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Union Calendar No. 490 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7310 

[Report No. 116–592, Part I] 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 

Information to submit to Congress a plan for the modernization of 

the information technology systems of the National Telecommunications 

and Information Administration, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2020 

Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, and Mr. WALBERG) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in 

addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 

provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to the Committee of the 

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


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A BILL 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan 

for the modernization of the information technology systems of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 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 ‘‘Spectrum IT Mod5 ernization Act of 2020’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MODERNIZATION EFFORT. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

8 (1) the term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means the 

9 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communica10 tions and Information; 

11 (2) the term ‘‘covered agency’’— 

12 (A) means any Federal entity that the As13 sistant Secretary determines is appropriate; and 

14 (B) includes the Department of Defense; 

15 (3) the term ‘‘Federal entity’’ has the meaning 

16 given the term in section 113(l) of the National 

17 Telecommunications and Information Administration 

18 Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(l)); 

19 (4) the term ‘‘Federal spectrum’’ means fre20 quencies assigned on a primary basis to a covered 

21 agency; 

22 (5) the term ‘‘infrastructure’’ means informa23 tion technology systems and information tech24 nologies, tools, and databases; and 


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1 (6) the term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the National Tele2 communications and Information Administration. 

3 (b) INITIAL INTERAGENCY SPECTRUM INFORMATION

4 TECHNOLOGY COORDINATION.—Not later than 90 days 

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec6 retary, in consultation with the Policy and Plans Steering 

7 Group, shall identify a process to establish goals, including 

8 parameters to measure the achievement of those goals, for 

9 the modernization of the infrastructure of covered agen10 cies relating to managing the use of Federal spectrum by 

11 those agencies, which shall include— 

12 (1) the standardization of data inputs, modeling 

13 algorithms, modeling and simulation processes, anal14 ysis tools with respect to Federal spectrum, assump15 tions, and any other tool to ensure interoperability 

16 and functionality with respect to that infrastructure; 

17 (2) other potential innovative technological ca18 pabilities with respect to that infrastructure, includ19 ing cloud-based databases, artificial intelligence tech20 nologies, automation, and improved modeling and 

21 simulation capabilities; 

22 (3) ways to improve the management of covered 

23 agencies’ use of Federal spectrum through that in24 frastructure, including by— 


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1 (A) increasing the efficiency of that infra2 structure; 

3 (B) addressing validation of usage with re4 spect to that infrastructure; 

5 (C) increasing the accuracy of that infra6 structure; 

7 (D) validating models used by that infra8 structure; and 

9 (E) monitoring and enforcing requirements 

10 that are imposed on covered agencies with re11 spect to the use of Federal spectrum by covered 

12 agencies; 

13 (4) ways to improve the ability of covered agen14 cies to meet mission requirements in congested envi15 ronments with respect to Federal spectrum, includ16 ing as part of automated adjustments to operations 

17 based on changing conditions in those environments; 

18 (5) the creation of a time-based automated 

19 mechanism— 

20 (A) to share Federal spectrum between 

21 covered agencies to collaboratively and dynami22 cally increase access to Federal spectrum by 

23 those agencies; and 

24 (B) that could be scaled across Federal 

25 spectrum; and 


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1 (6) the collaboration between covered agencies 

2 necessary to ensure the interoperability of Federal 

3 spectrum. 

4 (c) SPECTRUM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MOD5 ERNIZATION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 240 days 

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist8 ant Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that 

9 contains the plan of the NTIA to modernize and 

10 automate the infrastructure of the NTIA relating to 

11 managing the use of Federal spectrum by covered 

12 agencies so as to more efficiently manage that use. 

13 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

14 paragraph (1) shall include— 

15 (A) an assessment of the current, as of the 

16 date on which the report is submitted, infra17 structure of the NTIA described in that para18 graph; 

19 (B) an acquisition strategy for the modern20 ized infrastructure of the NTIA described in 

21 that paragraph, including how that modernized 

22 infrastructure will enable covered agencies to be 

23 more efficient and effective in the use of Fed24 eral spectrum; 


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1 (C) a timeline for the implementation of 

2 the modernization efforts described in that 

3 paragraph; 

4 (D) plans detailing how the modernized in5 frastructure of the NTIA described in that 

6 paragraph will— 

7 (i) enhance the security and reliability 

8 of that infrastructure so that such infra9 structure satisfies the requirements of the 

10 Federal Information Security Management 

11 Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 

12 Stat. 2135); 

13 (ii) improve data models and analysis 

14 tools to increase the efficiency of the spec15 trum use described in that paragraph; 

16 (iii) enhance automation and work17 flows, and reduce the scope and level of 

18 manual effort, in order to— 

19 (I) administer the management 

20 of the spectrum use described in that 

21 paragraph; and 

22 (II) improve data quality and 

23 processing time; and 

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1 tion, including requests submitted pursu2 ant to section 552 of title 5, United States 

3 Code; 

4 (E) an operations and maintenance plan 

5 with respect to the modernized infrastructure of 

6 the NTIA described in that paragraph; 

7 (F) a strategy for coordination between the 

8 covered agencies within the Policy and Plans 

9 Steering Group, which shall include— 

10 (i) a description of— 

11 (I) those coordination efforts, as 

12 in effect on the date on which the re13 port is submitted; and 

14 (II) a plan for coordination of 

15 those efforts after the date on which 

16 the report is submitted, including with 

17 respect to the efforts described in sub18 section (d); 

19 (ii) a plan for standardizing— 

20 (I) electromagnetic spectrum 

21 analysis tools; 

22 (II) modeling and simulation 

23 processes and technologies; and 

24 (III) databases to provide tech25 nical interference assessments that 


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1 are usable across the Federal Govern2 ment as part of a common spectrum 

3 management infrastructure for cov4 ered agencies; 

5 (iii) a plan for each covered agency to 

6 implement a modernization plan described 

7 in subsection (d)(1) that is tailored to the 

8 particular timeline of the agency; 

9 (G) identification of manually intensive 

10 processes involved in managing Federal spec11 trum and proposed enhancements to those proc12 esses; 

13 (H) metrics to evaluate the success of the 

14 modernization efforts described in that para15 graph and any similar future efforts; and 

16 (I) an estimate of the cost of the mod17 ernization efforts described in that paragraph 

18 and any future maintenance with respect to the 

19 modernized infrastructure of the NTIA de20 scribed in that paragraph, including the cost of 

21 any personnel and equipment relating to that 

22 maintenance. 

23 (d) INTERAGENCY INPUTS.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

25 the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each 


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1 covered agency shall submit to the Assistant Sec2 retary and the Policy and Plans Steering Group a 

3 report that describes the plan of the agency to mod4 ernize the infrastructure of the agency with respect 

5 to the use of Federal spectrum by the agency so that 

6 such modernized infrastructure of the agency is 

7 interoperable with the modernized infrastructure of 

8 the NTIA, as described in subsection (c). 

9 (2) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted by the 

10 head of a covered agency under paragraph (1) 

11 shall— 

12 (A) include— 

13 (i) an assessment of the current, as of 

14 the date on which the report is submitted, 

15 management capabilities of the agency 

16 with respect to the use of frequencies that 

17 are assigned to the agency, which shall in18 clude a description of any challenges faced 

19 by the agency with respect to that manage20 ment; 

21 (ii) a timeline for completion of the 

22 modernization efforts described in that 

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1 agement of frequencies that are assigned 

2 to the agency, as determined under sub3 section (b); 

4 (iv) identification of agency-specific 

5 requirements or constraints relating to the 

6 infrastructure of the agency; 

7 (v) identification of any existing, as of 

8 the date on which the report is submitted, 

9 systems of the agency that are duplicative 

10 of the modernized infrastructure of the 

11 NTIA, as proposed under subsection (c); 

12 and 

13 (vi) with respect to the report sub14 mitted by the Secretary of Defense— 

15 (I) a strategy for the integration 

16 of systems or the flow of data among 

17 the Armed Forces, the military de18 partments, the Defense Agencies and 

19 Department of Defense Field Activi20 ties, and other components of the De21 partment of Defense; 

22 (II) a plan for the implementa23 tion of solutions to the use of Federal 

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1 fense involving information at multiple 

2 levels of classification; and 

3 (III) a strategy for addressing, 

4 within the modernized infrastructure 

5 of the Department of Defense de6 scribed in that paragraph, the ex7 change of information between the 

8 Department of Defense and the NTIA 

9 in order to accomplish required proc10 essing of all Department of Defense 

11 domestic spectrum coordination and 

12 management activities; and 

13 (B) be submitted in an unclassified format, 

14 with a classified annex, as appropriate. 

15 (3) NOTIFICATION OF CONGRESS.—Upon sub16 mission of the report required under paragraph (1), 

17 the head of each covered agency shall notify Con18 gress that the head of the covered agency has sub19 mitted the report. 

20 (e) GAO OVERSIGHT.—The Comptroller General of 

21 the United States shall— 

22 (1) not later than 90 days after the date of en23 actment of this Act, conduct a review of the infra24 structure of covered agencies, as that infrastructure 

25 exists on the date of enactment of this Act; 


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1 (2) after all of the reports required under sub2 section (d) have been submitted, conduct oversight 

3 of the implementation of the modernization plans 

4 submitted by the NTIA and covered agencies under 

5 subsections (c) and (d), respectively; 

6 (3) not later than 1 year after the date on 

7 which the Comptroller General begins conducting 

8 oversight under paragraph (2), and annually there9 after, submit a report regarding that oversight to— 

10 (A) with respect to the implementation of 

11 the modernization plan of the Department of 

12 Defense, the Committee on Armed Services of 

13 the Senate and the Committee on Armed Serv14 ices of the House of Representatives; and 

15 (B) with respect to the implementation of 

16 the modernization plans of all covered agencies, 

17 including the Department of Defense, the Com18 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor19 tation of the Senate and the Committee on En20 ergy and Commerce of the House of Represent21 atives; and 

22 (4) provide regular briefings to— 

23 (A) with respect to the application of this 

24 section to the Department of Defense, the Com25 mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 


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1 Committee on Armed Services of the House of 

2 Representatives; and 

3 (B) with respect to the application of this 

4 section to all covered agencies, including the 

5 Department of Defense, the Committee on 

6 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

7 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com8 merce of the House of Representatives. 


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Union Calendar No. 490 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7310 

[Report No. 116–592, Part I] 

A BILL 

To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 

tration, and for other purposes. Telecommunications and Information Adminisformation technology systems of the National Congress a plan for the modernization of the inCommunications and Information to submit to 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Reported from the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

NOVEMBER 17, 2020 

Committee on Armed Services discharged; committed to 

Union and ordered to be printed the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 


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