(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(b) 3.1–3.45 GHZ BAND.— 
(1) PIPELINE FUNDING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Immediately following 
the approval under subparagraph (E) of sub-
section (g)(2) of section 118 of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928) of a 
plan submitted under subparagraph (D)(i)(I) of 
such subsection by a Federal entity with oper-
ations in the covered band, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall trans-
fer to such Federal entity from the Spectrum 
Relocation Fund established under such section 
$50,000,000 for such Federal entity to carry 
out activities described in subparagraph (A) of 
such subsection in order to make available the 
entire covered band for non-Federal use, shared 
Federal and non-Federal use, or a combination 
thereof, including by making available— 
(i) frequencies in the covered band for 
identification by the Secretary under para-
graph (2)(A); and 
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(ii) frequencies in the covered band 
for identification by the Secretary under 
paragraph (2)(B). 
(B) 
EXEMPTION.—Section 
118(g)(2)(D)(ii) of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act (47 U.S.C. 928(g)(2)(D)(ii)) shall 
not apply with respect to the payment required 
under subparagraph (A). 
(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 under 
subparagraph (A). 
(D) REPORT
TO
SECRETARY
OF
COM-
MERCE
AND
CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of 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 under subparagraph (A), any Fed-
eral entity receiving such a payment, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Secretary and the 
Executive Office of the President, shall submit 
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to the Secretary and the relevant congressional 
committees a report that— 
(i) contains the findings of the activi-
ties carried out using such payment; and 
(ii) recommends— 
(I) frequencies in the covered 
band for identification by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (2)(A); and 
(II) frequencies in the covered 
band for identification by the Sec-
retary under paragraph (2)(B). 
(2) 
IDENTIFICATION.—Not 
later 
than 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, in-
formed by the activities carried out using a payment 
under paragraph (1)(A) and the report required 
under paragraph (1)(D), the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Defense, the Director of 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the 
Commission, shall submit to the President, the Com-
mission, and the relevant congressional committees a 
report that— 
(A) identifies for inclusion in a system of 
competitive bidding under paragraph (3) at 
least 200 megahertz of frequencies in the cov-
ered band for non-Federal use, shared Federal 
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and non-Federal use, or a combination thereof; 
and 
(B) identifies additional frequencies in the 
covered band that could be made available for 
non-Federal use, shared Federal and non-Fed-
eral use, or a combination thereof. 
(3) AUCTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 7 years 
after the date of 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 sub-
paragraph (A) of that paragraph. 
(B) PROHIBITION.—No entity that is on 
the list required by section 2 of the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 
(47 U.S.C. 1601) may participate in the system 
of competitive bidding required by subpara-
graph (A). 
(C) SCOPE.—The Commission may not in-
clude in the system of competitive bidding re-
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quired by subparagraph (A) any frequencies 
that are not in the covered band. 
(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)(A) 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-
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ments under section 309(j)(16)(B) of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(16)(B)). 
(6) RULES AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL USE OF 
SPECTRUM IN COVERED BAND.—Not later than 4 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Commission, in coordination with the Assistant Sec-
retary, shall adopt rules that authorize the use of 
spectrum in the covered band identified under para-
graph (2)(B) for non-Federal use, shared Federal 
and non-Federal use, or a combination thereof. 
(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 ‘‘2025, and with respect to the electro-
magnetic 
spectrum 
identified 
under 
section 
2(b)(2)(A) of the Spectrum Innovation Act of 2022, 
such authority shall expire on the date that is 7 
years after the date of 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’’; and 
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