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Union Calendar No. 125 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1338 

[Report No. 118–157] 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide authority for certain 

licenses, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2023 

Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself and Mr. PALLONE) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JULY 25, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2023] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide 

authority for certain licenses, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Satellite And Tele5 communications Streamlining Act’’ or the ‘‘SAT Stream6 lining Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. AUTHORITY REGARDING CERTAIN LICENSES. 

8 (a) AMENDMENT.—Part I of title III of the Commu9 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new section: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 346. RADIOFREQUENCY LICENSING AUTHORITY RE12 GARDING CERTAIN OPERATIONS. 

13 ‘‘(a) RULES.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 

15 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 

16 Commission shall issue rules to amend part 25 of title 

17 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to establish— 

18 ‘‘(A) for any license granted under sub19 section (b) or grant of market access granted 

20 under subsection (c), specific, measurable, and 

21 technology-neutral performance objectives for 

22 space safety and orbital debris, in accordance 

23 with paragraph (2); 

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1 fications (or classes of modifications) to such a 

2 license that warrant expedited treatment under 

3 subparagraph (A) or (B) (as the case may be) of 

4 subsection (g)(2); 

5 ‘‘(C) for any license granted under sub6 section (b), grant of market access granted under 

7 subsection (c), authorization granted under sub8 section (d), or covered authorization, the manner 

9 in which the licensee, grantee, or entity shall no10 tify the Commission of a request to submit a 

11 modification under subsection (g)(5); 

12 ‘‘(D) for any request to modify a covered 

13 authorization, the manner in which the entity 

14 with the covered authorization shall indicate in 

15 the request whether the entity is seeking a modi16 fication described in subsection (h)(2)(B)(i)(I) or 

17 a modification described in subsection 

18 (h)(2)(B)(i)(II); 

19 ‘‘(E) for any license granted under sub20 section (b), grant of market access granted under 

21 subsection (c), or covered authorization, in a 

22 spectrum band with service rules that require a 

23 licensee of such a license, a grantee of such a 

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1 censee, grantee, or entity with a covered author2 ization that is authorized to use the same fre3 quencies of such spectrum, specific actions taken 

4 by such a licensee, grantee, or entity with a cov5 ered authorization, or by any other entity that 

6 is authorized to use such frequencies, that con7 stitute a failure to coordinate in good faith, in8 cluding whether withholding from another such 

9 licensee, grantee, entity with a covered author10 ization, or other entity information necessary to 

11 coordinate in good faith that it is technically 

12 feasible to make available to such licensee, grant13 ee, entity with a covered authorization, or other 

14 entity is such an action; 

15 ‘‘(F) for any license granted under sub16 section (b)(1) or grant of market access granted 

17 under subsection (c)(1), in a spectrum band with 

18 service rules that require a licensee of such a li19 cense, a grantee of such a grant, or an entity 

20 with a covered authorization to share spectrum 

21 (except with respect to the use of a gateway sta22 tion) with another such licensee, grantee, or enti23 ty with a covered authorization that is author24 ized to use the same frequencies of such spectrum, 


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1 a quantifiable level of protection required under 

2 subsection (h)(4); 

3 ‘‘(G) rules that— 

4 ‘‘(i) clarify, for purposes of subsection 

5 (h)(1)(A)(ii), the protection from harmful 

6 interference that, during the covered period, 

7 an entity with a covered authorization that 

8 was approved in a processing round is re9 quired to provide to any other entity with 

10 a covered authorization that was approved 

11 in an earlier processing round; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) seek to promote competition, in13 novation, and efficient use of spectrum by 

14 entities with covered authorizations, includ15 ing by accounting for advancements in tech16 nology capable of managing interference 

17 concerns to the greatest extent possible con18 sistent with clause (i); and 

19 ‘‘(H) for any application or request for 

20 modification described in subsection (n), what 

21 constitutes reportable foreign ownership for pur22 poses of paragraph (1) of such subsection. 

23 ‘‘(2) CONFLICT WITH INTERAGENCY STANDARD

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1 may not establish performance objectives that conflict 

2 with any standard practice established in the Orbital 

3 Debris Mitigation Standard Practices adopted by the 

4 United States Government. 

5 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION FOR LICENSE.— 

6 ‘‘(1) NGSO DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—Except 

7 as provided in paragraph (5) and subsection (m), not 

8 later than 1 year after the date on which the Commis9 sion issues a public notice of the acceptance for filing 

10 of a written application submitted to the Commission, 

11 the Commission shall make a determination whether 

12 to grant such application (including any amendment 

13 to such application) for a license for covered 

14 radiocommunication services using— 

15 ‘‘(A) a nongeostationary orbit space station 

16 or space stations; 

17 ‘‘(B) a blanket-licensed earth station or 

18 earth stations that will operate with a nongeo19 stationary orbit space station or space stations; 

20 or 

21 ‘‘(C) a nongeostationary orbit space station 

22 or space stations and the blanket-licensed earth 

23 station or earth stations that will operate with 

24 the nongeostationary orbit space station or space 

25 stations. 


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1 ‘‘(2) GSO DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—Except 

2 as provided in paragraph (5) and subsection (m), not 

3 later than 1 year after the date on which the Commis4 sion issues a public notice of the acceptance for filing 

5 of a written application submitted to the Commission, 

6 the Commission shall make a determination whether 

7 to grant such application (including any amendment 

8 to such application) for a license for covered 

9 radiocommunication services using— 

10 ‘‘(A) a geostationary orbit space station or 

11 space stations; 

12 ‘‘(B) a blanket-licensed earth station or 

13 earth stations that will operate with a geo14 stationary orbit space station or space stations; 

15 or 

16 ‘‘(C) a geostationary orbit space station or 

17 space stations and the blanket-licensed earth sta18 tion or earth stations that will operate with the 

19 geostationary orbit space station or space sta20 tions. 

21 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—In addition 

22 to the application requirements described in section 

23 308(b), an application submitted under paragraph 

24 (1) or (2) shall include the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) Performance metrics with respect to 

2 the frequencies and transmission power to be 

3 used. 

4 ‘‘(B) A demonstration of compliance by the 

5 applicant with the performance objectives estab6 lished under subsection (a)(1)(A). 

7 ‘‘(C) A description of compliance by the ap8 plicant with the actions established under sub9 section (a)(1)(E), if applicable. 

10 ‘‘(D) In the case of an application sub11 mitted under paragraph (1), a demonstration of 

12 compliance by the applicant with the quantifi13 able level of protection established under sub14 section (a)(1)(F), if applicable. 

15 ‘‘(4) TERM OF INITIAL LICENSE.—The Commis16 sion shall grant a license for a term not to exceed 15 

17 years for any application granted under this sub18 section. 

19 ‘‘(5) EXCEPTIONS.—The deadline for the deter20 mination required in paragraphs (1), (2), and (6) 

21 may be extended by the Commission for an applica22 tion subject to review under subsection (n). 

23 ‘‘(6) TIMELY GRANT OF CERTAIN APPLICA24 TIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 paragraph (5) and subsection (m), not later than 

3 60 days after the date on which the Commission 

4 issues a public notice of the acceptance for filing 

5 of a written application submitted to the Com6 mission for a license described in paragraph (1) 

7 with respect to which the applicant indicates in 

8 the application that the application meets the 

9 additional criteria described in subparagraph 

10 (B), the Commission shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) determine whether such applica12 tion (including any amendment to such ap13 plication) meets the additional criteria de14 scribed in subparagraph (B); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) if the determination under clause 

16 (i) is affirmative, grant such application 

17 (including any amendment to such applica18 tion). 

19 ‘‘(B) CRITERIA DESCRIBED.—The addi20 tional criteria described in this subparagraph 

21 are as follows: 

22 ‘‘(i) A limit on the number of space 

23 stations authorized by the license, as deter24 mined by the Commission. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) A limit on the total in-orbit life2 time for any individual space station, as 

3 determined by the Commission. 

4 ‘‘(iii) For each space station, the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(I) A limit on the orbital alti7 tude at which the space station may 

8 operate, as determined by the Commis9 sion. 

10 ‘‘(II) A requirement that the space 

11 station has a maneuverability capa12 bility and the ability to make collision 

13 avoidance and deorbit maneuvers, as 

14 determined by the Commission. 

15 ‘‘(III) A requirement that the 

16 space station is identifiable by a 

17 unique signal-based telemetry marker 

18 that meets requirements issued by the 

19 Commission. 

20 ‘‘(IV) A requirement that the 

21 space station releases no operational 

22 debris. 

23 ‘‘(V) A requirement that the space 

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1 immediately cease transmissions and 

2 the applicant has the capability to 

3 eliminate harmful interference when 

4 required by the Commission. 

5 ‘‘(iv) A requirement that the operator 

6 has assessed and limited the probability of 

7 an accidental explosion, including an explo8 sion that results from the conversion of en9 ergy sources on board any space station 

10 into energy that fragments the space sta11 tion. 

12 ‘‘(v) A limit on the probability of a 

13 collision between each space station and 

14 any other large object, as determined by the 

15 Commission. 

16 ‘‘(vi) A requirement that each space 

17 station is disposed of post-mission and the 

18 probability of human casualty from dis19 posal meets requirements issued by the 

20 Commission. 

21 ‘‘(C) CRITERIA NOT MET.—If the deter22 mination under subparagraph (A)(i) with re23 spect to an application is negative, the Commis24 sion shall make a determination whether to 

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1 ment to such application) under paragraph (1) 

2 by the deadline specified in such paragraph. 

3 ‘‘(D) EVASION.—An application does not 

4 meet the additional criteria described in sub5 paragraph (B) if the Commission determines 

6 that, taken together with any other application 

7 or applications submitted by the applicant under 

8 subparagraph (A) (including an application that 

9 has been approved), such applications are sub10 mitted with the purpose of evading a negative 

11 determination with respect to such additional 

12 criteria. 

13 ‘‘(E) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For pur14 poses of this section (other than this paragraph), 

15 any reference to an application submitted or 

16 granted or a license granted under paragraph 

17 (1) shall be construed to include an application 

18 submitted or granted or a license granted (as the 

19 case may be) under subparagraph (A). 

20 ‘‘(F) IMPLEMENTATION.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

22 months after the date of the enactment of 

23 this section, the Commission shall— 

24 ‘‘(I) issue rules to implement this 

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1 ‘‘(II) make the finding described 

2 in clause (ii). 

3 ‘‘(ii) FINDING DESCRIBED.—If the 

4 Commission finds that the rules of the Com5 mission, as of the date of the enactment of 

6 this section, satisfy the requirements in this 

7 paragraph, the Commission shall issue a 

8 public notice stating such finding. 

9 ‘‘(c) APPLICATION FOR GRANT OF MARKET ACCESS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) NGSO DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—After 

11 the date on which the Commission issues a public no12 tice of the acceptance for filing of a written applica13 tion submitted to the Commission, the Commission 

14 shall make a determination whether to grant such ap15 plication (including any amendment to such applica16 tion) for market access within the United States for 

17 covered radiocommunication services using— 

18 ‘‘(A) a nongeostationary orbit space station 

19 or space stations; 

20 ‘‘(B) a blanket-licensed earth station or 

21 earth stations that will operate with a nongeo22 stationary orbit space station or space stations; 

23 or 

24 ‘‘(C) a nongeostationary orbit space station 

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1 station or earth stations that will operate with 

2 the nongeostationary orbit space station or space 

3 stations. 

4 ‘‘(2) GSO DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—After 

5 the date on which the Commission issues a public no6 tice of the acceptance for filing of a written applica7 tion submitted to the Commission, the Commission 

8 shall make a determination whether to grant such ap9 plication (including any amendment to such applica10 tion) for market access within the United States for 

11 covered radiocommunication services using a geo12 stationary orbit space station or space stations. 

13 ‘‘(3) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—In addition 

14 to the application requirements described in section 

15 308(b), an application submitted under paragraph 

16 (1) or (2) shall include the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) Performance metrics with respect to 

18 the frequencies and transmission power to be 

19 used. 

20 ‘‘(B) A demonstration of compliance by the 

21 applicant with the performance objectives estab22 lished under subsection (a)(1)(A). 

23 ‘‘(C) A description of compliance by the ap24 plicant with the actions established under sub25 section (a)(1)(E), if applicable. 


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1 ‘‘(D) In the case of an application sub2 mitted under paragraph (1), a demonstration of 

3 compliance by the applicant with the quantifi4 able level of protection established under sub5 section (a)(1)(F), if applicable. 

6 ‘‘(4) TERM OF INITIAL GRANT OF MARKET AC7 CESS.—The Commission shall grant a grant of mar8 ket access for a term not to exceed 15 years for any 

9 application granted under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(d) EARTH STATION AUTHORIZATION.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION REQUIRED FOR INDIVID12 UALLY LICENSED EARTH STATIONS.—Except as pro13 vided in paragraph (4) and subsection (m), not later 

14 than 1 year after the date on which the Commission 

15 issues a public notice of the acceptance for filing of 

16 a written application submitted to the Commission, 

17 the Commission shall make a determination whether 

18 to grant such application (including any amendment 

19 to such application) for authorization to use an indi20 vidually licensed earth station. 

21 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION REQUIRED FOR RECEIVE22 ONLY EARTH STATIONS.—Except as provided in para23 graph (4) and subsection (m), not later than 30 days 

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1 plication submitted to the Commission, the Commis2 sion shall make a determination whether to grant 

3 such application (including any amendment to such 

4 application) for authorization to use an earth station 

5 or earth stations to receive a signal from— 

6 ‘‘(A) a nongeostationary orbit space station 

7 or space stations operated under a license grant8 ed under subsection (b)(1) or a grant of market 

9 access granted under subsection (c)(1); or 

10 ‘‘(B) a geostationary orbit space station or 

11 space stations operated under a license granted 

12 under subsection (b)(2) or a grant of market ac13 cess granted under subsection (c)(2). 

14 ‘‘(3) DEEMED GRANTED.—If the Commission 

15 fails to grant or deny a written application (includ16 ing any amendment to such application) submitted 

17 under paragraph (1) or (2) by the deadline for the de18 termination required by such paragraph (including 

19 any extension of such deadline under paragraph (4) 

20 or subsection (m)), the application (including any 

21 amendment to such application) shall be deemed 

22 granted on the date on which the Commission receives 

23 a written notice by the applicant of the failure. 

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1 extended by the Commission for an application sub2 ject to review under subsection (n). 

3 ‘‘(5) INAPPLICABILITY TO BLANKET-LICENSED

4 EARTH STATIONS.—This subsection does not apply 

5 with respect to an earth station or earth stations to 

6 the extent that the earth station or earth stations will 

7 be blanket-licensed with a space station or space sta8 tions as described in subsection (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C), 

9 (b)(2)(B), (b)(2)(C), (c)(1)(B), or (c)(1)(C). 

10 ‘‘(e) DETERMINATION OF PUBLIC INTEREST, CONVEN11 IENCE, AND NECESSITY.—The Commission may not make 

12 a determination to grant an application, renewal, or modi13 fication under subsection (b), (c), (d), (f), or (g) (as the 

14 case may be) unless— 

15 ‘‘(1) except in the case of a modification under 

16 subsection (g)(2), the Commission determines that the 

17 license, grant, or authorization (as the case may be) 

18 serves the public interest, convenience, and necessity; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(2) the Commission determines that— 

21 ‘‘(A) in the case of a licensee or grantee to 

22 which subsection (h)(4) applies— 

23 ‘‘(i) in the case of an application, ex24 cept in accordance with a coordination 

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1 during the term of the license or grant, ex2 ceed the quantifiable level of protection es3 tablished in subsection (h)(4) in operating 

4 under the license or grant; 

5 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a renewal, except in 

6 accordance with a coordination agreement, 

7 the licensee or grantee has not exceeded, 

8 during the preceding term of the license or 

9 grant, and will not exceed, during the term 

10 of the renewal of the license or grant, the 

11 quantifiable level of protection established 

12 in subsection (h)(4) in operating under the 

13 license or grant; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a modification, ex15 cept in accordance with a coordination 

16 agreement, the licensee or grantee has not 

17 exceeded, during the portion of the term of 

18 the license or grant preceding the deter19 mination, and will not exceed, during the 

20 remainder of such term, the quantifiable 

21 level of protection established in subsection 

22 (h)(4) in operating under the license or 

23 grant; and 

24 ‘‘(B) in the case of a licensee or grantee that 

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1 atories by the International Telecommunication 

2 Union, the application, request for renewal, or 

3 request for modification demonstrates that the li4 censee or grantee will provide such protection in 

5 operating under the license or grant. 

6 ‘‘(f) RENEWAL OF LICENSE, GRANT OF MARKET AC7 CESS, OR AUTHORIZATION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sec9 tion 309(k)(2), the Commission shall grant a renewal 

10 for a license granted under subsection (b), a grant of 

11 market access granted under subsection (c), or an au12 thorization granted under subsection (d), upon re13 quest by the licensee, grantee, or entity with such au14 thorization (as the case may be), for a term not to ex15 ceed the length of the initial term beginning the day 

16 after the date on which the preceding term of the li17 cense, grant of market access, or authorization ex18 pires, if the Commission determines the requirements 

19 under subsection (e) and section 309(k) have been 

20 met. 

21 ‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATION.—Except 

22 as provided in subsection (m), not later than 180 

23 days after the date on which the Commission receives 

24 a request for renewal of a license granted under sub25 section (b), a grant of market access granted under 


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1 subsection (c), or an authorization granted under sub2 section (d), the Commission shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) grant such request (including any 

4 amendment to such request); or 

5 ‘‘(B) make the determination described in 

6 section 309(k)(3) and deny such request (includ7 ing any amendment to such request). 

8 ‘‘(g) MODIFICATION OF LICENSE; GRANT OF MARKET

9 ACCESS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) MAJOR MODIFICATIONS.—Except as pro11 vided in paragraphs (2), (3), (5), and (6) and sub12 section (m), and not later than 1 year after the date 

13 on which the Commission receives a request to modify 

14 a license granted under subsection (b)(1), the Com15 mission shall grant the request (including any 

16 amendment to such request) if the Commission deter17 mines the modification meets the requirements under 

18 subsection (e). Except as provided in paragraphs (2), 

19 (3), and (5), the Commission may grant a request 

20 (including any amendment to such request) to modify 

21 a license granted under subsection (b)(2) or a grant 

22 of market access granted under subsection (c) if the 

23 Commission determines the modification meets the re24 quirements under subsection (e). 


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1 ‘‘(2) EXPEDITED TREATMENT FOR MINOR MODI2 FICATIONS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) NGSO LICENSE MODIFICATIONS.—Ex4 cept as provided in paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) 

5 and subsection (m), and not later than 90 days 

6 after the date on which the Commission receives 

7 a request to modify a license granted under sub8 section (b)(1), the Commission shall grant the re9 quest (including any amendment to such request) 

10 if— 

11 ‘‘(i) the Commission determines that 

12 the modification or modifications meet the 

13 requirements (if applicable) under subpara14 graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (e)(2); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) the request is limited only to 

16 modifications, or a class of modifications, 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(I) increase transmission capac19 ity; 

20 ‘‘(II) improve spectral efficiency, 

21 such as by improving compression 

22 technologies; 

23 ‘‘(III) improve the orbital vari24 ance efficiency of the space station (or 

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1 if there is more than one such space 

2 station) authorized by the license; or 

3 ‘‘(IV) otherwise do not substan4 tially modify the space station (or 

5 space stations, considered collectively, 

6 if there is more than one such space 

7 station) authorized by the license. 

8 ‘‘(B) GSO LICENSE MODIFICATIONS.—Ex9 cept as provided in paragraphs (3), (5), and (6) 

10 and subsection (m), and not later than 90 days 

11 after the date on which the Commission receives 

12 a request to modify a license granted under sub13 section (b)(2), the Commission shall grant the re14 quest (including any amendment to such request) 

15 if— 

16 ‘‘(i) the Commission determines that 

17 the modification or modifications meet the 

18 requirements (if applicable) under sub19 section (e)(2)(B); and 

20 ‘‘(ii) the request is limited only to 

21 modifications, or a class of modifications, 

22 that— 

23 ‘‘(I) increase transmission capac24 ity; 


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1 ‘‘(II) improve spectral efficiency, 

2 such as by improving compression 

3 technologies; or 

4 ‘‘(III) otherwise do not substan5 tially modify the space station (or 

6 space stations, considered collectively, 

7 if there is more than one such space 

8 station) authorized by the license. 

9 ‘‘(C) DEEMED GRANTED.—If the Commis10 sion fails to grant a request (including any 

11 amendment to such request) made by a licensee 

12 under subparagraph (A) or (B) by the deadline 

13 specified in such subparagraph (including any 

14 extension of such deadline under paragraph (6) 

15 or subsection (m)), the request (including any 

16 amendment to such request) shall be deemed 

17 granted on the date on which the Commission re18 ceives a written notice by the licensee of the fail19 ure. 

20 ‘‘(3) EMERGENCY GRANT, RENEWAL, OR MODI21 FICATION.—If the Commission finds that there are ex22 traordinary circumstances requiring temporary oper23 ations in the public interest and that delay in the in24 stitution of such temporary operations would seri25 ously prejudice the public interest, the Commission— 


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1 ‘‘(A) may grant a license described in sub2 section (b), a grant of market access described in 

3 subsection (c), or an authorization described in 

4 subsection (d), a modification of such a license, 

5 grant of market access, or authorization, or re6 newal of such a license, grant of market access, 

7 or authorization for a period not to exceed 180 

8 days in a manner and upon the terms the Com9 mission shall by rule prescribe in the case of an 

10 emergency found by the Commission involving— 

11 ‘‘(i) danger to life or property; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) an action that is necessary for the 

13 national defense or security of the United 

14 States; 

15 ‘‘(B) shall include with a grant made under 

16 this paragraph a statement of the reasons of the 

17 Commission for making such grant; 

18 ‘‘(C) may extend a grant made under this 

19 paragraph for periods not to exceed 180 days; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(D) shall give expeditious treatment to any 

22 timely filed petition to deny such application 

23 and to any petition for rehearing of such grant 

24 filed under section 405. 


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1 ‘‘(4) EXCLUSION.—Paragraph (2) shall not 

2 apply to a request to modify a license for— 

3 ‘‘(A) the addition of an ancillary terrestrial 

4 component; or 

5 ‘‘(B) modifying the service offered under the 

6 initial license granted under subsection (b) be7 tween fixed satellite service and mobile satellite 

8 service. 

9 ‘‘(5) AUTOMATIC GRANT OF CERTAIN MODIFICA10 TIONS.—Upon notification to the Commission, the 

11 Commission may automatically grant a request to 

12 modify a license granted under subsection (b), a grant 

13 of market access granted under subsection (c), an au14 thorization granted under subsection (d), or a covered 

15 authorization, to replace— 

16 ‘‘(A) one space station (or component of 

17 such space station) with a technically similar 

18 space station (or component of such space sta19 tion) previously approved by the Commission; or 

20 ‘‘(B) one earth station (or component of 

21 such earth station) with a technically similar 

22 earth station (or component of such earth sta23 tion) previously approved by the Commission. 

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1 sion for a request subject to review under subsection 

2 (n). 

3 ‘‘(h) SHARED SPECTRUM; PROTECTION FROM HARM4 FUL INTERFERENCE.— 

5 ‘‘(1) GRANDFATHERED TREATMENT AND SUNSET

6 OF CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the duration of the 

8 covered period— 

9 ‘‘(i) a covered authorization shall not 

10 be treated as being granted under subsection 

11 (b)(1) or subsection (c)(1) (as the case may 

12 be); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) an entity with a covered author14 ization shall be afforded, and shall afford to 

15 any other entity with a covered authoriza16 tion, protection from harmful interference 

17 that is consistent with the terms of such 

18 protection afforded before the date of the en19 actment of this section. 

20 ‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPLICA21 TIONS.—The Commission shall dismiss without 

22 prejudice any application for a license or grant 

23 of market access to operate a system described in 

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1 section (c)(1) that is submitted to the Commis2 sion after the date of the enactment of this sec3 tion and before the date on which the rules issued 

4 pursuant to subsection (a) take effect. 

5 ‘‘(2) TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 

6 ‘‘(A) RENEWAL UNDER THIS SECTION.—An 

7 entity with a covered authorization may, at any 

8 time before the end of the covered period, seek re9 newal of the covered authorization under sub10 section (f) as if the covered authorization were a 

11 license granted under subsection (b)(1) or a 

12 grant of market access granted under subsection 

13 (c)(1) (as the case may be). If the Commission 

14 grants the renewal, the renewal shall be treated 

15 as a renewal of a license granted under sub16 section (b)(1) or a grant of market access grant17 ed under subsection (c)(1) (as the case may be). 

18 ‘‘(B) MODIFICATION.— 

19 ‘‘(i) INDICATION OF TYPE OF MODI20 FICATION SOUGHT.—If an entity with a 

21 covered authorization submits to the Com22 mission a request to modify the covered au23 thorization, the entity shall indicate in the 

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1 ‘‘(I) a modification of the covered 

2 authorization under the law and regu3 lations applicable to the covered au4 thorization; or 

5 ‘‘(II) a modification of the covered 

6 authorization under subsection (g) as 

7 if the covered authorization were a li8 cense granted under subsection (b)(1) 

9 or a grant of market access granted 

10 under subsection (c)(1) (as the case 

11 may be). 

12 ‘‘(ii) TREATMENT.—If the Commission 

13 grants a request to modify a covered author14 ization— 

15 ‘‘(I) in the case of a request for a 

16 modification described in clause (i)(I), 

17 the covered authorization as modified 

18 shall continue to be treated as de19 scribed in paragraph (1)(A)(i) and the 

20 entity with the covered authorization 

21 shall, with respect to the covered au22 thorization, continue to be afforded, 

23 and to afford to any other entity with 

24 a covered authorization, the protection 

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1 ‘‘(II) in the case of a request for 

2 a modification described in clause 

3 (i)(II), the covered authorization as 

4 modified shall be treated as a license 

5 granted under subsection (b)(1) or a 

6 grant of market access granted under 

7 subsection (c)(1) (as the case may be) 

8 with respect to which a request to mod9 ify has been granted under subsection 

10 (g). 

11 ‘‘(3) GOOD FAITH COORDINATION OF SHARED

12 SPECTRUM.—Not later than the date on which the 

13 rules issued pursuant to subsection (a) take effect— 

14 ‘‘(A) a licensee of a license granted under 

15 subsection (b), a grantee of a grant of market ac16 cess granted under subsection (c), or an entity 

17 with a covered authorization, in a spectrum 

18 band with service rules that require such a li19 censee, grantee, or entity with a covered author20 ization to share spectrum with another such li21 censee, grantee, or entity with a covered author22 ization that is authorized to use the same fre23 quencies of such spectrum, shall make a good 

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1 an individually licensed earth station) with any 

2 other such licensee, grantee, or entity with a cov3 ered authorization and any other entity that is 

4 authorized to use such frequencies; and 

5 ‘‘(B) any other entity that is authorized to 

6 use such frequencies shall make a good faith ef7 fort to coordinate the use of such frequencies with 

8 any such licensee, grantee, or entity with a cov9 ered authorization. 

10 ‘‘(4) PROTECTION FROM HARMFUL INTER11 FERENCE.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date 

13 on which the rules issued pursuant to subsection 

14 (a) take effect, for any spectrum band in which 

15 the Commission grants a license under subsection 

16 (b)(1) or a grant of market access under sub17 section (c)(1) and for which the service rules re18 quire such a licensee or grantee or an entity with 

19 a covered authorization to share spectrum (ex20 cept with respect to the use of a gateway station) 

21 with another such licensee, grantee, or entity 

22 with a covered authorization that is authorized 

23 to use the same frequencies of such spectrum, the 

24 Commission shall establish a quantifiable level of 

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1 a gateway station) such a licensee or grantee 

2 shall afford to any other entity (including an en3 tity with a covered authorization but not includ4 ing a licensee of a license granted under sub5 section (b)(2) or a grantee of a grant of market 

6 access granted under subsection (c)(2)) that is 

7 authorized to use such frequencies. 

8 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 

9 shall not apply with respect to— 

10 ‘‘(i) the spectrum between the fre11 quencies of 1617.775 megahertz and 

12 1618.725 megahertz, inclusive; or 

13 ‘‘(ii) any spectrum band allocated for 

14 the earth exploration satellite service. 

15 ‘‘(5) CONSIDERATION REQUIRED.—When estab16 lishing the quantifiable level of protection described in 

17 paragraph (4), the Commission shall, with respect to 

18 the entities to which the quantifiable level of protec19 tion is required under such paragraph to be af20 forded— 

21 ‘‘(A) consider protection of such entities 

22 based on a degraded throughput methodology, re23 quiring that, except in accordance with a coordi24 nation agreement, a licensee of a license granted 

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1 of market access granted under subsection (c)(1) 

2 may cause no more than a certain percentage in3 crease in the link unavailability of such an enti4 ty and may reduce the throughput of such an en5 tity by no more than a certain percentage; 

6 ‘‘(B) consider protection of such entities 

7 from interference beyond a permissible inter8 ference-to-noise ratio, or whether interference-to9 noise alone provides a sufficient level of protec10 tion; and 

11 ‘‘(C) consider protection of such entities 

12 from harmful interference by awarding a greater 

13 share of spectrum during in-line events to ear14 lier-filed systems. 

15 ‘‘(6) RELATION TO ITU RADIO REGULATIONS.— 

16 Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to re17 quire the Commission to adopt rules regarding the use 

18 of spectrum that contravene a requirement of the 

19 radio regulations of the International Telecommuni20 cation Union. 

21 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—An entity with 

22 a covered authorization shall not be required to sub23 mit additional information in order to retain such 

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1 obligation of such entity under applicable law or reg2 ulation until the end of the covered period. 

3 ‘‘(i) STATE PREEMPTION OF MARKET ENTRY; 

4 RATES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 

5 State or local government shall have any authority to regu6 late the entry of or the rates charged by an applicant or 

7 licensee related to a license granted under subsection (b), 

8 an applicant or grantee related to a grant of market access 

9 granted under subsection (c), or an applicant or entity re10 lated to an authorization granted under subsection (d), ex11 cept that this subsection shall not prohibit a State from reg12 ulating the other terms and conditions of such a licensee, 

13 grantee, or entity. 

14 ‘‘(j) REGULATORY RESTRAINT.— 

15 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION ON INFORMATION REQUIRED TO

16 BE PROVIDED.—In performing any act, making any 

17 rule or regulation, or issuing any order necessary to 

18 carry out this section, the Commission— 

19 ‘‘(A) shall limit the information required to 

20 be furnished to the Commission; 

21 ‘‘(B) shall demonstrate the Commission has 

22 taken every reasonable step to limit the informa23 tion required to be furnished to the Commission; 

24 ‘‘(C) may not require, with respect to an 

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1 request for renewal under subsection (f), or a re2 quest for modification under subsection (g), the 

3 filing of any information which previously has 

4 been furnished to the Commission or which is 

5 not directly material to the considerations that 

6 affect the granting or denial of such application 

7 or request (but the Commission may require any 

8 new or additional facts the Commission deems 

9 necessary to make its findings); and 

10 ‘‘(D) may not request additional informa11 tion regarding the performance objectives estab12 lished under subsection (a)(1)(A) for any case in 

13 which an applicant has demonstrated compli14 ance with such performance objectives. 

15 ‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR PETITION DETERMINA16 TION.—If an applicant for a license or a licensee 

17 under subsection (b) files a petition under part 1 of 

18 title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc19 cessor regulation) relating to information required to 

20 be furnished to the Commission under this section, the 

21 Commission shall grant or deny the petition within 

22 90 days after the date on which the petition is filed. 

23 ‘‘(k) RELATION TO EXPERIMENTAL AND AMATEUR

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1 ‘‘(1) the experimental radio service; or 

2 ‘‘(2) the amateur radio service. 

3 ‘‘(l) COMPLETENESS.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 20 business 

5 days after receiving a written application submitted 

6 under subsection (b), (c), or (d), the Commission 

7 shall— 

8 ‘‘(A) determine whether— 

9 ‘‘(i) such application contains— 

10 ‘‘(I) in the case of an application 

11 submitted under subsection (b), all of 

12 the information required to be sub13 mitted with the application under sub14 section (b)(3) and the first sentence of 

15 section 308(b); 

16 ‘‘(II) in the case of an application 

17 submitted under subsection (c), all of 

18 the information required to be sub19 mitted with the application under sub20 section (c)(3) and the first sentence of 

21 section 308(b); or 

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1 mitted with the application under the 

2 first sentence of section 308(b); and 

3 ‘‘(ii) the applicant has paid the fee (if 

4 any) required under section 8 in connection 

5 with the application; and 

6 ‘‘(B) either— 

7 ‘‘(i) if both determinations under sub8 paragraph (A) are in the affirmative, issue 

9 a public notice of the acceptance for filing 

10 of such application; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) if either determination under sub12 paragraph (A) is in the negative, provide 

13 notice to the applicant of the negative deter14 mination, including what information that 

15 was required to be submitted was not sub16 mitted or the amount of the application fee 

17 due, or both (as the case may be). 

18 ‘‘(2) INACTION BY COMMISSION.—If the Commis19 sion does not comply with paragraph (1) with respect 

20 to an application by the deadline specified in such 

21 paragraph, the Commission shall be deemed for pur22 poses of subsection (b), (c), or (d) (as the case may 

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1 ness days after the date on which such application 

2 was received. 

3 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—In making a determination 

4 under paragraph (1)(A)(i), the Commission may only 

5 consider whether the application contains the infor6 mation described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) (as 

7 the case may be) of such paragraph and may not con8 sider whether the information is sufficient to allow 

9 the Commission to grant or deny the application. 

10 ‘‘(m) TOLLING.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub12 sections (b)(5), (d)(4), and (g)(6), with respect to an 

13 application for a license under subsection (b) or an 

14 authorization under subsection (d), or a request for 

15 renewal under subsection (f) or modification under 

16 subsection (g) of a license granted under subsection 

17 (b), a grant of market access granted under subsection 

18 (c), or an authorization granted under subsection (d), 

19 the Commission may extend the deadline under sub20 section (b), (d), (f), or (g) (as the case may be) for 

21 consideration of the application or request only if the 

22 Commission— 

23 ‘‘(A) finds that there are extraordinary cir24 cumstances requiring additional time for consid25 eration of the application or request such that, if 


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1 the deadline were not extended, the public inter2 est would be seriously prejudiced; and 

3 ‘‘(B) issues a public notice of the finding 

4 described in subparagraph (A) that states— 

5 ‘‘(i) the reasons of the Commission for 

6 the extension; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the length of the period of the ex8 tension. 

9 ‘‘(2) LENGTH.—The Commission may not grant 

10 an extension of a deadline under paragraph (1) for 

11 a period that exceeds 90 days but may grant 1 or 

12 more additional extensions of such deadline under 

13 such paragraph, if the Commission makes the finding 

14 and issues the public notice required by such para15 graph with respect to any such additional extension. 

16 ‘‘(n) REVIEW FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW EN17 FORCEMENT CONCERNS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) REVIEW REQUIRED FOR ENTITIES WITH RE19 PORTABLE FOREIGN OWNERSHIP.—In the case of an 

20 application under subsection (b), (c), or (d), a request 

21 for modification under subsection (g), or a request for 

22 modification of a covered authorization that is sub23 mitted by an entity that the Commission determines 

24 to have reportable foreign ownership, the Commission 

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1 mittee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in 

2 the United States Telecommunications Services Sector 

3 established by Executive Order No. 13913 (85 Fed. 

4 Reg. 19643) (in this subsection referred to as the 

5 ‘Committee’) for review of national security and law 

6 enforcement concerns that may be raised by such ap7 plication or request. 

8 ‘‘(2) REVIEW AT DISCRETION OF COMMISSION.— 

9 In addition to the applications and requests that the 

10 Commission is required to refer to the Committee 

11 under paragraph (1), the Commission may, in the 

12 discretion of the Commission, refer any other applica13 tion under subsection (b), (c), or (d), request for 

14 modification under subsection (g), or request for 

15 modification of a covered authorization to the Com16 mittee for review of national security and law en17 forcement concerns that may be raised by such appli18 cation or request. 

19 ‘‘(o) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 ‘‘(1) COVERED APPLICATION.—The term ‘covered 

21 application’ means an application for a license or 

22 grant of market access to operate a system described 

23 in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection (b)(1) 

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1 that is pending on the date of the enactment of this 

2 section. 

3 ‘‘(2) COVERED AUTHORIZATION.—The term ‘cov4 ered authorization’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) a license or grant of market access 

6 granted by the Commission to operate a system 

7 described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 

8 subsection (b)(1) or subparagraph (A), (B), or 

9 (C) of subsection (c)(1) that is in effect on the 

10 date of the enactment of this section; or 

11 ‘‘(B) a license or grant of market access 

12 granted by Commission approval of a covered 

13 application. 

14 ‘‘(3) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘covered pe15 riod’ means, with respect to a covered authorization, 

16 the period of time that begins on the date of the enact17 ment of this section and ends on the earliest of— 

18 ‘‘(A) the date that is 11 years after such 

19 date of enactment; 

20 ‘‘(B) the date on which the Commission de21 termines that the licensee or grantee (as the case 

22 may be) has not either— 

23 ‘‘(i) deployed a level of service com24 mensurate with the terms of the license or 

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1 ‘‘(ii) otherwise demonstrated progress 

2 and investment consistent with the deploy3 ment obligations under the license or grant 

4 of market access; 

5 ‘‘(C) the date on which the Commission 

6 grants a request to renew the covered authoriza7 tion; or 

8 ‘‘(D) the date on which the Commission 

9 grants a request for a modification of the covered 

10 authorization described in subsection 

11 (h)(2)(B)(i)(II). 

12 ‘‘(4) COVERED RADIOCOMMUNICATION SERV13 ICE.—The term ‘covered radiocommunication service’ 

14 means a radiocommunication service (as defined in 

15 the radio regulations of the International Tele16 communication Union that are in force as of the date 

17 of the enactment of this section (or any successor to 

18 such regulations)), except that such term does not in19 clude any radionavigation or safety service specifi20 cally identified by the Commission as a safety service 

21 for aeronautical or maritime transportation. 

22 ‘‘(5) GATEWAY STATION.—The term ‘gateway 

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1 ‘‘(A) supports the routing and switching 

2 functions of a system operated under a license 

3 granted under subsection (b) or a grant of mar4 ket access granted under subsection (c); 

5 ‘‘(B) may also be used for telemetry, track6 ing, and command transmissions; 

7 ‘‘(C) does not originate or terminate com8 munication traffic; and 

9 ‘‘(D) is not for the exclusive use of any cus10 tomer. 

11 ‘‘(6) INDIVIDUALLY LICENSED EARTH STATION.— 

12 The term ‘individually licensed earth station’ 

13 means— 

14 ‘‘(A) an earth station (other than a blanket15 licensed earth station) that sends a signal to, 

16 and receives a signal from— 

17 ‘‘(i) a nongeostationary orbit space 

18 station or space stations operated under a 

19 license granted under subsection (b)(1) or a 

20 grant of market access granted under sub21 section (c)(1); or 

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1 grant of market access granted under sub2 section (c)(2); or 

3 ‘‘(B) a gateway station. 

4 ‘‘(7) ORBITAL VARIANCE EFFICIENCY.—The term 

5 ‘orbital variance efficiency’ means the mean of the 

6 distance between the actual altitude of each space sta7 tion and the authorized altitude for each space station 

8 authorized under subsection (b)(1).’’. 

9 (b) RELATION TO OTHER LAW AMENDMENTS.—The 

10 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) in section 309(j)(2)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 

14 and inserting a semicolon; 

15 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

16 subparagraph (D); and 

17 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the 

18 following new subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(C) for licenses, grants of market access, or 

20 authorizations granted under section 346; or’’; 

21 and 

22 (2) in section 309(k)— 

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1 serting ‘‘RENEWAL PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN

2 AUTHORIZATIONS’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

4 (i) in the matter preceding subpara5 graph (A)— 

6 (I) by inserting ‘‘, the licensee of 

7 a license granted under section 346(b), 

8 the grantee of a grant of market access 

9 granted under section 346(c), or an en10 tity with authorization granted under 

11 section 346(d),’’ after ‘‘broadcast sta12 tion’’; 

13 (II) by inserting ‘‘, grant, or au14 thorization’’ after ‘‘such license’’; 

15 (III) by striking ‘‘that station’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘that licensee, grantee, 

17 or entity’’; and 

18 (IV) by inserting ‘‘, grant of mar19 ket access, or authorization’’ after ‘‘its 

20 license’’; 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

22 ‘‘the station’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of 

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1 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

2 (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), 

3 respectively; 

4 (iv) by inserting after subparagraph 

5 (A) the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) in the case of a licensee of a license 

7 granted under section 346(b), a grantee of a 

8 grant of market access granted under section 

9 346(c), or an entity with authorization granted 

10 under section 346(d), the licensee, grantee, or en11 tity has met the requirements of section 346(e);’’; 

12 (v) in subparagraph (C), as so redesig13 nated, by inserting ‘‘, grantee, or entity’’ 

14 after ‘‘licensee’’; and 

15 (vi) in subparagraph (D), as so redes16 ignated, by inserting ‘‘, grantee, or entity’’ 

17 after ‘‘licensee’’; 

18 (C) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, or the 

19 licensee of a license granted under section 346(b), 

20 the grantee of a grant of market access granted 

21 under section 346(c), or an entity with author22 ization granted under section 346(d),’’ after 

23 ‘‘broadcast station’’; 

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1 (i) in the matter preceding subpara2 graph (A), by inserting ‘‘of a broadcast sta3 tion, a licensee of a license granted under 

4 section 346(b), a grantee of a grant of mar5 ket access granted under section 346(c), or 

6 an entity with authorization granted under 

7 section 346(d)’’ after ‘‘that a licensee’’; 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 

9 (I) by inserting ‘‘, grantee, or en10 tity’’ after ‘‘licensee’’; and 

11 (II) by inserting ‘‘or 346’’ after 

12 ‘‘section 308’’; and 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

14 ‘‘former licensee’’ and inserting ‘‘former li15 censee of a broadcast station or such appli16 cations for a license, grant of market access, 

17 or authorization as may be filed under sec18 tion 346(b), 346(c), or 346(d) specifying the 

19 information of the former licensee, grantee, 

20 or entity’’; and 

21 (E) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘, grant 

22 of market access, or authorization’’ after ‘‘li23 cense’’. 

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1 cation submitted under subsection (b), (c), or (d) of section 

2 346 of the Communications Act of 1934 and any request 

3 for renewal or modification submitted under such section, 

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Union Calendar No. 125 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1338 

[Report No. 118–157] 

A BILL 

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to propurposes. vide authority for certain licenses, and for other 

JULY 25, 2023 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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