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H.R. 2264 Sabo Companion Measure, S. 1134
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 Licensing Improvement Act of 1993
Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993
A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1994. Incorporates H.R. 707 and S. 335. Introduced on
May 25, 1993. House Committee on the Budget Reported an Original Measure, report No: 103-111. Passed House on May 27, 1993, Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1134
on June 25, 1993, Senate also requested a conference.
S. 4 Hollings Companion Measure H.R. 820
Manufacturing Technology and Extension Act of 1993 Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992
National Competitiveness Act of 1993 Wind Engineering Program Act of 1992
A bill to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic growth of the United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian technology programs of the
Department of Commerce, amending the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to enhance the development and nationwide deployment of
manufacturing technologies, and authorizing appropriations for the Technology Administration of the Department of Commerce, including the National Institute of
Standards and Technology. Introduced on January 21, 1993. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Committee hearings held
February 24, 1993 and March 25, 1993. Ordered and reported as amended on May 25, 1993.
TITLE III--CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Sec. 313. Technical Amendments ...3 The Office of Technology Monitoring and Competitive Assessment is
authorized to A act as a focal point within the federal government for the collection and dissemination, including electronic dissemination, of information on foreign
process and product technologies, including information collected under the Japanese Technical Literature Program; B coordinate the extensive foreign
technology monitoring and assessment activities already under way in the federal government; C act as an electronic clearinghouse for this information or otherwise
provide this function.
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Selected Legislation in the 103rd Congress Related to Electronic Information Delivery
S. 335 Innouye Companion Measure H.R. 707
Emerging Telecommunications Technologies Act of 1993
A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to make additional frequencies available for commercial assignment in order to promote the development and use of new
telecommunications technologies. Introduced on February 4, 1993. Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on
Communications. Hearings held on March 17, 1993.
Directs the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission FCC to conduct
joint spectrum planning meetings. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: 1 identify bands of frequencies that may be reallocated to commercial users; and 2
establish a related advisory committee. Directs the FCC to submit to the President and the Congress a plan for the distribution of the reallocated banks of frequencies
under this Act.
Authorizes the President to reclaim reallocated bands of frequencies for reassignment to government stations.
This bill was also incorporated in H.R. 2264, the Omibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
S. 473 Johnston Department of Energy National Competitiveness
