H.R. 1455 · 119th Congress
ITS Codification Act
Status: Passed House
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Latest action
: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Summary
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act or the ITS Codification Act
This bill provides statutory authority for the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), which serves as the telecommunications research and engineering arm of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The bill also directs ITS to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies for use in locating trapped individuals in confined spaces (e.g., underground mines) where conventional radio communication is limited.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
Actions
- Senate
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- House
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- House
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3215-3216)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
- House
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1455.
- House
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3215-3217)
- House
Mr. Latta moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 142.
- House
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-176.
- House
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Introduced in House