3.0.0 3420 2020-02-12T18:55:29Z 2020-02-12T18:55:29Z Senate S S 2008-08-01 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-08-01T15:02:26Z 2008-08-01 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2008-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Auctions Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Families Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Independent regulatory commissions Internet Law Pornography Radio spectrum allocation Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2008-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-10T16:03:53Z Open Wireless Internet Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote nationwide broadband competition through the use of wireless services by issuing nationwide licenses, for a term of at least 15 years, for two bands of frequencies, each composed of 20 megahertz of unpaired contiguous spectrum, one band under 3 gigahertz and not part of the recovered analog spectrum and the other band between 2155 and 2180 megahertz.

Requires the FCC to ensure that licensees of spectrum obtained under these provisions are fully protected from, and fully protect, licensees of adjacent spectrum from harmful interference, including receiver overload and excessive out-of-band emissions.

Requires licensees, among other things, to offer to consumers and authorized public safety users, without subscription, airtime, usage, or other charges, a data service that is faster than 200 kilobits per second, allows users to access any lawful content of their choice, and has an option that prevents underage users from accessing obscene or indecent material. Requires congressional approval before modification of any of these requirements takes effect.

Requires a separate rule-making or other procedures for licensing through auction additional unpaired contiguous spectrum of 20 megahertz below 3 gigahertz, but states that the auction shall be conducted without the conditions specified in the immediately preceding paragraph unless the FCC finds it is in the public interest.

]]> Open Wireless Internet Act Short Titles as Introduced Open Wireless Internet Act Display Title Open Wireless Internet Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to auction spectrum for a free and open access wireless service. Introduced in Senate 2008-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3420is/xml/BILLS-110s3420is.xml 2008-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.