Spectrum Coordination Act

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications, Government information and archives, Radio spectrum allocation, Telephone and wireless communication


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1341 Introduced in House (IH)]

&lt;DOC&gt;






118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1341

 To improve Federal coordination with respect to spectrum management, 
                        and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2023

  Mr. Balderson (for himself and Ms. Kuster) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To improve Federal coordination with respect to spectrum management, 
                        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 ``Spectrum Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT.

    Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 106. IMPROVING SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT.

    ``(a) Federal Coordination Procedures.--
            ``(1) Notice.--With respect to each spectrum action, the 
        Assistant Secretary shall file in the public record with 
        respect to such spectrum action, not later than the end of the 
        period for submitting comments to the Commission with respect 
        to such spectrum action, information (redacted as necessary if 
        the information is protected from disclosure for a reason 
        described in paragraph (3)) regarding--
                    ``(A) the date on which the Commission provided to 
                the Assistant Secretary notice of the spectrum action, 
                as required under the Memorandum;
                    ``(B) the Federal entities that may be impacted by 
                the spectrum action;
                    ``(C) the date on which the Assistant Secretary 
                provided to the Federal entities described in 
                subparagraph (B) notice of the spectrum action;
                    ``(D) a summary of technical or procedural 
                concerns, if any, of Federal entities with respect to 
                the spectrum action; and
                    ``(E) a summary of policy concerns, if any, of the 
                Assistant Secretary with respect to the spectrum 
                action.
            ``(2) Final rule.--If the Commission promulgates a final 
        rule under section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
        involving a spectrum action, the Commission shall prepare, make 
        available to the public, and publish in the Federal Register 
        along with the final rule an interagency coordination summary 
        that describes--
                    ``(A) the date on which the Commission provided to 
                the Assistant Secretary notice of the spectrum action, 
                as required under the Memorandum;
                    ``(B) whether concerns were raised under 
                subparagraph (D) or subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1) 
                and, if so, the concerns raised; and
                    ``(C) how any such concerns were resolved.
            ``(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
        be construed to require the disclosure of classified 
        information, or other information reflecting technical, 
        procedural, or policy concerns that are exempt from disclosure 
        under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(b) Memorandum.--
            ``(1) Memorandum updates.--Not later than 3 years after the 
        date of the enactment of this section, and not less frequently 
        than every 4 years thereafter, the Commission and the NTIA 
        shall update the Memorandum.
            ``(2) Nature of updates.--In updating the Memorandum under 
        paragraph (1), the Commission and the NTIA shall ensure that 
        each update reflects changing technological, procedural, and 
        policy circumstances, as determined necessary and appropriate 
        by the Commission and the NTIA.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Memorandum.--The term `Memorandum' means the 
        Memorandum of Understanding between the Commission and the NTIA 
        (relating to increased coordination between Federal spectrum 
        management agencies to promote the efficient use of the radio 
        spectrum in the public interest), signed on August 1, 2022, or 
        any successor memorandum.
            ``(2) Spectrum action.--The term `spectrum action' means 
        any proposed action by the Commission to reallocate radio 
        frequency spectrum that is anticipated to result in a system of 
        competitive bidding conducted under section 309(j) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) or licensing that 
        could potentially impact the spectrum operations of a Federal 
        entity.''.
                                 &lt;all&gt;
</pre></body></html>