Senate Commerce leaders reach deal on spectrum bill
These include establishing a nonprofit Public Safety Broadband Corporation, which would be charged with overseeing the build-out of the public safety network. It would authorize this corporation to seek loans from the federal government to help build the network before incentive auction revenues come in and also to collect fees from public safety and commercial users of the network.
The draft also includes several provisions aimed at improving the federal government's management of, and promoting more efficient use of, spectrum. It also would require an inventory of how spectrum is currently being used. In addition, it includes more explicit language barring the federal government from forcibly taking spectrum from broadcasters to auction off. ...
06/02/2011
The leaders of the Senate Commerce Committee have reached an agreement on legislation aimed at building a national broadband network for public-safety officials, according to Senate sources. ...
...maintains the main elements of Rockefeller's original bill and adds several new sections.These include establishing a nonprofit Public Safety Broadband Corporation, which would be charged with overseeing the build-out of the public safety network. It would authorize this corporation to seek loans from the federal government to help build the network before incentive auction revenues come in and also to collect fees from public safety and commercial users of the network.
The draft also includes several provisions aimed at improving the federal government's management of, and promoting more efficient use of, spectrum. It also would require an inventory of how spectrum is currently being used. In addition, it includes more explicit language barring the federal government from forcibly taking spectrum from broadcasters to auction off. ...
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