the Commission to begin and complete the 
systems of competitive bidding under sub-
section (c); 
(iii) an estimate of the funding re-
quired for the relocation or sharing costs 
(as defined in section 113(g)(3) of the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Informa-
tion Administration Organization Act (47 
U.S.C. 923(g)(3))) expected to be incurred 
by the Federal entities described in clause 
(ii) in connection with the reallocation of 
the applicable spectrum; and 
(iv) steps the Assistant Secretary is 
taking to ensure global harmonization with 
the spectrum to be reallocated. 
(C) FORM OF REPORT.—Each report re-
quired under this paragraph shall be submitted 
in unclassified form, but may contain a classi-
fied annex. 
(3) ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and an-
nually thereafter until the date that is 10 years 
after such date of enactment, the Assistant Sec-
retary and the Chairman of the Commission 
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shall provide the appropriate committees of 
Congress with a briefing on the progress of the 
Assistant Secretary and the Chairman in com-
plying with the requirements of this section. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The Assistant Secretary 
and the Chairman of the Commission shall in-
clude in each briefing under subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) an update on the specific fre-
quencies of spectrum under consideration 
or that have been identified to meet the re-
quirements of subsection (b); 
(ii) an explanation of the Federal en-
tities and non-Federal entities that operate 
on the frequencies described in clause (i) 
and the specific services or systems utilized 
by those entities on those frequencies; 
(iii) the extent to which Federal enti-
ties are cooperating with the efforts of the 
Assistant Secretary and the Chairman of 
the Commission to comply with the re-
quirements of this Act; 
(iv) an update on the progress of the 
systems of competitive bidding required by 
subsection (c); and 
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(v) any additional information related 
to compliance with this Act by the Assist-
ant Secretary and the Chairman. 
(C) FORM
OF
BRIEFING.—Any classified 
information that would otherwise be provided in 
a briefing under subparagraph (A) shall be pro-
vided in a separate classified briefing. 
SEC. 3. SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND MODERNIZATION. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION TIMELINES.— 
Section 118 of the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
928) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘30 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 days’’; and 
(B) in the matter following subparagraph 
(C), by striking ‘‘30 days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
days’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(2)(B)(iv), by striking ‘‘30 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 days’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)(2)(D)(ii), by striking ‘‘60 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘15 days’’. 
(b) COMPARABLE CAPABILITY.—Section 113(g)(3) of 
the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
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ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(3)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in clause (v), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vi) the costs associated with replac-
ing systems and equipment with state-of- 
the-art systems and equipment, including 
systems and equipment with additional 
functions, only if the state-of-the-art sys-
tems and equipment allow for the realloca-
tion of significantly more valuable spec-
trum frequencies from Federal use to ex-
clusive non-Federal use or to shared Fed-
eral and non-Federal use than would be re-
allocated if systems and equipment were 
replaced with comparable systems and 
equipment or systems and equipment with 
incidental increases in functionality, pro-
vided the costs would not jeopardize the 
ability of the Assistant Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Chair of the Commis-
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sion, to reallocate eligible spectrum fre-
quencies from Federal use to exclusive 
non-Federal use or to shared use.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘inci-
dental’’. 
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