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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4462 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

Organization Act to provide for the establishment of an electromagnetic 

spectrum sharing research and development program and an integrated 

spectrum automation enterprise strategy, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 

Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. LATTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and 

Technology, 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 

A BILL 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 

Administration Organization Act to provide for the establishment of an electromagnetic spectrum sharing research 

and development program and an integrated spectrum 

automation enterprise strategy, and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Studying How to Har3 ness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019’’ or the 

4 ‘‘SHARE Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. NTIA ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SHARING RE6 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND 

7 STRATEGY. 

8 Part A of the National Telecommunications and In9 formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 

10 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 106. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SHARING RE13 SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND 

14 STRATEGY. 

15 ‘‘(a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 

16 Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

17 the Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources Effi18 ciently Act of 2019, the Assistant Secretary, in consulta19 tion with the Commission, shall establish a program to re20 search and develop innovative technologies and techniques 

21 that facilitate the sharing of the same covered electro22 magnetic spectrum by more than one Federal entity. 

23 ‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED SPECTRUM AU24 TOMATION ENTERPRISE STRATEGY.— 

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

26 the date of the enactment of the Studying How to 


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1 Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, 

2 the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the 

3 Commission, shall propose, after notice and oppor4 tunity for comment, an integrated spectrum automa5 tion enterprise strategy to address the management 

6 of covered electromagnetic spectrum in order to fa7 cilitate the sharing of such spectrum by more than 

8 one Federal entity. 

9 ‘‘(2) MATTERS ENCOMPASSED.—In developing 

10 the strategy under paragraph (1), the Assistant Sec11 retary shall consider, at a minimum, whether to pro12 pose— 

13 ‘‘(A) changes in policy or to the law, in14 cluding legislative and regulatory changes; and 

15 ‘‘(B) using— 

16 ‘‘(i) databases; 

17 ‘‘(ii) artificial intelligence; 

18 ‘‘(iii) spectrum management proc19 esses; 

20 ‘‘(iv) public-facing application pro21 gramming interfaces and online tools; 

22 ‘‘(v) automatic frequency coordination 

23 systems; 

24 ‘‘(vi) spectrum enforcement require25 ments; 


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1 ‘‘(vii) listen-before-talk; 

2 ‘‘(viii) environmental sensing capabili3 ties; and 

4 ‘‘(ix) electromagnetic spectrum com5 patibility analyses. 

6 ‘‘(3) ESTABLISHMENT OF SHARING TEST

7 BED.—Not later than 15 months after the date of 

8 the enactment of the Studying How to Harness Air9 wave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, the Assist10 ant Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, 

11 shall, as part of the strategy proposed under para12 graph (1), establish at least one test bed to dem13 onstrate the potential for automated technologies to 

14 facilitate the sharing of the same covered electro15 magnetic spectrum by more than one Federal entity. 

16 ‘‘(4) UPDATES TO STRATEGY.—Not later than 

17 1 year after the strategy under paragraph (1) is pro18 posed, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Sec19 retary shall update such strategy. 

20 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

21 date of the enactment of the Studying How to Harness 

22 Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, and annually 

23 thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with 

24 the Commission, shall submit to the Committee on Energy 

25 and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 


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1 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 

2 the Senate a report containing— 

3 ‘‘(1) the results of the program established 

4 under subsection (a); and 

5 ‘‘(2) the strategy proposed under subsection 

6 (b)(1) with respect to the first report submitted 

7 under this subsection and updates to the strategy 

8 proposed under such subsection with respect to re9 ports submitted thereafter. 

10 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

11 is authorized to be appropriated to the Assistant Secretary 

12 to carry out this section $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

13 Such amounts are authorized to remain available until ex14 pended. 

15 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) COVERED ELECTROMAGNETIC SPEC17 TRUM.—The term ‘covered electromagnetic spec18 trum’ means electromagnetic spectrum allocated for 

19 exclusive or primary use by Federal entities. 

20 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘Federal en21 tity’ has the meaning given such term in section 

22 113(l).’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REPORT 

2 ON EXPANDING SPECTRUM SHARING TECH3 NIQUES. 

4 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 12 months after the 

5 first assignment of Priority Access Licenses through the 

6 system of competitive bidding, after an opportunity for no7 tice and comment, the Federal Communications Commis8 sion shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Com9 merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

10 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 

11 a report that assesses and provides recommendations for 

12 expanding upon and improving spectrum sharing tech13 niques developed for use in the 3.5 gigahertz band and 

14 that includes the following considerations: 

15 (1) How to promote an ecosystem of devices 

16 employing such sharing techniques. 

17 (2) How to ensure that any Federal protection 

18 zones and corresponding technical rules and power 

19 levels are no more protective than necessary. 

20 (3) The applicability of such sharing techniques 

21 to frequencies between 3100 megahertz and 3550 

22 megahertz, inclusive, and frequencies between 7125 

23 megahertz and 8400 megahertz, inclusive, to the ex24 tent any portion of such frequencies cannot be 

25 cleared in a reasonable amount of time. 


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1 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in sub2 section (a)(3) may be construed to require that every spec3 trum sharing technique developed for use in the 3.5 

4 gigahertz band be recommended for use in other bands. 

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