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American Jobs Act of 2011 [HB-12]
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American Jobs Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American). Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Domestic Monetary Policy And Technology. on 10/21/2011
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Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act [HB-1009]
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Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow, notwithstanding a specified open meeting provision, three or more Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to hold a meeting that is closed to the public to discuss official business if: (1) no agency action is taken; (2) each person present is an FCC Commissioner or employee; (3) for each political party of which any Commissioner is a member, at least one Commissioner who is a member of the respective party is present, and,
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Sponsored by: Rep. John Shimkus
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/15/2011
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Fair Elections Now Act [S.752]
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Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements and benefits of fair elections financing of Senate election campaigns; (2) establishment of a Fair Elections Fund; (3) eligibility for Fund allocations; (4) contribution and expenditure requirements; (5) a public debate requirement; (6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate; (7) benefits for participating candidates; (8) matching payments for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S4074-4080) on 03/31/2009
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Radio Spectrum Inventory Act [S.649]
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Radio Spectrum Inventory Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) biennially inventory each radio spectrum band, at a minimum, from 300 megahertz to 3.5 gigahertz managed by each such agency, including information on the licenses or government user assigned in the band, the total spectrum allocation of each licensee or government user, the number of deployed intentional and end-user intentional radiators, and
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Rockefeller With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 111-159. on 03/09/2010
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Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 [S.62]
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Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding any other provision of any Act, from having the authority to require broadcasters to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance, commonly referred to as the Fairness Doctrine.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Inhofe
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 01/06/2009
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Local Community Radio Act of 2009 [S.592]
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Local Community Radio Act of 2009 - Repeals provisions in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 that required the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) modify rules authorizing the operation of low-power FM radio stations to prescribe minimum distance separations for third-adjacent channels; (2) prohibit applicants who have engaged in the unlicensed operation of any station from obtaining a low-power FM license; and (3) conduct a program to test whether low-power FM
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Rockefeller With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 111-160. on 03/09/2010
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A bill to make technical corrections in the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 and the amendments made by that Act. [S.3828]
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Amends the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 (S. 3304), as engrossed by the Senate, to make certain technical corrections to it as well as to amendments it makes to the Communications Act of 1934. Requires the Video Programming and Emergency Access Advisory Committee, in its report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to: (1) identify additional protocols for the delivery of emergency information delivered by digital broadcast television (as well as by Internet protocol); and (2) recommend any regulations
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pryor
Signed By President. on 10/08/2010
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 [S.3677]
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2011 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2011 - Makes appropriations for FY2011 for the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices; (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs; (3) the Office of Inspector General; (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration; (5) the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP); (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network;
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 111-238. on 07/29/2010
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First Responders Protection Act of 2010 [S.3625]
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First Responders Protection Act of 2010 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the electromagnetic spectrum allocation for public safety services by 10 megahertz and reduce such allocation for commercial use by the same amount. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) allocate the paired electromagnetic spectrum bands of 758-763 megahertz and 788-793 megahertz (referred to as D Block) for public safety broadband communications and license such paired bands to public safety; (2) establish rules to permit a public safety
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6082-6083) on 07/21/2010
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DTV Delay Act [S.352]
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DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 116-day period the licenses for recovered spectrum, including the license period and construction requirements associated with those licenses.Extends to July 31, 2009, provided additional budget authority is enacted, the deadline for requesting digital-to-analog converter box coupons. Authorizes the issuance,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Became Public Law No: 111-4. on 02/11/2009
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Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 [S.34]
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Broadcaster Freedom Act of 2009 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), notwithstanding any other provision of any Act, from having the authority to require broadcasters to present opposing viewpoints on controversial issues of public importance, commonly referred to as the Fairness Doctrine.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamar Alexander
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 12. on 01/07/2009
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Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 [S.3333]
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010- Title I: Statutory Licenses - (Sec. 102) Requires a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing to deposit a filing fee semiannually with the Register of Copyrights. Revises requirements regarding the royalty fee a satellite carrier making secondary transmissions is required to make semiannually. Applies various existing provisions
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Sponsored by: Sen. Patrick Leahy
Signed By President. on 05/27/2010
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Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 [S.3304]
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Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010 - Title I: Communications Access - (Sec. 102) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 (the Act) to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to require that customer premises equipment provide internal means for effective use with hearing aids that are designed to be compatible with telephones which meet established technical standards for hearing aid compatibility. Describes "customer premises equipment" as: (1) all essential telephones (coin-operated telephones, telephones
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Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer
By Senator Rockefeller From Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation Filed Written Report. Report No. 111-386. on 12/22/2010
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DTV Delay Act [S.328]
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DTV Delay Act - Amends the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 to delay the transition of television broadcasting from analog to digital to June 13, 2009. Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend for a 116-day period the licenses for recovered spectrum, including the license period and construction requirements associated with those licenses. Extends to July 31, 2009, the deadline for requesting digital-to-analog converter box coupons. Authorizes the issuance, on request, of one replacement coupon for
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey
Considered As Unfinished Business. (consideration: Cr H619) on 01/28/2009
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Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 [S.3191]
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Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010- Title I: Statutory Licenses - (Sec. 102) Requires a satellite carrier whose secondary transmissions are subject to statutory licensing to deposit a filing fee semiannually with the Register of Copyrights. Revises requirements regarding the royalty fee a satellite carrier making secondary transmissions is required to make semiannually. Applies various existing provisions to digital transmissions by removing the word "analog." Modifies requirements regarding the setting of the statutory licensing
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kay Hutchison
Received In The House. on 04/13/2010
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Satellite Television Extension Act of 2010 [S.3186]
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Extends through April 30, 2010, the adjustment of royalty fees for the secondary transmission of the primary analog transmissions of network stations and superstations. Extends through such date the moratorium on copyright liability for subscribers not receiving a signal of Grade A intensity of a local network television broadcast station and receiving signals of network stations affiliated with the same network, if such subscribers had satellite
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Rockefeller
Presented To President. on 03/26/2010
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Continuing Extension Act of 2010 [S.3173]
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Continuing Extension Act of 2010 - Rescinds $9.2 billion in discretionary, unexpired funds out of all available unobligated federal funds. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) identify the accounts and amounts rescinded to implement this Act; and (2) report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Congress on them. Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Coburn
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/25/2010
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Continuing Extension Act of 2010 [S.3153]
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Continuing Extension Act of 2010 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 with respect to the state-established individual emergency unemployment compensation account (EUCA). Extends the final date for entering a federal-state agreement under the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program through May 5, 2010. Postpones the termination of the program until October 2, 2010. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 5, 2010: (1) federal-state agreements increasing regular unemployment
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of Measure Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S2091-2094, S2100-2104, S2105-2106) on 03/25/2010
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Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 [S.3115]
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Next Generation 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010 - Revises provisions of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for matching grants (with a federal share of up to 80%) to eligible entities for: (1) the implementation and operation of E-911 services, migration to an IP-enabled emergency network, and adoption and operation of Next Generation 9-1-1 services and applications; (2) the implementation of IP-enabled emergency services and applications enabled by Next Generation 9-1-1 services, including
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/15/2010
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Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act [S.3110]
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Broadband Service Consumer Protection Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to start a rulemaking to assist consumers: (1) in making realistic assumptions, before they purchase broadband service, about the actual speeds that may reasonably be expected and how those assumptions may be affected by the consumer's hardware, peak service periods, and other factors; and (2) in determining, after they purchase broadband service, whether they are getting the level of broadband service for which they are paying. Requires the FCC, in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/15/2010