United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 691 (109th)
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005
Introduced
9 February 2005
Last action
25 February 2005 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Sponsors
Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6], Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1], Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1], Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24], Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9], Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11], Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12], Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1], Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rescom. Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large], Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5], Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5], Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4], Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2], Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53], Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2], Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
28 November 2025
Summary
Amateur Radio Spectrum Protection Act of 2005 - Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), after July 1, 2005, from reallocating primary allocations of bands of frequencies of the amateur radio and amateur satellite services, diminishing the secondary allocations of such bands to such services, or making additional allocations within such bands that would substantially reduce their utility to the amateur radio or satellite service, unless the FCC provides equivalent replacement spectrum to amateur radio and satellite service.
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Timeline
9 February 2005
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
9 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
25 February 2005
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne T. [R-MD-1] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-24] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Wynn, Albert Russell [D-MD-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Stupak, Bart [D-MI-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Rescom. Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Gillmor, Paul E. [R-OH-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Baird, Brian [D-WA-3] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/691
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/hr/691
- us · 109-hr-691 · source updated 28 November 2025