H.R. 5947: Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010
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H.R. 5947: Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010
111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-29 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010
Plain summary
Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that, if consistent with the public interest for a licensee to voluntarily relinquish some or all of its spectrum usage rights in order to permit the assignment of new initial licenses or the allocation of spectrum for unlicensed use, the proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding system may be shared with any licensee who agreed to voluntarily relinquish such usage rights. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reclaiming frequencies of broadcast television licensees or any other licensees on an involuntary basis for certain licensing purposes.
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Official text
Voluntary Incentive Auctions Act of 2010
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5947.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5947 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111