2001
D-NCMike McIntyreOriginalDec 4, 2001
R-NJRodney P. FrelinghuysenOriginalDec 4, 2001
R-INBrian D. KernsDec 11, 2001
D-CODiana DeGetteDec 11, 2001
R-NYFelix J. Grucci Jr.Dec 11, 2001
R-NJFrank A. LoBiondoDec 11, 2001
R-NCRobin HayesDec 11, 2001
D-NYSteve IsraelDec 11, 2001
R-NCWalter B. JonesDec 11, 2001
R-PAMelissa A. HartDec 17, 2001
D-CAMike ThompsonDec 17, 2001
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 10, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
  2. Dec 4, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Dec 4, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  4. Dec 4, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2204-2206)

Subjects

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