3.0.0 3516 2022-02-03T05:53:23Z 2022-02-03T05:53:23Z Senate S S 2012-08-02 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-08-02T21:34:35Z 2012-08-02 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2012-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5988) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. N K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-09-10 False Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Licensing and registrations Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2012-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2012-11-02T20:13:28Z Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2012 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a program under which a wireless carrier receiving a license under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 may partition or disaggregate the license in order to make unused spectrum available to small carriers or carriers serving certain rural areas.

Defines "small carrier" as a carrier with annual revenue less than $500 million or that provides wireless service to less than 1.5 million customers.

Provides carriers receiving such licenses and participating in the program with a three-year extension of licenses granted under this Act.

]]> Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2012 Display Title Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to encourage spectrum licenses to make unused spectrum available for use by rural and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage. Introduced in Senate 2012-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3516is/xml/BILLS-112s3516is.xml 2012-08-02 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.