SAVE LIVES Act

Summary

Spectrum Availability for Emergency-Response and Law-Enforcement to Improve Vital Emergency Services (SAVE LIVES) Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the service period for renewed television broadcast licenses that authorize analog television service. Eliminates the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) authority to grant service period extensions beyond the specified date. Directs the FCC to assign electromagnetic spectrum for commercial use within one year of transmitting the public safety report. Requires the FCC to report to specified congressional committees on strategies for meeting public safety communications needs and the advisability of reallocating certain spectrum for unlicensed broadband uses. Requires the Department of Homeland Security's Under Secretary for Science and Technology to establish the Wireless Public Safety Interoperability Communications Program (SAFECOM) and to complete a communications interoperability study. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a grant program to help first responders acquire and deploy interoperable communications equipment. Establishes the Digital Transition Consumer Assistance Fund. Requires the Secretary to establish a program to assist households in transitioning from analog to digital television. Gives the FCC authority to require analog television sets that will be incapable of broadcasting digital signals without an external device to be labeled as such. Requires the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to recommend to specified congressional committees a program to educate consumers about the transition to digital broadcast signals. Directs the FCC to issue final decisions in three pending proceedings.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 November 2004

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• Reported to Senate (PDF)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 19 November 2004

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 19 November 2004

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 September 2004

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 September 2004

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 September 2004

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