SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—SPECTRUM AUCTIONS AND INNOVATION 
Sec. 101. Spectrum auctions and innovation. 
TITLE II—SECURE AND TRUSTED COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS 
REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Increase in limitation on expenditure. 
TITLE III—NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 
Sec. 301. Further deployment and coordination of Next Generation 9–1–1. 
TITLE IV—INCUMBENT INFORMING CAPABILITY 
Sec. 401. Incumbent informing capability. 
TITLE V—EXTENSION OF FCC AUCTION AUTHORITY 
Sec. 501. Extension of FCC auction authority. 
TITLE VI—PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURE NETWORKS FUND 
Sec. 601. Public Safety and Secure Networks Fund. 
TITLE VII—DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
Sec. 701. Determination of budgetary effects. 
TITLE I—SPECTRUM AUCTIONS 
AND INNOVATION 
SEC. 101. SPECTRUM AUCTIONS AND INNOVATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist-
ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Communications and Information.
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) COVERED
BAND.—The term ‘‘covered 
band’’ means the band of frequencies between 3100 
megahertz and 3450 megahertz, inclusive. 
(4) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Federal en-
tity’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
113(l) of the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration Organization Act (47 
U.S.C. 923(l)). 
(5) 
RELEVANT
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘relevant congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; 
(B) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(C) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(D) the Committee on Armed Services of 
the Senate. 
(6) RELOCATION
OR
SHARING
COSTS.—The 
term ‘‘relocation or sharing costs’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 113(g)(3) of the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(3)). 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(b) 3.1–3.45 GHZ BAND.— 
(1) PIPELINE FUNDING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A Federal entity with 
operations in the covered band that the Assist-
ant Secretary determines might be affected by 
reallocation of the covered band may request a 
payment of up to $25,000,000 under section 
118(g)(2)(A) of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act (47 U.S.C. 928(g)(2)(A)) in order to 
make available the entire covered band for non- 
Federal use, shared Federal and non-Federal 
use, or a combination thereof. 
(B) EXEMPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (C)(ii) 
and (D)(ii) of section 118(g)(2) of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928(g)(2)) 
shall not apply with respect to a payment de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. 
(C) OVERSIGHT.—The Assistant Secretary 
and the Executive Office of the President shall
continuously review and provide oversight of the 
activities carried out using a payment described 
in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the pay-
ment required by section 90008(b)(1)(A) of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public 
Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1348; 47 U.S.C. 921 
note), as such section was in effect on the day 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
a combination of both such payments. 
(D) REPORT
TO
SECRETARY
OF
COM-
MERCE
AND
CONGRESS.—Not later than 15 
months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, for the purposes of aiding the Secretary in 
making the identification under paragraph (2) 
and informed by the activities carried out using 
a payment described in subparagraph (A), the 
payment required by section 90008(b)(1)(A) of 
the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 
(Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1348; 47 
U.S.C. 921 note), as such section was in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or a combination of both such pay-
ments, any Federal entity receiving such a pay-
ment or payments, in consultation with the As-
sistant Secretary and the Executive Office of
the President, shall submit to the Secretary and 
the relevant congressional committees a report 
that— 
(i) contains the findings of the activi-
ties carried out using such payment or 
payments; and 
(ii) recommends frequencies in the 
covered band for identification by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (2). 
(2) 
IDENTIFICATION.—Not 
later 
than 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
informed by the report required under paragraph 
(1)(D), the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Director of the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, and the Commission, 
shall submit to the President, the Commission, and 
the relevant congressional committees a report that 
identifies for inclusion in a system of competitive 
bidding under paragraph (3) 350 megahertz of fre-
quencies in the covered band for non-Federal use, 
shared Federal and non-Federal use, or a combina-
tion thereof. 
(3) AUCTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 7 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Commission, in coordination with the Assistant 
Secretary, shall commence a system of competi-
tive bidding under section 309(j) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)), in 
accordance with paragraph (2) of this sub-
section, of the frequencies identified under such 
paragraph for a system of competitive bidding. 
(B) PROHIBITION.—No entity that pro-
duces or provides any covered communications 
equipment or service (as defined in section 9 of 
the Secure and Trusted Communications Net-
works Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1608)), or any 
affiliate (as defined in section 3 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) of such 
an entity, may participate in the system of com-
petitive bidding required by subparagraph (A). 
(C) SCOPE.—The Commission may not in-
clude in the system of competitive bidding re-
quired by subparagraph (A) any frequencies 
that are not in the covered band. 
(D) DEPOSIT
OF
PROCEEDS.—Notwith-
standing subparagraphs (A), (C)(i), and (D) of 
section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(8)) and except as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B) of such section, the
proceeds (including deposits and upfront pay-
ments from successful bidders) of the system of 
competitive bidding required by subparagraph 
(A) of this paragraph (in this subparagraph re-
ferred to as the ‘‘covered proceeds’’) shall be 
deposited or available as follows: 
(i) Such amount of the covered pro-
ceeds as is necessary to cover 110 percent 
of the relocation or sharing costs of Fed-
eral entities relocated from or sharing the 
frequencies identified under paragraph (2) 
of this subsection shall be deposited in the 
Spectrum Relocation Fund established 
under section 118 of the National Tele-
communications and Information Adminis-
tration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928). 
(ii) After the amount required to be 
deposited by clause (i) is so deposited, any 
remainder of the covered proceeds shall be 
deposited in the Public Safety and Secure 
Networks Fund established by section 601. 
(4) MODIFICATION OR WITHDRAWAL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
modify or withdraw any assignment to a Fed-
eral Government station of the frequencies iden-
tified under paragraph (2) to accommodate 
non-Federal use, shared Federal and non-Fed-
eral use, or a combination thereof in accordance 
with that paragraph. 
(B) LIMITATIONS.—The President may not 
modify or withdraw any assignment to a Fed-
eral Government station as described in sub-
paragraph (A)— 
(i) unless the President determines 
that such modification or withdrawal will 
not compromise the primary mission of a 
Federal entity operating in the covered 
band; or 
(ii) before November 30, 2024. 
(5) AUCTION
PROCEEDS
TO
COVER
110
PER-
CENT
OF
FEDERAL
RELOCATION
OR
SHARING 
COSTS.—Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to relieve the Commission from the require-
ments under section 309(j)(16)(B) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(16)(B)). 
(c) FCC AUCTION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) TERMINATION.—Section 309(j)(11) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘2026, and with respect to the electro-
magnetic 
spectrum 
identified 
under 
section 
101(b)(2) of the Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022, 
such authority shall expire on the date that is 7 
years after the date of the enactment of that Act.’’. 
(2) SPECTRUM PIPELINE ACT OF 2015.—Section 
1004 of the Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015 (Public 
Law 114–74; 129 Stat. 621; 47 U.S.C. 921 note) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2024’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking 
‘‘2022’’ and inserting ‘‘2024’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking 
‘‘2024’’ and inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
(d) REPEAL.—Section 90008 of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 
1348; 47 U.S.C. 921 note), and the item relating to such 
section in the table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, 
are repealed. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion, or the repeal made by subsection (d), may be con-
strued to alter or impede the activities authorized to be 
conducted using the payment required by section 
90008(b)(1)(A) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
Act (Public Law 117–58; 135 Stat. 1348; 47 U.S.C. 921
note), as such section was in effect on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, if the Assistant Sec-
retary determines that such activities are conducted in ac-
cordance with subsection (b) of this section. 
TITLE II—SECURE AND TRUSTED 
COMMUNICATIONS 
NET-
WORKS 
REIMBURSEMENT 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 201. INCREASE IN LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURE. 
Section 4(k) of the Secure and Trusted Communica-
tions Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603(k)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$1,900,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$4,980,000,000’’. 
TITLE III—NEXT GENERATION 9– 
1–1 
SEC. 301. FURTHER DEPLOYMENT AND COORDINATION OF 
NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part C of the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 159. COORDINATION OF NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 IM-
PLEMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) DUTIES OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY WITH RE-
SPECT TO NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) take actions, in coordination with 
State point of contacts described under sub-
section (c)(3)(A)(ii), to improve coordination 
and communication with respect to the imple-
mentation of Next Generation 9–1–1; 
‘‘(B) develop, collect, and disseminate in-
formation concerning the practices, procedures, 
and technology used in the implementation of 
Next Generation 9–1–1; 
‘‘(C) advise and assist eligible entities in 
the preparation of implementation plans re-
quired under subsection (c)(3)(A)(iii); 
‘‘(D) provide technical assistance to eligible 
entities provided a grant under subsection (c) in 
support of efforts to explore efficiencies related 
to Next Generation 9–1–1; 
‘‘(E) review and approve or disapprove ap-
plications for grants under subsection (c); and 
‘‘(F) oversee the use of funds provided by 
such grants in fulfilling such implementation 
plans. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2023, and each year thereafter until funds
made available to make grants under subsection (c) 
are no longer available to be expended, the Assistant 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
activities conducted by the Assistant Secretary under 
paragraph (1) in the year preceding the submission 
of the report. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall develop a management plan for the 
grant program established under this section, 
including by developing— 
‘‘(i) plans related to the organiza-
tional structure of such program; and 
‘‘(ii) funding profiles for each fiscal 
year of the duration of such program. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this section, the Assistant Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) submit the management plan de-
veloped under subparagraph (A) to— 
‘‘(I) the Committees on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation 
and Appropriations of the Senate; and
‘‘(II) the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce and Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) publish the management plan de-
veloped under subparagraph (A) on the 
website of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration. 
‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OF PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) MODIFICATION.—The Assistant Sec-
retary may modify the management plan devel-
oped under paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 
days after the plan is modified under subpara-
graph (A), the Assistant Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) submit the modified plan to— 
‘‘(I) the Committees on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation 
and Appropriations of the Senate; and 
‘‘(II) the Committees on Energy 
and Commerce and Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(ii) publish the modified plan on the 
website of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration.