HR 713 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 12, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Michael Bilirakis R-FL

Latest action · Feb 26, 2003 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.

IntroducedFeb 12, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after July 1, 2003, 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.

Cosponsors 108

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2003 to Nov 17, 2004.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-AR	John Boozman	Feb 13, 2003
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Feb 13, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Feb 27, 2003
R-IA	James A. Leach	Mar 4, 2003
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Mar 11, 2003
R-WY	Barbara Cubin	Mar 13, 2003
R-FL	Dave Weldon	Mar 13, 2003
D-OH	Ted Strickland	Mar 13, 2003
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Mar 25, 2003
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Mar 25, 2003
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Mar 26, 2003
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Apr 3, 2003
R-PA	Curt Weldon	Apr 9, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry	Apr 9, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Apr 9, 2003
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Apr 11, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran	Apr 29, 2003
D-MA	John W. Olver	Apr 29, 2003
D-AR	Mike Ross	Apr 29, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Apr 29, 2003
D-CA	Sam Farr	May 9, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	May 13, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	May 19, 2003
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.	May 20, 2003
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	May 20, 2003
D-NY	Steve Israel	May 20, 2003
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	May 21, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	May 22, 2003
D-NC	David E. Price	Jun 2, 2003
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Jun 4, 2003
R-CA	Gary G. Miller	Jun 4, 2003
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Jun 5, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	Jun 9, 2003
R-OR	Greg Walden	Jun 11, 2003
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Jun 12, 2003
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.	Jun 16, 2003
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Jun 17, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Jun 23, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Jul 8, 2003
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Jul 8, 2003
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Jul 8, 2003
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Jul 8, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Jul 14, 2003
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Jul 14, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Sep 3, 2003
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Sep 3, 2003
R-AL	Jo Bonner	Sep 3, 2003
R-PA	John E. Peterson	Sep 3, 2003
R-MN	Jim Ramstad	Sep 16, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank	Sep 23, 2003
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Sep 25, 2003
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Sep 30, 2003
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Oct 20, 2003
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen	Oct 20, 2003
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Oct 21, 2003
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Oct 29, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Oct 29, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Oct 29, 2003
D-AR	Marion Berry	Oct 29, 2003
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Oct 29, 2003
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Oct 29, 2003
D-HI	Ed Case	Oct 30, 2003
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Oct 30, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Oct 30, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Nov 4, 2003
D-CO	Mark Udall	Nov 5, 2003
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Nov 7, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Nov 7, 2003
R-SD	William J. Janklow	Nov 7, 2003
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila	Nov 19, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner	Nov 19, 2003
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht	Nov 19, 2003
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Nov 21, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird	Nov 21, 2003
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Dec 8, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Dec 8, 2003
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Dec 8, 2003
R-MI	Candice S. Miller	Jan 20, 2004
D-TX	Chris Bell	Jan 20, 2004
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Jan 20, 2004
D-TX	Jim Turner	Jan 20, 2004
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Jan 20, 2004
D-IN	Baron P. Hill	Jan 28, 2004
R-NM	Stevan Pearce	Jan 28, 2004
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Feb 25, 2004
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Feb 25, 2004
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood	Mar 9, 2004
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks	Mar 9, 2004
D-CA	Susan A. Davis	Mar 9, 2004
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Mar 17, 2004
D-MS	Gene Taylor	Mar 17, 2004
D-PA	Tim Holden	Mar 17, 2004
D-TX	Gene Green	Mar 25, 2004
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Apr 1, 2004
D-AZ	Ed Pastor	Apr 22, 2004
R-NH	Jeb Bradley	Apr 22, 2004
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Apr 22, 2004
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	May 4, 2004
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	May 6, 2004
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	May 13, 2004
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	May 13, 2004
R-PA	Jim Gerlach	May 18, 2004
D-CA	Mike Thompson	May 18, 2004
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Jul 22, 2004
R-MI	Dave Camp	Sep 9, 2004
D-OK	Brad Carson	Sep 21, 2004
R-LA	Jim McCrery	Sep 21, 2004
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Nov 17, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Feb 12, 2003
	Communications and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Feb 26, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 12, 2003Introduced in House
Feb 12, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-34	THE SPECTRUM NEEDS OF OUR NATION'S FIRST RESPONDERS106 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 11, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators.
Short Titles as Introduced: Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 12, 2003Introduced in House

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