s 52361 1221019200 false 1221019200 3465 292 110 400432 9/10/2008--Introduced.<br/>Reliable, Effective, and Sustained Procurement of New Devices for Emergency Responders Act of 2008 or the RESPONDER Act of 2008 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish the First Responders Interoperable Device Availability Trust Fund. Requires that the Fund consist of 5% of the net proceeds from competitive bidding for broadcast licenses and 100% of the net proceeds from competitive bidding for D-block broadcast licenses. (Defines &quot;D-block&quot; as the electromagnetic spectrum between 758 and 763 megahertz and between 788 and 793 megahertz.) Requires that amounts from the Fund be used by the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to make grants, beginning in FY2012, to purchase interoperable devices for use by public safety personnel. Entends the authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to grant a license or permit under competitive bidding provisions until September 30, 2014.<br/> 1221019200 2008-09-10 Fri Nov 07 19:32:25 -0600 2008 introduced 52361 'd':18 'use':23 'bill':2 'block':19 'devic':27 'includ':12 'provid':25 'public':29 'reserv':4 'safeti':30 'auction':9,14 'certain':5 'd-block':17 'proceed':6 'spectrum':11,21 'interoper':26 'personnel':31 63795 false A bill to reserve certain proceeds from the auction of spectrum, including the auction of the D-block of spectrum, for use to provide interoperable devices to public safety personnel. official introduced 52361 'act':12 'new':7 '2008':14 'devic':8 'emerg':10 'effect':2 'procur':5 'reliabl':1 'respond':11 'sustain':4 64783 false Reliable, Effective, and Sustained Procurement of New Devices for Emergency Responders Act of 2008 short introduced 52361 'act':2 '2008':4 'respond':1 64784 false RESPONDER Act of 2008 short introduced 52361 1221019200 Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0500 2008 170857 W000437 1951-07-05 487 Russell Senate Office Building http://wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EMailSenatorWicker 202-228-0378 Roger 'r':4 'ms':5 'sen':1 'roger':2,6,8 'wicker':3,7,9 M 400432 Wicker Roger_F._Wicker F. Sen. Roger Wicker [R, MS] N00003280 8350 Republican 202-224-6253 Southern Baptist MS Sen. Roger Wicker 3.83333333333333 http://wicker.senate.gov C000567 1937-12-07 113 Dirksen Senate Office Building http://cochran.senate.gov/email.html 202-224-9450 Thad 'r':4 'ms':5 'sen':1 'thad':2,6,8 'cochran':3,7,9 M 300023 Cochran Thad_Cochran Sen. Thad Cochran [R, MS] N00003328 8852 Republican 202-224-5054 Baptist MS Sen. Thad Cochran 2.89473684210526 http://cochran.senate.gov introduced 52361 1221019200 Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0500 2008 170857 action 52361 1221019200 Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0500 2008 170858 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.