Congress 107 - HR 3484 - Prompt Utilization of Wireless Spectrum Act of 2001

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Administrative remedies Appellate courts Appellate procedure Auctions Bankruptcy Civil actions and liability Claims Commerce Federal Communications Commission Finance and Financial Sector Frivolous lawsuits Government liability Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Judicial review of administrative acts Jurisdiction Law Licenses Radio spectrum allocation Rebates Science, Technology, Communications Supreme Court Tax administration Taxation Telecommunication industry Wireless communication

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Prompt Utilization of Wireless Spectrum Act of 2001 - Approves the settlement reached in NextWave Personal Communications Inc., and NextWave Power Partners Inc., v. Federal Communications Commission and the United States of America. Authorizes and appropriates funds to pay the settlement which requires NextWave's complete relinquishment of any and all claims related to designated licenses or the covered spectrum within 10 days of final bankruptcy settlement approval. Earmarks a portion of such settlement as a nonrefundable advance tax payment.

Sets forth provisions governing the subsequent disposition of such licenses through the implementation of auction 35, including bid, payment, ability to withdraw and/or receive refunds, expedited judicial review, and limitations on administrative or judicial review of Commission decisions, determinations, and orders.

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Dec 28, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Dec 14, 2001

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2318)
Dec 13, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Dec 13, 2001

Introduced in House

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