119-s794

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 794 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 794

 To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to audit Federal spectrum.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 27, 2025

 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to audit Federal spectrum.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERAL SPECTRUM AUDIT.

    (a) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section--

    (1) the term ``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant 
 Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information; and

    (2) the term ``Federal entity'' has the meaning given the 
 term in 

section 113
            (l) of the National Telecommunications and 
 Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923
            (l) ).

    (b) Audit and Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with 
the head of each Federal entity, shall--

    (1) conduct an audit of the electromagnetic spectrum that 
 is assigned or otherwise allocated to each Federal entity as of 
 the date of the audit; and

    (2) submit to Congress, and make available to each Member 
 of Congress upon request, a report containing the results of 
 the audit conducted under paragraph

    (1) .
            (c) Contents of Report.--The Assistant Secretary shall include in 
the report submitted under subsection

    (b)

    (2) , with respect to the 
electromagnetic spectrum that is assigned or otherwise allocated to a 
Federal entity as of the date of the audit--

    (1) each particular band of spectrum being used by the 
 Federal entity;

    (2) a description of each purpose for which a particular 
 band described in paragraph

    (1) is being used, and how much of 
 the band is being used for that purpose;

    (3) the State or other geographic area in which a 
 particular band described in paragraph

    (1) is assigned or 
 allocated for use;

    (4) whether a particular band described in paragraph

    (1) is 
 used exclusively by the Federal entity or shared with another 
 Federal entity or a non-Federal entity; and

    (5) any portion of the spectrum that is not being used by 
 the Federal entity.
            (d) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection

    (b)

    (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
annex.

    (e) Relation to Department of Transportation Spectrum Audit.--The 
Assistant Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of 
Transportation to ensure that the audit conducted under this section 
does not duplicate the audit conducted under 

section 27003 of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58; 135 Stat. 
884).
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