A bill striking the Specific Privatization Criteria in ORBIT for Intelsat Separated Entities (New Skies) and Inmarsat and Other Technical Corrections.
Latest action · May 13, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Progress
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- IntroducedApr 28, 2005
- Passed SenateApr 29, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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Amends title VI (Open-market Reorganization for the Betterment of International Telecommunications Act or ORBIT Act) of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 by striking: (1) all specific criteria for Intelsat (a global satellite provider of voice, data, and Internet services) separated entities privatization (New Skies, formed through Intelsat) provisions; and (2) the reaffiliation prohibition and the interlocking directorates or employees privatization criteria provisions for Inmarsat (a global mobile satellite communications provider), while maintaining GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System) provisions.
Directs the Federal Communications Commission to review competitive market conditions of domestic and international satellite communications services and include in an annual report an analysis of those conditions.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 13, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- May 2, 2005Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- May 2, 2005Received in the House.
- May 2, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Apr 29, 2005Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 4/28/2005 S4607; text as passed Senate: CR 4/28/2005 S4607)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
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