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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4462 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to provide for the establishment of an electromagnetic 
spectrum sharing research and development program and an integrated 
spectrum automation enterprise strategy, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 
Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. LATTA) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to provide for the estab-
lishment of an electromagnetic spectrum sharing research 
and development program and an integrated spectrum 
automation enterprise strategy, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Studying How to Har-
ness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019’’ or the 
‘‘SHARE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NTIA ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SHARING RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND 
STRATEGY. 
Part A of the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 106. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SHARING RE-
SEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND 
STRATEGY. 
‘‘(a) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
the Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources Effi-
ciently Act of 2019, the Assistant Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Commission, shall establish a program to re-
search and develop innovative technologies and techniques 
that facilitate the sharing of the same covered electro-
magnetic spectrum by more than one Federal entity. 
‘‘(b) DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED SPECTRUM AU-
TOMATION ENTERPRISE STRATEGY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of the Studying How to 
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Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, 
the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the 
Commission, shall propose, after notice and oppor-
tunity for comment, an integrated spectrum automa-
tion enterprise strategy to address the management 
of covered electromagnetic spectrum in order to fa-
cilitate the sharing of such spectrum by more than 
one Federal entity. 
‘‘(2) MATTERS ENCOMPASSED.—In developing 
the strategy under paragraph (1), the Assistant Sec-
retary shall consider, at a minimum, whether to pro-
pose— 
‘‘(A) changes in policy or to the law, in-
cluding legislative and regulatory changes; and 
‘‘(B) using— 
‘‘(i) databases; 
‘‘(ii) artificial intelligence; 
‘‘(iii) spectrum management proc-
esses; 
‘‘(iv) public-facing application pro-
gramming interfaces and online tools; 
‘‘(v) automatic frequency coordination 
systems; 
‘‘(vi) spectrum enforcement require-
ments; 
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‘‘(vii) listen-before-talk; 
‘‘(viii) environmental sensing capabili-
ties; and 
‘‘(ix) electromagnetic spectrum com-
patibility analyses. 
‘‘(3) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SHARING
TEST 
BED.—Not later than 15 months after the date of 
the enactment of the Studying How to Harness Air-
wave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, the Assist-
ant Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, 
shall, as part of the strategy proposed under para-
graph (1), establish at least one test bed to dem-
onstrate the potential for automated technologies to 
facilitate the sharing of the same covered electro-
magnetic spectrum by more than one Federal entity. 
‘‘(4) UPDATES TO STRATEGY.—Not later than 
1 year after the strategy under paragraph (1) is pro-
posed, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Sec-
retary shall update such strategy. 
‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of the enactment of the Studying How to Harness 
Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, and annually 
thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with 
the Commission, shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
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