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paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘, after notice and an opportunity for 
public comment,’’ after ‘‘the Commission’’. 
SEC. 615. GAO ASSESSMENT OF UNLICENSED SPECTRUM AND WI-FI 
USE IN LOW-INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
(a) STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to evaluate the availability of 
broadband Internet access using unlicensed spectrum and wire-
less networks in low-income neighborhoods. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting the study under para-
graph (1), the Comptroller General shall consider and 
evaluate— 
(A) the availability of wireless Internet hot spots and 
access to unlicensed spectrum in low-income neighborhoods, 
particularly for elementary and secondary school-aged chil-
dren in such neighborhoods; 
(B) any barriers preventing or limiting the deployment 
and use of wireless networks in low-income neighborhoods; 
(C) how to overcome any barriers described in subpara-
graph (B), including through incentives, policies, or require-
ments that would increase the availability of unlicensed 
spectrum and related technologies in low-income neighbor-
hoods; and 
(D) how to encourage home broadband adoption by 
households with elementary and secondary school-age chil-
dren that are in low-income neighborhoods. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives a report that— 
(1) summarizes the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); and 
(2) makes recommendations with respect to potential incen-
tives, policies, and requirements that could help achieve the 
goals described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection 
(a)(2). 
SEC. 
616. 
RULEMAKING 
RELATED 
TO 
PARTITIONING 
OR 
DISAGGREGATING LICENSES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
SMALL
CARRIER.—The term ‘‘covered small 
carrier’’ means a carrier (as defined in section 3 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)) that— 
(A) has not more than 1,500 employees (as determined 
under section 121.106 of title 13, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, or any successor thereto); and 
(B) offers services using the facilities of the carrier. 
(2) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ means any area 
other than— 
(A) a city, town, or incorporated area that has a popu-
lation of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or 
(B) an urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to a 
city or town that has a population of more than 50,000 
inhabitants. 
(b) RULEMAKING.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a rule-
making proceeding to assess whether to establish a program, 
or modify existing programs, under which a licensee that 
receives a license for the exclusive use of spectrum in a specific 
geographic area under section 301 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301) may partition or disaggregate the 
license by sale or long-term lease— 
(A) in order to— 
(i) provide services consistent with the license; and 
(ii) make unused spectrum available to— 
(I) an unaffiliated covered small carrier; or 
(II) an unaffiliated carrier to serve a rural 
area; and 
(B) if the Commission finds that such a program would 
promote— 
(i) the availability of advanced telecommunications 
services in rural areas; or 
(ii) spectrum availability for covered small carriers. 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In conducting the rulemaking pro-
ceeding under paragraph (1), the Commission shall consider, 
with respect to the program proposed to be established under 
that paragraph— 
(A) whether reduced performance requirements with 
respect to spectrum obtained through the program would 
facilitate deployment of advanced telecommunications serv-
ices in the areas covered by the program; 
(B) what conditions may be needed on transfers of 
spectrum under the program to allow covered small carriers 
that obtain spectrum under the program to build out the 
spectrum in a reasonable period of time; 
(C) what incentives may be appropriate to encourage 
licensees to lease or sell spectrum, including— 
(i) extending the term of a license granted under 
section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 301); or 
(ii) modifying performance requirements of the 
license relating to the leased or sold spectrum; and 
(D) the administrative feasibility of— 
(i) the incentives described in subparagraph (C); 
and 
(ii) other incentives considered by the Commission 
that further the goals of this section. 
(3) FORFEITURE OF SPECTRUM.—If a party fails to meet 
any build out requirements set by the Commission for any 
spectrum sold or leased under this section, the right to the 
spectrum shall be forfeited to the Commission unless the 
Commission finds that there is good cause for the failure of 
the party. 
(4) REQUIREMENT.—The Commission may offer a licensee 
incentives or reduced performance requirements under this sec-
tion only if the Commission finds that doing so would likely 
result in increased availability of advanced telecommunications 
services in a rural area.
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SEC. 617. UNLICENSED SPECTRUM POLICY. 
(a) STATEMENT
OF POLICY.—It is the policy of the United 
States— 
(1) to maximize the benefit to the people of the United 
States of the spectrum resources of the United States; 
(2) to advance innovation and investment in wireless 
broadband services; and 
(3) to promote spectrum policy that makes available on 
an unlicensed basis radio frequency bands to address consumer 
demand for unlicensed wireless broadband operations. 
(b) COMMISSION
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Commission shall 
ensure that the efforts of the Commission related to spectrum 
allocation and assignment made available on an unlicensed basis 
radio frequency bands to address demand for unlicensed wireless 
broadband operations if doing so is, after taking into account the 
future needs of homeland security, national security, and other 
spectrum users— 
(1) reasonable; and 
(2) in the public interest. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section confers 
any additional rights on unlicensed users or users licensed by 
rule under part 96 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
protection from harmful interference. 
SEC. 618. NATIONAL PLAN FOR UNLICENSED SPECTRUM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SPECTRUM
RELOCATION
FUND.—The term ‘‘Spectrum 
Relocation Fund’’ means the Fund established under section 
118 of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928). 
(2) UNLICENSED OR LICENSED BY RULE OPERATIONS.—The 
term ‘‘unlicensed or licensed by rule operations’’ means the 
use of spectrum on a non-exclusive basis under— 
(A) part 15 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations; 
or 
(B) licensing by rule under part 96 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(b) NATIONAL PLAN.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commission, in consultation with 
the NTIA, shall develop a national plan for making additional 
radio frequency bands available for unlicensed or licensed by rule 
operations. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The plan developed under this section 
shall— 
(1) identify an approach that ensures that consumers have 
access to additional spectrum to conduct unlicensed or licensed 
by rule operations in a range of radio frequencies to meet 
consumer demand; 
(2) recommend specific actions by the Commission and 
the NTIA to permit unlicensed or licensed by rule operations 
in additional radio frequency ranges that the Commission 
finds— 
(A) are consistent with the statement of policy under 
section 617(a) of this title; 
(B) will— 
(i) expand opportunities for unlicensed or licensed 
by rule operations in a spectrum band; or
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(ii) otherwise improve spectrum utilization and 
intensity of use of bands where unlicensed or licensed 
by rule operations are already permitted; 
(C) will not cause harmful interference to Federal or 
non-Federal users of such bands; and 
(D) will not significantly impact homeland security or 
national security communications systems; and 
(3) examine additional ways, with respect to existing and 
planned databases or spectrum access systems designed to pro-
mote spectrum sharing and access to spectrum for unlicensed 
or licensed by rule operations— 
(A) to improve accuracy and efficacy; 
(B) to reduce burdens on consumers, manufacturers, 
and service providers; and 
(C) to protect sensitive Government information. 
(d) SPECTRUM
RELOCATION
FUND.—To be included as an 
appendix as part of the plan developed under this section, the 
NTIA, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget, shall share with the Commission recommendations 
about how to reform the Spectrum Relocation Fund— 
(1) to address costs incurred by Federal entities related 
to sharing radio frequency bands with radio technologies con-
ducting unlicensed or licensed by rule operations; and 
(2) to ensure the Spectrum Relocation Fund has sufficient 
funds to cover— 
(A) the costs described in paragraph (1); and 
(B) other expenditures allowed of the Spectrum Reloca-
tion Fund under section 118 of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Organization Act 
(47 U.S.C. 928). 
(e) REPORT REQUIRED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report that describes 
the plan developed under this section, including any rec-
ommendations for legislative change. 
(2) PUBLICATION ON COMMISSION WEBSITE.—Not later than 
the date on which the Commission submits the report under 
paragraph (1), the Commission shall make the report publicly 
available on the website of the Commission. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section confers 
any additional rights on unlicensed users or users licensed by 
rule under part 96 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
protection from harmful interference. 
SEC. 619. SPECTRUM CHALLENGE PRIZE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Spectrum 
Challenge Prize Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF PRIZE COMPETITION.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘prize competition’’ means a prize competition conducted by 
the Secretary under subsection (c)(1). 
(c) SPECTRUM CHALLENGE PRIZE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information and the Under Secretary of Commerce for Stand-
ards and Technology, shall, subject to the availability of funds 
for prize competitions under this section—
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(A) conduct prize competitions to dramatically accel-
erate the development and commercialization of technology 
that improves spectrum efficiency and is capable of cost- 
effective deployment; and 
(B) define a measurable set of performance goals for 
participants in the prize competitions to demonstrate their 
solutions on a level playing field while making a significant 
advancement over the current state of the art. 
(2) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Secretary may— 
(A) enter into a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, 
or other agreement with a private sector for-profit or non-
profit entity to administer the prize competitions; 
(B) invite the Defense Advanced Research Projects 
Agency, the Commission, the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, the National Science Foundation, 
or any other Federal agency to provide advice and assist-
ance in the design or administration of the prize competi-
tions; and 
(C) award not more than $5,000,000, in the aggregate, 
to the winner or winners of the prize competitions. 
(d) CRITERIA.—Not later than 180 days after the date on which 
funds for prize competitions are made available pursuant to this 
section, the Commission shall publish a technical paper on spectrum 
efficiency providing criteria that may be used for the design of 
the prize competitions. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this section. 
SEC. 620. WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TAX AND FEE COLLEC-
TION FAIRNESS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Wireless 
Telecommunications Tax and Fee Collection Fairness Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FINANCIAL TRANSACTION.—The term ‘‘financial trans-
action’’ means a transaction in which the purchaser or user 
of a wireless telecommunications service upon whom a tax, 
fee, or surcharge is imposed gives cash, credit, or any other 
exchange of monetary value or consideration to the person 
who is required to collect or remit the tax, fee, or surcharge. 
(2) LOCAL
JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘local jurisdiction’’ 
means a political subdivision of a State. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession 
of the United States. 
(4) STATE
OR
LOCAL
JURISDICTION.—The term ‘‘State or 
local jurisdiction’’ includes any governmental entity or person 
acting on behalf of a State or local jurisdiction that has the 
authority to assess, impose, levy, or collect taxes or fees. 
(5) WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term 
‘‘wireless telecommunications service’’ means a commercial 
mobile radio service, as defined in section 20.3 of title 47, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto. 
(c) FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, or a local jurisdiction of a State, 
may not require a person who is neither a resident of such
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State or local jurisdiction nor an entity having its principal 
place of business in such State or local jurisdiction to collect 
from, or remit on behalf of, any other person a State or local 
tax, fee, or surcharge imposed on a purchaser or user with 
respect to the purchase or use of any wireless telecommuni-
cations service within the State unless the collection or remit-
tance is in connection with a financial transaction. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
shall be construed to affect the right of a State or local jurisdic-
tion to require the collection of any tax, fee, or surcharge 
in connection with a financial transaction. 
(d) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Any person aggrieved by 
a violation of subsection (c) may bring a civil action in an 
appropriate district court of the United States for equitable 
relief in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection. 
(2) JURISDICTION
OF
DISTRICT
COURTS.—Notwithstanding 
section 1341 of title 28, United States Code, or the constitution 
or laws of any State, the district courts of the United States 
shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in con-
troversy or citizenship of the parties, to grant such mandatory 
or prohibitive injunctive relief, interim equitable relief, and 
declaratory judgments as may be necessary to prevent, restrain, 
or terminate any acts in violation of subsection (c). 
SEC. 621. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) RANGES
OF
FREQUENCIES.—Each range of frequencies 
described in this title shall be construed to be inclusive of the 
upper and lower frequencies in the range. 
(b) ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM REALLOCA-
TION.—Nothing in this title shall be construed to affect any require-
ment under section 156 of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 921 note), 
as added by section 1062(a) of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2000. 
SEC. 622. RELATIONSHIP TO MIDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF AND JOB 
CREATION ACT OF 2012. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed to limit, restrict, or 
circumvent in any way the implementation of the nationwide public 
safety broadband network defined in section 6001 of title VI of 
the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 
U.S.C. 1401) or any rules implementing that network under title 
VI of that Act (47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 
SEC. 623. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this title, or the amendments made by this title. This title, 
and the amendments made by this title, shall be carried out using 
amounts otherwise authorized. 
DIVISION Q—KEVIN AND AVONTE’S LAW 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Kevin and Avonte’s Law 
of 2018’’.
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TITLE I—MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DIS-
EASE PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM RE-
AUTHORIZATION 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Missing Americans Alert Pro-
gram Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 102. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MISSING ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 
PATIENT ALERT PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 240001 of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12621) is amended— 
(1) in the section header, by striking ‘‘ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE 
PATIENT’’ and inserting ‘‘AMERICANS’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) GRANT PROGRAM TO REDUCE INJURY
AND DEATH
OF 
MISSING AMERICANS WITH DEMENTIA AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABIL-
ITIES.—Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out 
this section, the Attorney General, through the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance and in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services— 
‘‘(1) shall award competitive grants to health care agencies, 
State and local law enforcement agencies, or public safety agen-
cies and nonprofit organizations to assist such entities in plan-
ning, designing, establishing, or operating locally based, 
proactive programs to prevent wandering and locate missing 
individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Dis-
ease, or developmental disabilities, such as autism, who, due 
to their condition, wander from safe environments, including 
programs that— 
‘‘(A) provide prevention and response information, 
including online training resources, and referrals to fami-
lies or guardians of such individuals who, due to their 
condition, wander from a safe environment; 
‘‘(B) provide education and training, including online 
training resources, to first responders, school personnel, 
clinicians, and the public in order to— 
‘‘(i) increase the safety and reduce the incidence 
of wandering of persons, who, due to their dementia 
or developmental disabilities, may wander from safe 
environments; 
‘‘(ii) facilitate the rescue and recovery of individ-
uals who, due to their dementia or developmental 
disabilities, wander from safe environments; and 
‘‘(iii) recognize and respond to and appropriately 
interact with endangered missing individuals with 
dementia or developmental disabilities who, due to 
their condition, wander from safe environments; 
‘‘(C) provide prevention and response training and 
emergency protocols for school administrators, staff, and 
families or guardians of individuals with dementia, such 
as Alzheimer’s Disease, or developmental disabilities, such 
as autism, to help reduce the risk of wandering by such 
individuals; and
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‘‘(D) develop, operate, or enhance a notification or 
communications systems for alerts, advisories, or dissemi-
nation of other information for the recovery of missing 
individuals with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s 
Disease, or with developmental disabilities, such as autism; 
and 
‘‘(2) shall award grants to health care agencies, State and 
local law enforcement agencies, or public safety agencies to 
assist such agencies in designing, establishing, and operating 
locative tracking technology programs for individuals with 
forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, or children 
with developmental disabilities, such as autism, who have wan-
dered from safe environments.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘competitive’’ after ‘‘to receive a’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘agency or’’ before ‘‘organization’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Attorney 
General shall periodically solicit applications for grants 
under this section by publishing a request for applications 
in the Federal Register and by posting such a request 
on the website of the Department of Justice.’’; and 
(4) by striking subsections (c) and (d) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PREFERENCE.—In awarding grants under subsection (a)(1), 
the Attorney General shall give preference to law enforcement 
or public safety agencies that partner with nonprofit organizations 
that appropriately use person-centered plans minimizing restrictive 
interventions and that have a direct link to individuals, and families 
of individuals, with forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, 
or developmental disabilities, such as autism. 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2022. 
‘‘(e) GRANT
ACCOUNTABILITY.—All grants awarded by the 
Attorney General under this section shall be subject to the following 
accountability provisions: 
‘‘(1) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘unre-
solved audit finding’ means a finding in the final audit 
report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice 
that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an 
unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost 
that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the 
date when the final audit report is issued. 
‘‘(B) AUDITS.—Beginning in the first fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of 
the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients 
of grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and 
abuse of funds by grantees. The Inspector General shall 
determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited 
each year. 
‘‘(C) MANDATORY
EXCLUSION.—A recipient of grant 
funds under this section that is found to have an unresolved 
audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds 
under this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning
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after the end of the 12-month period described in subpara-
graph (A). 
‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this section, 
the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible 
applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding 
during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application 
for a grant under this section. 
‘‘(E) REIMBURSEMENT.—If an entity is awarded grant 
funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period 
during which the entity is barred from receiving grants 
under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall— 
‘‘(i) deposit an amount equal to the amount of 
the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the 
grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) seek to recoup the costs of the repayment 
to the fund from the grant recipient that was erro-
neously awarded grant funds. 
‘‘(2) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITION
OF
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATION.—For 
purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs under 
this section, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an 
organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION.—The Attorney General may not 
award a grant under this section to a nonprofit organization 
that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of 
avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE.—Each nonprofit organization that is 
awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures 
prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presump-
tion of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, 
directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to 
the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, 
the process for determining such compensation, including 
the independent persons involved in reviewing and 
approving such compensation, the comparability data used, 
and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation 
and decision. Upon request, the Attorney General shall 
make the information disclosed under this subparagraph 
available for public inspection. 
‘‘(3) CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—No amounts made available to the 
Department of Justice under this section may be used 
by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity 
awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agree-
ment under this section, to host or support any expenditure 
for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made 
available by the Department of Justice, unless the head 
of the relevant agency or department, provides prior writ-
ten authorization that the funds may be expended to host 
the conference. 
‘‘(B) WRITTEN
APPROVAL.—Written approval under 
subparagraph (A) shall include a written estimate of all 
costs associated with the conference, including the cost