SMART Act

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for a standardized framework to facilitate the sharing of electromagnetic spectrum between non-Federal users and incumbent Federal entities, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Simplifying Management, Reallocation, and Transfer of Spectrum Act SMART Act 2. Standardized spectrum sharing framework Part B of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 921 et seq. 120. Standardized spectrum sharing framework (a) In general The Assistant Secretary shall— (1) not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this section, begin to amend the Department of Commerce spectrum management document entitled Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio Frequency Management (2) not later than the date on which amounts appropriated under subsection (c) first become available, begin to implement such framework. (b) System To enable sharing (1) In general The standardized framework required by subsection (a) shall include a system to enable sharing, including time-based sharing, to securely manage harmful interference between non-Federal users and incumbent Federal entities sharing a band of covered spectrum, in order to ensure access by such non-Federal users to such band of covered spectrum. (2) Requirements The system required by paragraph (1) shall contain, at a minimum, the following: (A) One or more mechanisms to allow non-Federal secondary use as authorized by the Commission during times when there is no primary use by Federal entities encumbering the covered spectrum. (B) One or more mechanisms to address harmful interference to incumbent Federal entities, including through the following functions: (i) Sensing. (ii) Identification. (iii) Reporting. (iv) Analysis. (v) Resolution. (C) Dynamic protection area analysis, definition, and control. (3) Compliance with Commission rules The system required by paragraph (1) shall ensure that use of covered spectrum is in accordance with the applicable rules of the Commission. (4) Input of information Each incumbent Federal entity sharing a band of covered spectrum shall input into the system required by paragraph (1) such information as the Assistant Secretary may require regarding the frequency, time, and location of the use of the band by such Federal entity. (5) Protection of classified information and controlled unclassified information The system required by paragraph (1) shall contain appropriate measures to protect classified information and controlled unclassified information, including any such classified information or controlled unclassified information that relates to military operations. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated to the Assistant Secretary to carry out this section— (1) $117,400,000 for fiscal year 2023 (and such amount is authorized to remain available through fiscal year 2029); and (2) $8,700,000 for fiscal year 2030 and each fiscal year thereafter. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered spectrum The term covered spectrum 47 U.S.C. 309(j) (2) Federal entity The term Federal entity .

Summary: Simplifying Management, Reallocation, and Transfer of Spectrum Act or the SMART Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement a standardized framework that facilitates the sharing of electromagnetic spectrum between nonfederal users and federal entities. This framework must enable the secure management of harmful interference between nonfederal users and federal entities that share a spectrum band in order to ensure access by such nonfederal users to the spectrum band.