REPACK AIRWAVES YIELDING BETTER ACCESS FOR USERS OF MODERN SERVICES (RAY BAUM’S) ACT

Letters

Provisions: Representative Gowdy, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H1409 [6MR]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1409 [6MR]

——— Representative Walden, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1409 [6MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of the Treasury: establish additional fund to reimburse costs incurred by terrestrial radio stations as a result of reorganization of broadcast television spectrum, E272 [7MR]

Dept. of Transportation: include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects, H1414 [6MR]

Enact (H.R. 4986), H1398–H1414 [6MR], E271, E272 [7MR]

FCC: adopt rules to ensure the accuracy of call location information for 9-1-1 calls, H1414 [6MR]

——— encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available to rural and smaller carriers to expand wireless coverage, H1411 [6MR]

——— establish an independent inspector general, H1412 [6MR]

——— evaluate broadband coverage in Indian country and on land held by Native corporations and complete a proceeding to address unserved areas, H1412 [6MR]

——— provide for deposits of bidders in auctions of spectrum frequencies to be deposited in the Treasury, H1411 [6MR]

——— submit to Congress a report on promoting broadband Internet access service for veterans, H1411 [6MR]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4986) (H. Rept. 115–587), H1440 [6MR]

Texts of

H.R. 4986, provisions, H1399–H1408 [6MR]