3.0.0 2319 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z 2023-01-11T13:32:32Z Senate S 2015-11-19 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-08-30T14:43:50Z Markup by 2015-12-09T15:00:00Z Referred to 2015-11-19T21:16:41Z FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016 114 2644 S 2016-09-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 637. Related bill CRS 2016-08-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. Calendars 2016-08-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/14/2016 without amendment. Without written report. Committee 2016-08-30 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/14/2016 without amendment. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2015-12-09 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-11-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. N 2016-07-06T15:24:19Z S. 2319, a bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51775 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on December 9, 2015 Science, Technology, Communications Bank accounts, deposits, capital Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Budget deficits and national debt Executive agency funding and structure Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interest, dividends, interest rates Licensing and registrations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2015-11-19 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-05T17:02:50Z This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require any deposits that the Federal Communications Commission may require for the qualification of bidders in a system of competitive bidding for spectrum licenses to be deposited directly in the Treasury instead of in an interest bearing account at a financial institution. The bill removes a provision that requires the interest accrued to such a financial institution account to be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.

The deposits of successful bidders must be credited to the deposit fund of the Treasury, unless existing exceptions apply.

]]> 80 2016-08-30 Reported to Senate without amendment 2016-09-13T21:04:45Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require any deposits that the Federal Communications Commission may require for the qualification of bidders in a system of competitive bidding for spectrum licenses to be deposited directly in the Treasury instead of in an interest bearing account at a financial institution. The bill removes a provision that requires the interest accrued to such a financial institution account to be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.

The deposits of successful bidders must be credited to the deposit fund of the Treasury, unless existing exceptions apply.

]]> A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934. Display Title A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2319rs/xml/BILLS-114s2319rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2319is/xml/BILLS-114s2319is.xml 2016-08-30 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579. 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.