5G SALE Act

Bill: 118-s-2787
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-09-13
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Licensing and registrations

Radio spectrum allocation

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-19
text: Became Public Law No: 118-27.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-09-13
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act</b></p> <p>This bill temporarily authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to process applications for licenses or permits for the use of specified bands of the electromagnetic spectrum that were auctioned on or before March 9, 2023. The authorization terminates 90 days after the enactment of the bill.</p> <p>The FCC has not processed the licenses or permits for the previously auctioned spectrum because its authority to conduct auctions lapsed on March 9, 2023.</p>

action_date: 2023-09-21
action_desc: Passed Senate
text: <p><b>5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act</b></p> <p>This bill temporarily authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to process applications for licenses or permits for the use of specified bands of the electromagnetic spectrum that were auctioned on or before March 9, 2023. The authorization terminates 90 days after the enactment of the bill.</p> <p>The FCC has not processed the licenses or permits for the previously auctioned spectrum because its authority to conduct auctions lapsed on March 9, 2023.</p>

action_date: 2023-12-11
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act</b></p> <p>This bill temporarily authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to process applications for licenses or permits for the use of specified bands of the electromagnetic spectrum that were auctioned on or before March 9, 2023. The authorization terminates 90 days after the enactment of the bill.</p> <p>The FCC has not processed the licenses or permits for the previously auctioned spectrum because its authority to conduct auctions lapsed on March 9, 2023.</p>

action_date: 2023-12-19
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act</b></p> <p>This act temporarily authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to process applications for licenses or permits for the use of specified bands of the electromagnetic spectrum that were auctioned on or before March 9, 2023. The authorization terminates 90 days after the enactment of the act.</p> <p>The FCC has not processed the licenses or permits for the previously auctioned spectrum because its authority to conduct auctions lapsed on March 9, 2023.</p>

tv_txt: One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America 1st Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty three S. 2787 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To authorize the Federal Communications Commission to process applications for spectrum licenses from applicants who were successful bidders in an auction before the authority of the Commission to conduct auctions expired on March 9, 2023.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act . 2. FCC processing of applications for spectrum licenses awarded by auction In the case of any applicant for a license or permit for the use of spectrum in the band of frequencies between 2496 megahertz and 2690 megahertz, inclusive, that the Federal Communications Commission selected through a system of competitive bidding conducted under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(j) ) on or before March 9, 2023, and to whom the Commission has not granted the license or permit as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may process the application of the applicant during the 90-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate

tv_txt: 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2787 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To authorize the Federal Communications Commission to process applications for spectrum licenses from applicants who were successful bidders in an auction before the authority of the Commission to conduct auctions expired on March 9, 2023.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act . 2. FCC processing of applications for spectrum licenses awarded by auction In the case of any applicant for a license or permit for the use of spectrum in the band of frequencies between 2496 megahertz and 2690 megahertz, inclusive, that the Federal Communications Commission selected through a system of competitive bidding conducted under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(j) ) on or before March 9, 2023, and to whom the Commission has not granted the license or permit as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may process the application of the applicant during the 90-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

Passed the Senate September 21, 2023. Secretary

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2787 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 13, 2023 Mr. Kennedy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To authorize the Federal Communications Commission to process applications for spectrum licenses from applicants who were successful bidders in an auction before the authority of the Commission to conduct auctions expired on March 9, 2023.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 5G Spectrum Authority Licensing Enforcement Act or the 5G SALE Act . 2. FCC processing of applications for spectrum licenses awarded by auction In the case of any applicant for a license or permit for the use of spectrum in the band of frequencies between 2496 megahertz and 2690 megahertz, inclusive, that the Federal Communications Commission selected through a system of competitive bidding conducted under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 309(j) ) on or before March 9, 2023, and to whom the Commission has not granted the license or permit as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission may process the application of the applicant during the 90-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.