3.0.0 1814 2023-01-11T13:35:28Z 2023-01-11T13:35:28Z House HR 2017-03-30 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 56 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KINZINGER:H.R. 1814.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H2600]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2017-03-31T14:58:54Z Referred to 2017-03-30T13:01:40Z 2017-03-31 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2017-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2017-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-03-30 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 2017-03-30 True W000804 Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] Robert Wittman R VA J. 1 2017-06-28 False Science, Technology, Communications Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Licensing and registrations Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2017-03-30 Introduced in House 2017-04-28T13:10:08Z Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2017

This bill 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.

A "small carrier" is defined 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.

A three-year license extension is provided to any carrier that receives such a license and participates in the program.

]]> Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2017 Display Title Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2017 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 2017 Introduced in House 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr1814ih/xml/BILLS-115hr1814ih.xml 2017-03-31 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.