Spectrum Coexistence Act

Subjects: Science, Technology, Communications


<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3431 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3431

 To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to establish a working group on performance criteria for 
                radio receivers, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2023

  Ms. Matsui introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information to establish a working group on performance criteria for 
                radio receivers, 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 Coexistence Act''.

SEC. 2. WORKING GROUP ON PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR RADIO RECEIVERS.

    (a) Establishment.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 3 months after the date of 
        the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Commerce, in 
        consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
        Communications and Information and the Commission, shall 
        convene a working group to develop, and periodically update, 
        criteria, ratings, and other measures, including voluntary 
        standards of radio receivers operating in Federal systems.
            (2) Purpose.--The purpose of the criteria, ratings, and 
        other measures, including voluntary standards developed by the 
        working group, shall be to encourage the design, manufacture, 
        and sale of radio receivers operating in Federal systems that 
        incorporate appropriate measures to provide interference 
        immunity to ensure that the reasonable current and future use 
        of cochannel or non-cochannel spectrum, including use by non-
        Federal systems of spectrum designated by the Commission for 
        commercial operations, will not result in receiver operations 
        being seriously degraded or obstructed, or their operations 
        repeatedly interrupted.
            (3) Criteria.--In developing the receiver criteria, 
        ratings, and other measures, the working group shall take into 
        consideration the unique technical and operational 
        characteristics of the different Federal systems.
    (b) Chair; Members.--The Chair of the working group shall be the 
Secretary of Commerce and shall include representatives from the 
following:
            (1) The Assistant Secretary.
            (2) The Commission.
            (3) The telecommunications industry.
            (4) Academia.
    (c) Publication of Criteria, Rating, and Other Measures.--Not later 
than 18 months after the date on which the working group is established 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1), the Commission and Assistant Secretary 
shall publish the criteria, ratings, and other measures developed 
pursuant to subsection (a)(1) on a publicly accessible page on the 
website of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and in the Federal Register.
    (d) Periodic Review and Update.--Not less frequently than every 4 
years, the working group shall review and update, if appropriate, the 
criteria, ratings, and other measures published pursuant to subsection 
(c). Any such update shall be published as described in subsection (c) 
not later than 14 days after the date on which the update is completed.
    (e) Savings Clause.--No action taken by the working group, the 
Assistant Secretary, or the Commission pursuant to this section shall 
be used to impose any obligation on manufacturers with respect to any 
radio receivers designed to operate exclusively in non-Federal systems.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
        means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
        and Information.
            (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (3) Federal system.--The term ``Federal system'' means a 
        system of radio stations belonging to and operated by the 
        United States that receives radio frequency signals on spectrum 
        that is allocated exclusively for Federal Government use or 
        allocated for both Federal and non-Federal operations.
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