transferred amount shall remain available to the in-
cumbent Federal entity until expended. 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION ON DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.—If 
the 
Commission 
receives 
notice 
under 
section 
113(g)(4)(A)(ii) of a discontinuance of operations on or 
relocation from eligible frequencies by a Federal entity 
that has received, from the Spectrum Relocation Fund in 
accordance with section 118(d)(3), relocation or sharing 
costs related to pre-auction estimates or research with re-
spect to such frequencies, the Director of OMB shall de-
duct from the amount to be transferred to such entity 
under subsection (b) an amount equal to such costs and 
shall transfer such amount to the Spectrum Relocation 
Fund.’’. 
(f) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPECTRUM.—Section 
1062(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2000 (Public Law 106–65) does not apply to 
frequencies with respect to which the Federal Communica-
tions Commission has received notice under section 
113(g)(4)(A)(ii) of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
923(g)(4)(A)(ii)). 
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SEC. 3. COSTS OF INCUMBENT FEDERAL ENTITIES RE-
LATED TO SPECTRUM SHARING. 
(a) DESCRIPTION
OF ELIGIBLE FEDERAL ENTI-
TIES.—Section 113(g)(1) of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Organization Act 
(47 U.S.C. 923(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘authorized to use a band of eli-
gible frequencies described in paragraph (2)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘spectrum frequencies’’ the first 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘eligible frequencies 
described in paragraph (2)’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘spectrum frequencies’’ the sec-
ond place it appears and inserting ‘‘eligible fre-
quencies described in such paragraph’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
RELOCATION
OR
SHARING 
COSTS.—Section 113(g)(3)(A) of the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iv)(II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in clause (v), by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) the costs incurred by an incum-
bent Federal entity to accommodate shar-
ing the spectrum frequencies assigned to 
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such entity with a Federal entity the oper-
ations of which are being relocated from el-
igible frequencies described in paragraph 
(2), unless the Commission receives notice 
under paragraph (4)(A)(ii)(II) with respect 
to the relocation of such operations.’’. 
(c) SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND.—Section 118 of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘with respect 
to’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘with respect to— 
‘‘(1) relocation from or sharing of such eligible 
frequencies; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of an incumbent Federal entity 
described in section 113(g)(3)(A)(vi), accommo-
dating sharing the spectrum frequencies assigned to 
such entity with a Federal entity the operations of 
which are being relocated from such eligible fre-
quencies.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘(or, 
in the case of an incumbent Federal entity de-
scribed in section 113(g)(3)(A)(vi), the eligible 
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Federal entity the operations of which are being 
relocated has submitted such a plan)’’ after 
‘‘transition plan’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘except in the case of an incumbent Federal en-
tity described in section 113(g)(3)(A)(vi),’’ be-
fore ‘‘the transition plan’’. 
Æ 
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