119-hr2171

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2171 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2171

 To improve Federal coordination with respect to spectrum management, 
 and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 18, 2025

 Mr. Balderson (for himself and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Commerce

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 A BILL

 To improve Federal coordination with respect to spectrum management, 
 and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Spectrum Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT.

 Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

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SEC. 106. IMPROVING SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT.

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    (a) Federal Coordination Procedures.--
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    (1) Notice.--With respect to each spectrum action, the 
 Assistant Secretary shall file in the public record with 
 respect to such spectrum action, not later than the end of the 
 period for submitting comments to the Commission with respect 
 to such spectrum action, information (redacted as necessary if 
 the information is protected from disclosure for a reason 
 described in paragraph

    (3) ) regarding--
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        (A) the date on which the Commission provided to 
 the Assistant Secretary notice of the spectrum action, 
 as required under the Memorandum;
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        (B) the Federal entities that may be impacted by 
 the spectrum action;
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            (C) the date on which the Assistant Secretary 
 provided to the Federal entities described in 
 subparagraph
        (B) notice of the spectrum action;
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            (D) a summary of technical or procedural 
 concerns, if any, of Federal entities with respect to 
 the spectrum action; and
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        (E) a summary of policy concerns, if any, of the 
 Assistant Secretary with respect to the spectrum 
 action.
 ``

    (2) Final rule.--If the Commission promulgates a final 
 rule under 

section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
 involving a spectrum action, the Commission shall prepare, make 
 available to the public, and publish in the Federal Register 
 along with the final rule an interagency coordination summary 
 that describes--
 ``
        (A) the date on which the Commission provided to 
 the Assistant Secretary notice of the spectrum action, 
 as required under the Memorandum;
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        (B) whether concerns were raised under 
 subparagraph
            (D) or subparagraph
        (E) of paragraph

    (1) and, if so, the concerns raised; and
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            (C) how any such concerns were resolved.
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    (3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
 be construed to require the disclosure of classified 
 information, or other information reflecting technical, 
 procedural, or policy concerns that are exempt from disclosure 
 under 

section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
 ``

    (b) Memorandum.--
 ``

    (1) Memorandum updates.--Not later than 3 years after the 
 date of the enactment of this section, and not less frequently 
 than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission and the NTIA 
 shall update the Memorandum.
 ``

    (2) Nature of updates.--In updating the Memorandum under 
 paragraph

    (1) , the Commission and the NTIA shall ensure that 
 each update reflects changing technological, procedural, and 
 policy circumstances, as determined necessary and appropriate 
 by the Commission and the NTIA.
 ``
            (c) === Definitions. ===
-In this section:
 ``

    (1) Memorandum.--The term `Memorandum' means the 
 Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission and the NTIA 
 (relating to increased coordination between Federal spectrum 
 management agencies to promote the efficient use of the radio 
 spectrum in the public interest), signed on August 1, 2022, or 
 any successor memorandum.
 ``

    (2) Spectrum action.--The term `spectrum action' means 
 any proposed action by the Commission to reallocate radio 
 frequency spectrum that is anticipated to result in a system of 
 competitive bidding conducted under 

section 309

    (j) of the 
 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309

    (j) ) or licensing that 
 could potentially impact the spectrum operations of a Federal 
 entity.''.
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