S 537 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Mike Crapo R-ID

Fact sheet

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

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.

IntroducedMar 5, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Sep 29, 2003, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-ID	Larry E. Craig	Original	Mar 5, 2003
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns		Mar 31, 2003
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		Jun 20, 2003
D-MT	Max Baucus		Jul 7, 2003
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln		Jul 30, 2003
D-MI	Carl Levin		Sep 29, 2003
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Sep 29, 2003

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 5, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Subjects

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

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