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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8244 
To require the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
to estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum assigned or otherwise 
allocated to Federal entities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 
Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for herself and Ms. CLARKE of New York) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration to estimate the value of electromagnetic 
spectrum assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal enti-
ties. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Spectrum 
Valuation Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTIMATE OF VALUE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPEC-
TRUM. 
Part B of the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
921 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 120. ESTIMATE OF VALUE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC 
SPECTRUM. 
‘‘(a) ESTIMATES REQUIRED.—The NTIA, in con-
sultation with the Commission and the Director of OMB, 
shall estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum in the 
covered band that is assigned or otherwise allocated to 
each Federal entity as of the date of the estimate, in ac-
cordance with the schedule under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) SCHEDULE.—The NTIA shall conduct the esti-
mates under subsection (a) for the covered bands be-
tween— 
‘‘(1) 225 megahertz and 33 gigahertz not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, and every 3 years thereafter; 
‘‘(2) 33 gigahertz and 66 gigahertz not later 
than 2 years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, and every 3 years thereafter; and 
‘‘(3) 66 gigahertz and 95 gigahertz not later 
than 3 years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, and every 3 years thereafter. 
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‘‘(c) BASIS FOR ESTIMATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The NTIA shall base each 
value estimate under subsection (a) on the value 
that the electromagnetic spectrum would have if the 
spectrum were reallocated for the use with the high-
est potential value of licensed or unlicensed commer-
cial wireless services that do not have access to that 
spectrum as of the date of the estimate. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION OF GOVERNMENT CAPA-
BILITIES.—In estimating the economic value of spec-
trum under subsection (a), the NTIA may consider 
the spectrum needs of commercial interests while 
preserving the spectrum access necessary to satisfy 
mission requirements and operations of Federal enti-
ties. 
‘‘(3) DYNAMIC SCORING.—To the greatest ex-
tent practicable, the NTIA shall incorporate dynamic 
scoring methodology into the value estimate under 
subsection (a). 
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the NTIA shall publicly disclose how 
the NTIA arrived at each value estimate under 
subsection (a), including any findings made 
under paragraph (2). 
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‘‘(B) CLASSIFIED, LAW
ENFORCEMENT- 
SENSITIVE, AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.— 
If any information involved in a value estimate 
under subsection (a), including any finding 
made under paragraph (2), is classified, law en-
forcement-sensitive, or proprietary, the NTIA— 
‘‘(i) may not publicly disclose the clas-
sified, law enforcement-sensitive, or propri-
etary information; and 
‘‘(ii) shall make the classified, law en-
forcement-sensitive, or proprietary infor-
mation available to any Member of Con-
gress, upon request, in a separate annex. 
‘‘(d) AGENCY REPORT
ON VALUE
OF ELECTRO-
MAGNETIC SPECTRUM.—The head of a Federal entity that 
has been assigned or otherwise allocated use of electro-
magnetic spectrum within the covered bands shall report 
the value of the spectrum as most recently estimated 
under subsection (a)— 
‘‘(1) in the budget of the Federal entity to be 
included in the budget of the United States Govern-
ment submitted by the President under section 1105 
of title 31, United States Code; and 
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‘‘(2) in the annual financial statement of the 
Federal entity required to be filed under section 
3515 of title 31, United States Code. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
BANDS.—The term ‘covered 
bands’ means the band of frequencies between 225 
megahertz and 95 gigahertz. 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘Federal en-
tity’ has the meaning given the term in section 
113(l). 
‘‘(3) OMB.—The term ‘OMB’ means the Office 
of Management and Budget.’’. 
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