119-s2869

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2869 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2869

 To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration to issue an annual report regarding the use of spectrum 
 by the Federal Government in certain bands of frequencies, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 18 (legislative day, September 16), 2025

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation

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 A BILL

 To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration to issue an annual report regarding the use of spectrum 
 by the Federal Government in certain bands of frequencies, 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 ``Federal Government Spectrum 
Inventory Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTS REGARDING FEDERAL SPECTRUM USAGE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration shall issue a report, 
which shall be known as the Federal Government Spectrum Use Report.

    (b) Requirements.--Each report issued under subsection

    (a) shall--

    (1) address the bands of frequencies from 225 megahertz to 
 50 gigahertz (referred to in this subsection as the ``covered 
 bands'');

    (2) include--
        (A) an introduction that summarizes the types of 
 Federal spectrum usage in the covered bands;
        (B) an excerpt from the United States Table of 
 Frequency Allocations, which shall show--
            (i) the most recent frequency allocations 
 in the covered bands within the United States; 
 and
            (ii) each relevant footnote, whether 
 international or with respect to the United 
 States, that may authorize additional uses, or 
 impose limits on certain uses, in the covered 
 bands;
            (C) a table that lists the number and type of 
 frequency assignments that the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration has 
 authorized within the covered bands;
            (D) a summary of the major systems and applications 
 using each frequency band or sub-band within the 
 covered bands; and
        (E) a description of future uses within each band 
 within the covered bands, where applicable; and

    (3) be made available on the public website of the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration, except that 
 the report shall contain a classified annex.
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