S. 2227: Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015
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S. 2227: Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-11-03 · Science, Technology, Communications · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-11-03 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015
Plain summary
Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015 This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to allow a federal entity to receive payment or reimbursement from a private entity to accelerate implementation of a transition plan deemed sufficient by a technical panel within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for federally used frequencies of electromagnetic spectrum to be relocated or shared to make spectrum available for auction or for other commercial or nonfederal use. To collect or receive such a payment or reimbursement, the technical panel must approve a federal entity's proposal with a finding that: (1) the activities funded by the payment are reasonably likely to materially accelerate implementation of the transition plan or commercial or other nonfederal use of spectrum subject to such plan, and (2) such implementation or use would not be achieved without the private entity's payment.
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Official text
Private Spectrum Relocation Funding Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · 1 cosponsors
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Roger F. Wicker (R-MS)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s2227.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s2227 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114