3.0.0 3465 2020-02-12T18:55:28Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2008-09-10 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-10T19:28:19Z 2008-09-10 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2008-09-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2008-09-11 False Science, Technology, Communications Auctions Broadcasting Commerce Competitive bidding Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Licenses Telecommunication industry Science, Technology, Communications 00 2008-09-10 Introduced in Senate 2008-09-16T20:48:40Z Reliable, Effective, and Sustained Procurement of New Devices for Emergency Responders Act of 2008 or the RESPONDER Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish the First Responders Interoperable Device Availability Trust Fund. Requires that the Fund consist of 5% of the net proceeds from competitive bidding for broadcast licenses and 100% of the net proceeds from competitive bidding for D-block broadcast licenses. (Defines "D-block" as the electromagnetic spectrum between 758 and 763 megahertz and between 788 and 793 megahertz.) Requires that amounts from the Fund be used by the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to make grants, beginning in FY2012, to purchase interoperable devices for use by public safety personnel.

Entends the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant a license or permit under competitive bidding provisions until September 30, 2014.

]]> Reliable, Effective, and Sustained Procurement of New Devices for Emergency Responders Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Reliable, Effective, and Sustained Procurement of New Devices for Emergency Responders Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced RESPONDER Act of 2008 Display Title Reliable, Effective, and Sustained Procurement of New Devices for Emergency Responders Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to reserve certain proceeds from the auction of spectrum, including the auction of the D-block of spectrum, for use to provide interoperable devices to public safety personnel. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3465is/xml/BILLS-110s3465is.xml 2008-09-10 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.