The office of Senate Majority Leader Frist (R-Tenn.) organized a ...
The office of Senate Majority Leader Frist (R-Tenn.) organized a staff-level meeting last week to build support for HR-1320, the spectrum relocation trust fund. It’s unclear whether resolution is in sight; a Senate source said agreement didn’t seem close.…
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The bill passed the House last year but has stalled in the Senate. Industry sources said staff of the House Commerce Committee and Senate Budget Committee were among the participants. Appropriators raised concerns during House proceedings that the bill usurped their authority. The bill would create a trust fund from auction proceeds to move Defense Dept. users off the 1.7 GHz spectrum band, slated to be used for 3G services. Senate Appropriations Committee Chmn. Stevens (R-Alaska) argues an emergency alert system, as well as E-911 funding, should be added to the legislation, sources said. CTIA and TIA strongly support passage of the legislation. “We've been working very hard on the Hill for the relocation legislation,” T-Mobile Vp Tom Sugrue said Fri. “That’s a big priority. Everything but one or 2 things are sort of lined up but sometimes you get late in the legislative year and it sort of doesn’t happen. It’s important to competition. The Defense Dept. is on board. The Administration is on board. It'd be a shame to let this opportunity pass.”