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

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:  <p>This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to audit and report to Congress about the electromagnetic spectrum that is allocated to federal users.</p> <p>In its report, the NTIA must identify each particular band of spectrum that is allocated to federal users and describe other aspects of the federal uses, including (1) the purpose of the federal use of each band, (2) how much of each band is dedicated to its purpose, and (3) whether the band is shared with other federal and nonfederal users.</p>

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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 998 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 998

 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

                             March 28, 2023

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

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                                 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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