3.0.0 3103 2023-01-11T13:30:29Z 2023-01-11T13:30:29Z House HR 2015-07-16 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois:H.R. 3103.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H5292]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2015-07-17T15:30:52Z Referred to 2015-07-16T13:01:05Z Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 114 417 S 2015-02-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2015-07-17 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2015-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2015-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000378 Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16] Adam Kinzinger R IL 16 N L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2015-07-16 True P000588 Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] Stevan Pearce R NM 2 2016-02-01 False Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Licensing and registrations Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-07-16 Introduced in House 2015-08-18T19:50:54Z Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015

Directs the Federal Communications Commission 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 to serve certain rural areas.

Defines "small carrier" as a carrier with not more than 1,500 employees as calculated under regulatory standards used by the Small Business Administration to determine the number of individuals employed by a business concern on a full-time, part-time, or other basis.

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 2015 Display Title Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available for use by rural and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3103ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3103ih.xml 2015-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. 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.