[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1425 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1425
To provide for the expedited and increased assignment of spectrum for
public safety purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 25, 2003
Ms. Harman (for herself, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Israel, Mr.
Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Skelton,
Mr. King of New York, Mr. Bereuter, Ms. Millender-McDonald, Mr. Smith
of Washington, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Christensen, Mr.
Etheridge, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. George Miller of California, Mrs. Davis of
California, Mr. McHugh, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Berman, Mr. Shays,
Mr. Ford, and Mrs. Lowey) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide for the expedited and increased assignment of spectrum for
public safety purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Homeland Emergency Response
Operations Act'' or the ``HERO Act''.
SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF DELAY IN REASSIGNMENT OF 24 MEGAHERTZ FOR PUBLIC
SAFETY PURPOSES.
Section 309(j)(14) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
309(j)(14)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) Extensions not permitted for channels (63,
64, 68 and 69) reassigned for public safety services.--
Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Commission shall
not grant any extension under such subparagraph from
the limitation of subparagraph (A) with respect to the
frequencies assigned, pursuant to section 337(a)(1),
for public safety services. The Commission shall take
all actions necessary to complete assignment of the
electromagnetic spectrum between 764 and 776 megahertz,
inclusive, and between 794 and 806 megahertz,
inclusive, for public safety services and to permit
operations by public safety services on those
frequencies commencing no later than January 1,
2007.''.
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