directly or indirectly, by the Commis-
sion reassigning a licensee to a dif-
ferent channel shall be reimbursed for 
the costs resulting from such reas-
signment, including— 
‘‘(aa) those associated with 
the modification or replacement 
of broadcast signal transmission 
facilities and equipment, includ-
ing the cost of temporary facili-
ties; 
‘‘(bb) those associated with 
the construction, replacement, or 
relocation of a broadcast trans-
mission tower, to the extent that 
those costs are related either to 
the reassignment to a different 
channel that a licensee is author-
ized to utilize, or to mitigate in-
terference resulting from the re-
assignment of another licensee; 
‘‘(cc) those associated with 
the upgrade, replacement, or re-
location of translator or booster 
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stations affiliated with the rel-
evant full-power licensee; 
‘‘(dd) those associated with 
consumer education efforts con-
cerning the effect of a Commis-
sion reassignment of channels in 
a designated market area; and 
‘‘(ee) any other costs di-
rectly or indirectly resulting from 
the reassignment of channels in a 
designated market area. 
‘‘(IX) 
UNLICENSED
SPEC-
TRUM.—With respect to frequency 
bands between 54 and 72 MHz, 76 
and 88 MHz, 174 and 216 MHz, 470 
and 698 MHz, 84 MHz shall be as-
signed via a competitive bidding proc-
ess. A portion of the proceeds from 
the competitive bidding of the fre-
quency bands identified in the prior 
sentence may, if consistent with the 
public interest, be disbursed to other 
licensees, for the purpose of ensuring 
that unlicensed spectrum remains 
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available in these frequency bands, 
nationwide, and in each local market. 
‘‘(iv) TREATMENT
OF
REVENUES.— 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), and 
except as provided in subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D), all proceeds (including de-
posits and up front payments from suc-
cessful bidders) from the auction of spec-
trum under this subparagraph shall be de-
posited with the Public Safety Trust Fund 
established under section 401 of the Public 
Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation 
Act. 
‘‘(G) ESTABLISHMENT OF INCENTIVE AUC-
TION RELOCATION FUND.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States 
a fund to be known as the ‘Incentive Auc-
tion Relocation Fund’. 
‘‘(ii) ADMINISTRATION.—The Assist-
ant Secretary shall administer the Incen-
tive Auction Relocation Fund using the 
amounts deposited pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
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‘‘(iii) CREDITING
OF
RECEIPTS.— 
There shall be deposited into or credited to 
the Incentive Auction Relocation Fund any 
amounts specified in section 401 of the 
Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Inno-
vation Act. 
‘‘(iv) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts in the 
Incentive Auction Relocation Fund shall be 
available to the NTIA for use— 
‘‘(I) for a period not to exceed 18 
months following the later of— 
‘‘(aa) the completion of in-
centive auction from which such 
amounts were derived; or 
‘‘(bb) the date on which the 
Commission issues all the new 
channel assignments pursuant to 
any repacking required under 
subparagraph (F)(iii)(III); and 
‘‘(II) without further appropria-
tion. 
‘‘(v) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the 
Incentive Auction Relocation Fund may 
only be used by the NTIA, in consultation 
with the Commission, to cover— 
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‘‘(I) the costs identified in sub-
paragraph (F)(iii)(VIII); and 
‘‘(II) the costs incurred by multi-
channel video programming distribu-
tors for new equipment, installation, 
and construction related to the car-
riage of such relocated stations or the 
carriage of stations that voluntarily 
elect to share a channel, but retain 
their existing rights to carriage pursu-
ant to sections 338, 614, and 615.’’. 
(b) INCENTIVE AUCTIONS TO REPURPOSE CERTAIN 
MOBILE SATELLITE SERVICES SPECTRUM FOR TERRES-
TRIAL BROADBAND USE.—To the extent that the Com-
mission makes available spectrum licenses on some or all 
of the frequencies between 2000 and 2020 MHz and 2180 
and 2200 MHz for terrestrial broadband use, such licenses 
shall be assigned pursuant to the authority provided in 
section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309(j)(8)), including, as appropriate, subpara-
graph (F) of such section. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any spectrum identified for auction under this 
section should be licensed— 
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(1) on a flexible use basis to the extent techno-
logically feasible; and 
(2) consistent with the public interest, conven-
ience, and necessity. 
SEC. 304. EFFICIENT USE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and not later than 
every 2 years thereafter, the Commission shall conduct a 
study and submit a report to the appropriate committees 
of Congress and to the Corporation on the spectrum used 
by public safety licensees or for public safety services pur-
suant to section 337(f) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 337). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The report required under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) inventory the spectrum assigned to public 
safety use; and 
(2) include— 
(A) the amount of spectrum allocated to 
public safety use; 
(B) the number of licensees and amount of 
spectrum assigned to each licensee; 
(C) a general description of technologies 
and systems in each band; 
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(D) an approximation of network coverage, 
as appropriate, of major systems (such as an 
estimation of land mobile radio coverage by 
population) in major metropolitan areas; and 
(E) an approximate number of users of 
major systems, such as the number of first re-
sponders using land mobile radio, in major 
metro areas; 
(3) assess if spectrum is adequate to meet the 
current and future needs for public safety services; 
and 
(4) assess the opportunity for return of any ad-
ditional spectrum to the Commission for realloca-
tion. 
SEC. 305. REPORT ON SATELLITE BROADBAND. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall conduct a study and submit to the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress a report on the current and future 
capabilities of fixed and mobile satellite broadband to as-
sist public safety entities during an emergency. 
SEC. 306. FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING. 
The Administrator of General Services shall establish 
rules to allow public safety entities licensed or otherwise 
permitted to use spectrum allocated to the Public Safety 
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Broadband Corporation to have access to those compo-
nents of Federal infrastructure appropriate for the con-
struction and maintenance of the nationwide public safety 
interoperable broadband network to be established under 
title II. 
SEC. 307. REPORT ON UNLICENSED SPECTRUM. 
Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report on— 
(1) the status of development of any spectrum 
designated as unlicensed spectrum by the Commis-
sion under this Act; and 
(2) the use of any unlicensed spectrum de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
TITLE IV—PUBLIC SAFETY 
TRUST FUND 
SEC. 401. PUBLIC SAFETY TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY TRUST 
FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be 
known as the ‘‘Public Safety Trust Fund’’. 
(2) CREDITING OF RECEIPTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be depos-
ited into or credited to the Public Safety Trust 
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Fund the proceeds from the auction of spec-
trum carried out pursuant to— 
(i) section 302 of this Act; and 
(ii) section 309(j)(8)(F) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934, as added by sec-
tion 303 of this Act. 
(B) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts deposited 
into or credited to the Public Safety Trust 
Fund in accordance with subparagraph (A) 
shall remain available until the end of fiscal 
year 2021. Upon the expiration of the period 
described in the prior sentence such amounts 
shall be deposited in the General Fund of the 
Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedi-
cated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction. 
(b) USE OF FUND.—Amounts deposited in the Public 
Safety Trust Fund shall be used in the following manner: 
(1) PAYMENT OF AUCTION INCENTIVE.— 
(A) REQUIRED DISBURSALS.—Amounts in 
the Public Safety Trust Fund shall be used to 
make any required disbursal of payments to li-
censees required pursuant to— 
(i) clause (i) and subclause (VIII) of 
clause (iii) of section 309(j)(8)(F) of the 
Communications Act of 1934; and 
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(ii) section 303(b) of this Act. 
(B) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—At least 3 months 
in advance of any incentive auction con-
ducted pursuant to subparagraph (F) of 
section 309(j)(8) of the Communications 
Act of 1934, the Chairman of the Commis-
sion, in consultation with the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall notify the appropriate committees of 
Congress— 
(I) of the methodology for calcu-
lating the disbursal of payments to 
certain licensees required pursuant to 
clause (i) and subclause (VIII) of 
clause (iii) of such subparagraph; and 
(II) that such methodology con-
siders the value of the spectrum vol-
untarily relinquished in its current use 
and the timeliness with which the li-
censee will clear its use of such spec-
trum. 
(ii) DEFINITION.—In this clause, the 
term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means— 
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(I) the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate; 
(II) the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate; 
(III) the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(IV) the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representa-
tives. 
(2) INCENTIVE AUCTION RELOCATION FUND.— 
Not less than 5 percent of the amounts in the Public 
Safety 
Trust 
Fund 
but 
not 
more 
than 
$1,500,000,000 shall be deposited in the Incentive 
Auction Relocation Fund established under section 
309(j)(8)(G) of the Communications Act of 1934. 
(3) STATE
AND
LOCAL
IMPLEMENTATION 
FUND.—$250,000,000 shall be deposited in the 
State and Local Implementation Fund established 
under section 221. 
(4) PUBLIC
SAFETY
BROADBAND
CORPORA-
TION.—$11,750,000,000 shall deposited with the 
Public Safety Broadband Corporation established 
under section 202, of which pursuant to its respon-
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sibilities and duties set forth under section 206 to 
deploy and operate a nationwide public safety inter-
operable broadband network— 
(A) not less than $10,500,000,000 shall be 
made available for any Radio Access Network 
build out; and 
(B) not less than $1,250,000,000 shall be 
made available to develop an Evolved Packet 
Core. 
(5) PUBLIC SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-
MENT.—$100,000,000 per year for each of the fiscal 
years 2012 through 2016 shall be made available for 
use by the Director of NIST to carry out the re-
search program established under section 223. 
(6) ADVANCED
INFORMATION
AND
TECH-
NOLOGY RESEARCH.—$70,000,000 per year for each 
of the fiscal years 2012 through 2016 shall be made 
available to carry out the research program estab-
lished under section 224(b). 
(7) DEFICIT
REDUCTION.—Any amounts re-
maining after the deduction of the amounts required 
under paragraphs (1) through (6) shall be deposited 
in the General Fund of the Treasury, where such 
amounts shall be dedicated for the sole purpose of 
deficit reduction. 
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(c) INVESTMENT.—Amounts in the Public Safety 
Trust Fund shall be invested in accordance with section 
9702 of title 31, United States Code, and any interest on, 
and proceeds from, any such investment shall be credited 
to, and become a part of, the Fund. 
TITLE V—SPECTRUM POLICY 
Subtitle A—Inventory and 
Planning 
SEC. 501. RADIO SPECTRUM INVENTORY. 
(a) SPECTRUM INVENTORY.—Part I of title III of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 342. SPECTRUM INVENTORY. 
‘‘(a) RADIO SPECTRUM INVENTORY.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of enactment of the Public Safety 
Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act, and biennially 
thereafter, the Commission, in consultation with the NTIA 
and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, shall 
carry out the following activities: 
‘‘(1) REPORT.—Prepare a report that includes 
an inventory of each radio spectrum band, from 300 
MHz to 3.5 GHz, at a minimum, managed by each 
such agency. Except as provided in subsection (b), 
the report shall include— 
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‘‘(A) the licensee or government user au-
thorized in the band; 
‘‘(B) the total spectrum authorized for 
each licensee or government user (in percentage 
terms and in sum) in the band; 
‘‘(C) the approximate number of transmit-
ters, end-user terminals, or receivers, excluding 
unintended radiators, that have been deployed 
or authorized, for each licensee or government 
user, in the band; and 
‘‘(D) if such information is available— 
‘‘(i) the type of transmitters, end-user 
terminals, or receivers, excluding unin-
tended radiators, operating in the band 
and whether they are space-, air-, or 
ground-based; 
‘‘(ii) the type of transmitters, end- 
user terminals, or receivers, excluding un-
intended radiators, authorized to operate 
in the band and whether they are space-, 
air-, or ground-based; 
‘‘(iii) contour maps or other informa-
tion that illustrate the coverage area, re-
ceiver performance, and other parameters 
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relevant to an assessment of the avail-
ability of spectrum in each band; 
‘‘(iv) the approximate geolocation of 
base stations or fixed transmitters; 
‘‘(v) the approximate extent of use, by 
geography, of each band of frequencies, 
such as the amount and percentage of time 
of use, number of end-users, or other 
measures as appropriate to the particular 
band; 
‘‘(vi) the activities, capabilities, func-
tions, or missions supported by the trans-
mitters, end-user terminals, or receivers; 
and 
‘‘(vii) the types of unlicensed devices 
authorized to operate in the band. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
ACCESS.—Create a centralized 
portal or website utilizing data from the Commission 
and the NTIA to make a centralized inventory of the 
bands of each agency available to the public via an 
Internet-accessible website. 
‘‘(3) UPDATES.—Make all reasonable efforts to 
maintain and update the information required under 
paragraph (2) no less frequently than quarterly to 
reflect, at a minimum, any transfer or auction of li-
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censes or change in allocation, assignment, or au-
thorization. 
‘‘(4) FCC TO BEAR COSTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, all costs incurred by the 
Commission and the NTIA in establishing and main-
taining the centralized inventory and the centralized 
portal or website shall be borne exclusively by the 
Commission. 
‘‘(5) PAPERWORK
REDUCTION
ACT
EXEMP-
TION.—Any forms prescribed by the Commission 
under this section, and any information-gathering 
activities of the Commission under this section, shall 
not be subject to the provisions of sections 3507 or 
3512 of title 44, United States Code (44 U.S.C. 
3507, 3512). 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL SECURITY; CLASSIFIED INFORMA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the head of a Federal 
agency determines that disclosure of information re-
quired by subsection (a) would be harmful to the na-
tional security of the United States, the agency 
shall— 
‘‘(A) notify the NTIA of its determination; 
and 
‘‘(B) provide to the NTIA— 
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‘‘(i) the other publicly releasable infor-
mation required by subsection (a); 
‘‘(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, a summary description of the infor-
mation with respect to which the deter-
mination was made; and 
‘‘(iii) an annex containing the infor-
mation with respect to which the deter-
mination was made. 
‘‘(2) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—If the head 
of a Federal agency determines that any information 
required by subsection (a) is classified in accordance 
with Executive Order 13526 of December 29, 2009, 
or any successor Executive Order establishing or 
modifying the uniform system for classifying, safe-
guarding, and declassifying national security infor-
mation, the agency shall— 
‘‘(A) notify the NTIA of its determination; 
and 
‘‘(B) provide to the NTIA— 
‘‘(i) the information required by sub-
section (a)(1) that is not classified; 
‘‘(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, a summary description of the infor-
mation that is classified; and 
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‘‘(iii) an annex containing the infor-
mation that is classified. 
‘‘(3) ANNEX
RESTRICTION.—The NTIA shall 
make an annex described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii) or 
(2)(B)(iii) available to the Commission. Neither the 
NTIA nor the Commission may make any such 
annex available to the public pursuant to subsection 
(a)(2) or to any unauthorized person through any 
other means. 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC SAFETY NONDISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a licensee of non-Federal 
spectrum determines that public disclosure of certain 
information held by that licensee and required to be 
included in the report under subsection (a) would re-
veal information for which public disclosure would be 
detrimental to public safety, or that the licensee is 
otherwise prohibited by law from disclosing, the li-
censee may petition the Commission for a partial or 
total exemption from inclusion on the centralized 
portal or website under subsection (a)(2) and in the 
reports required under subsection (d). 
‘‘(2) BURDEN.—A licensee seeking an exemp-
tion under this subsection bears the burden of justi-
fying the exemption and shall provide clear and con-
vincing evidence to support the requested exemption. 
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‘‘(3) INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—If the Com-
mission grants an exemption under this subsection, 
the licensee shall provide to the Commission— 
‘‘(A) the publicly releasable information re-
quired by subsection (a)(1) for the inventory; 
‘‘(B) to the maximum extent practicable, a 
summary description, suitable for public re-
lease, of the information for which public disclo-
sure would be detrimental to public safety or 
that the licensee is prohibited by law from dis-
closing; and 
‘‘(C) an annex, under appropriate cover, 
containing the information that the Commission 
has determined should be withheld from public 
disclosure. 
‘‘(d) INFORMING THE CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), the NTIA and the Commission shall sub-
mit each report required by subsection (a)(1) to the 
appropriate committees of Congress. 
‘‘(2) NONDISCLOSURE
OF
ANNEXES.—Each 
such report shall be submitted in unclassified form, 
but may include 1 or more annexes as provided for 
by subsections (b)(1)(B)(iii), (b)(2)(B)(iii), and 
(c)(3)(C). No Congressional committee may make 
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any such annex available to the public or to any un-
authorized person. 
‘‘(3) CLASSIFIED
ANNEXES.—If a report in-
cludes a classified annex as provided for by sub-
section (b)(2)(B)(iii), the NTIA and the Commission 
shall— 
‘‘(A) submit the classified annex only to 
the appropriate committees of Congress with 
primary oversight jurisdiction for the user agen-
cies or licensees concerned; and 
‘‘(B) provide notice of the submission to 
the other appropriate committees of Congress. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE
COMMITTEES
OF
CON-
GRESS.—The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives, and any other congressional committee with 
primary oversight jurisdiction for the user agencies 
or licensees concerned. 
‘‘(2) NTIA.—The term ‘NTIA’ means the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration.’’. 
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(b) PROGRESS REPORT.—Within 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this title, the Commission and the 
NTIA shall provide an update as to the status of the in-
ventory and report required by section 342(a) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a), to 
the appropriate committees of Congress. 
SEC. 502. FEDERAL SPECTRUM PLANNING. 
(a) REVIEW OF EVALUATION PROCESS.—Not later 
than 6 months after the date of enactment of this title, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall— 
(1) conduct a review of the processes that Fed-
eral entities utilize to evaluate their spectrum needs 
and manage their spectrum resources; 
(2) make recommendations on how to improve 
such processes; and 
(3) submit a written report to the appropriate 
committees of Congress on the review, analysis, and 
recommendations made pursuant to paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(b) REVISION OF EVALUATION PROCESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this title, each Federal en-
tity shall establish, update, or revise the process 
used by such entity to evaluate their proposed spec-
trum needs, taking into account any applicable rec-
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ommendations made in the report required under 
subsection (a). 
(2) REQUIRED INCLUSIONS.— 
(A) ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS.—Each process 
described under paragraph (1), whether newly 
established or otherwise revised, shall include 
an analysis and assessment of— 
(i) the options available to a Federal 
entity to obtain associated communications 
services that are the most spectrum-effi-
cient; and 
(ii) the effective alternatives available 
to such entity that will permit the entity to 
continue to satisfy the mission require-
ments of the entity. 
(B) ANALYSIS SUBMITTED TO NTIA.—The 
analysis and assessment carried out pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) shall be submitted by the 
Federal entity to the NTIA at the same time 
that the entity seeks certification or recertifi-
cation, if applicable, of spectrum support from 
the NTIA pursuant to the requirements of the 
National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act and OMB Cir-
cular A–11. 
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(c) SPECTRUM PLANS OF FEDERAL ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this title, and every 2 years 
thereafter, each Federal entity shall provide an enti-
ty-specific strategic spectrum plan to the Assistant 
Secretary and the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget. 
(2) REQUIRED
INCLUSIONS.—Each strategic 
spectrum plan submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) 
shall include— 
(A) the spectrum requirements of the enti-
ty; 
(B) the planned uses of new technologies 
or expanded services requiring spectrum over a 
period of time agreed to by the entity; 
(C) 
suggested 
spectrum-efficient 
ap-
proaches to meeting the spectrum requirements 
identified under subparagraph (A); and 
(D) progress reports on what the entity is 
doing to improve its spectrum management. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY; CLASSIFIED INFORMA-
TION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the head of a Federal en-
tity determines that disclosure of information re-
quired by subsection (c) would be harmful to the na-
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tional security of the United States, the entity 
shall— 
(A) notify the NTIA of its determination; 
and 
(B) provide to the NTIA— 
(i) the other publicly releasable infor-
mation required by subsection (c); 
(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, a summary description of the infor-
mation with respect to which the deter-
mination was made; and 
(iii) an annex containing the informa-
tion with respect to which the determina-
tion was made. 
(2) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—If the head of 
a Federal entity determines that any information re-
quired by subsection (c) is classified in accordance 
with Executive Order 13526 of December 29, 2009, 
or any successor Executive Order establishing or 
modifying the uniform system for classifying, safe-
guarding, and declassifying national security infor-
mation, the entity shall— 
(A) notify the NTIA of its determination; 
and 
(B) provide to the NTIA— 
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(i) the information required by sub-
section (c) that is not classified; 
(ii) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, a summary description of the infor-
mation that is classified; and 
(iii) an annex containing the informa-
tion that is classified. 
(3) ANNEX
RESTRICTION.—The NTIA shall 
make an annex described in paragraph (1)(B)(iii) or 
(2)(B)(iii) available to the Secretary of Commerce 
and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. Neither the NTIA, the Secretary of Com-
merce, nor the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget may make any such annex available to 
the public or to any unauthorized person through 
any other means. 
(e) FEDERAL STRATEGIC SPECTRUM PLAN.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT AND SUBMISSION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 6 
months after the receipt of the initial entity- 
specific strategic spectrum plans required under 
subsection (c), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
develop a Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan, in 
coordination with the Assistant Secretary and 
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the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
(B) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS.—Con-
sistent with the requirements set forth in sub-
section (d)(3), the Secretary of Commerce shall 
submit the Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan 
developed under subparagraph (A) to the ap-
propriate committees of Congress. 
(C) NONDISCLOSURE OF ANNEXES.—The 
Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan required to be 
submitted under subparagraph (B) shall be 
submitted in unclassified form, but shall in-
clude, if appropriate, 1 or more annexes as pro-
vided for by subsections (d)(1)(B)(iii) and 
(d)(2)(B)(iii). No Congressional committee may 
make any such annex available to the public or 
to any unauthorized person. 
(D) CLASSIFIED ANNEXES.—If the Federal 
Strategic Spectrum Plan includes a classified 
annex 
as 
provided 
for 
by 
subsection 
(d)(2)(B)(iii), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall— 
(i) submit the classified annex only to 
the appropriate committees of Congress 
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with primary oversight jurisdiction for the 
user entities or licensees concerned; and 
(ii) provide notice of the submission to 
the other appropriate committees of Con-
gress. 
(E) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’ 
means the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives, and any other congressional 
committee with primary oversight jurisdiction 
for the user entity or licensees concerned. 
(2) INCORPORATION OF ENTITY PLANS.—The 
Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan developed under 
paragraph (1) shall incorporate, consistent with the 
requirements of subsection (d), the initial entity-spe-
cific strategic spectrum plans submitted under sub-
section (c). 
(3) 
REQUIRED
INCLUSIONS.—The 
Federal 
Strategic Spectrum Plan developed under paragraph 
(1) shall include— 
(A) information on how spectrum assigned 
and used by Federal entities is being used; 
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(B) opportunities to increase efficient use 
of infrastructure and spectrum assigned and 
used by Federal entities; 
(C) an assessment of the future spectrum 
needs of the Federal Government; and 
(D) plans to incorporate such needs in the 
NTIA’s frequency assignment, equipment cer-
tification, and review processes. 
(4) UPDATES.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall revise and update the Federal Strategic Spec-
trum Plan developed under paragraph (1) accord-
ingly pursuant to the biennial submission of the en-
tity-specific strategic spectrum plans submitted 
under subsection (c). 
(f) NATIONAL STRATEGIC SPECTRUM PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this title, the NTIA and 
the Commission, in consultation with other Federal, 
State, local, and tribal governments and commercial 
spectrum interests, shall develop a quadrennial Na-
tional Strategic Spectrum Plan. 
(2) REQUIRED INCLUSION.—The National Stra-
tegic Spectrum Plan shall include the following: 
(A) The Federal Strategic Spectrum Plan 
developed under subsection (e). 
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(B) Long-range spectrum planning of both 
commercial, State and local government, and 
Federal Government users. 
(C) New technologies or expanded services 
requiring spectrum. 
(D) The nature and characteristics of the 
new radio communication systems required and 
the nature and characteristics of the spectrum 
required. 
(E) Efficient approaches to meeting the 
future spectrum requirements of all users, in-
cluding— 
(i) requiring certain standards-based 
technologies that improve spectrum effi-
ciencies; 
(ii) spectrum sharing and reuse op-
portunities; 
(iii) possible reallocation; and 
(iv) any other approaches that pro-
mote efficient use of spectrum. 
(F) An evaluation of current auction proc-
esses to determine the effectiveness of such 
processes in— 
(i) promoting competition; 
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(ii) improving spectrum use efficiency; 
and 
(iii) maximizing the full economic 
value to customers, industry, and the tax-
payer of the spectrum. 
Subtitle B—Markets 
SEC. 511. PROMOTING SECONDARY SPECTRUM MARKETS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this title, the Commission shall 
conduct a rulemaking proceeding to determine how to fur-
ther promote a more robust secondary spectrum market. 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—In carrying out the rule-
making required under subsection (a), the Commission 
shall consider the feasability and value of establishing a 
national database to collect and disseminate information 
on secondary spectrum market opportunities. 
SEC. 512. UNLICENSED USE IN 5 GHZ. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this title, the Commission 
shall modify part 15 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations, to allow unlicensed devices intended 
and marketed for indoor use to operate in the 5350– 
5470 MHz band. 
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(2) CONCERNS AND CONSIDERATIONS.—In car-
rying out the modification requirement set forth 
under paragraph (1), the Commission shall allow the 
unlicensed devices described in paragraph (1) to op-
erate in the 5350–5470 MHz band, on an indoor 
basis only, if it— 
(A) finds that technical solutions will pro-
tect licensed users, including use of existing, 
modified, or new spectrum sharing technologies 
and solutions, such as dynamic frequency selec-
tion; and 
(B) determines that the primary mission of 
Federal spectrum users in the 5350–5470 MHz 
band will not be compromised by the introduc-
tion of unlicensed devices in the 5350–5470 
MHz band. 
(b) NTIA STUDY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 8 months 
after the date of enactment of this title, and in con-
sultation with the Commission, the NTIA shall con-
duct and submit a study as provided in paragraph 
(2) evaluating known and proposed sharing tech-
nologies and the risk to Federal users if unlicensed 
U–NII devices were allowed to operate indoors in 
the 5350–5470 MHz band. 
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(2) SUBMITTING STUDY.—The study required 
by paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the appro-
priate committees of Congress and the Commission. 
SEC. 513. EXPERIMENTAL LICENSES. 
Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment 
of this title, the Commission shall revise part 5 of chapter 
I of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, to— 
(1) streamline such regulations to promote 
greater experimentation; 
(2) broaden opportunities for market trials; 
(3) promote advancements in health care; 
(4) establish innovation zones; and 
(5) establish a process by which qualified enti-
ties, including colleges, universities, public and pri-
vate companies, and non-profit research organiza-
tions, will be permitted to use a broad range of radio 
frequencies for research and experimentation on a 
non-interference basis without having to obtain prior 
authorization from the Commission for the use of 
specific frequencies. 
SEC. 514. REPURPOSING FEDERAL SPECTRUM FOR COM-
MERCIAL PURPOSES AND FEDERAL SPEC-
TRUM SHARING. 
(a) 
ELIGIBLE
FEDERAL
ENTITIES.—Section 
113(g)(1) of the National Telecommunications and Infor-
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mation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
923(g)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Any Fed-
eral entity that operates a Federal Government sta-
tion authorized to use a band of frequencies speci-
fied in paragraph (2) and that incurs relocation 
costs because of planning for a potential auction of 
spectrum frequencies, a planned auction of spectrum 
frequencies, or the reallocation of spectrum fre-
quencies from Federal use to exclusive non-Federal 
use, or shared Federal and non-Federal use shall re-
ceive payment for such costs from the Spectrum Re-
location Fund, in accordance with section 118 of 
this Act. For purposes of this paragraph, Federal 
power agencies exempted under subsection (c)(4) 
that choose to relocate from the frequencies identi-
fied for reallocation pursuant to subsection (a), are 
eligible to receive payment under this paragraph.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE FREQUENCIES.—Section 113(g)(2)(B) 
of the National Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(2)(B)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) any other band of frequencies reallo-
cated from Federal use to non-Federal or 
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shared use, whether for licensed or unlicensed 
use, after January 1, 2003, that is assigned— 
‘‘(i) by competitive bidding pursuant 
to section 309(j) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)); or 
‘‘(ii) as a result of an Act of Congress 
or any other administrative or executive di-
rection.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF RELOCATION
AND SHARING 
COSTS.—Section 113(g)(3) of the National Telecommuni-
cations and Information Administration Organization Act 
(47 U.S.C. 923(g)(3)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF RELOCATION AND SHAR-
ING COSTS.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
terms ‘relocation costs’ and ‘sharing costs’ mean the 
costs incurred by a Federal entity to plan for a po-
tential or planned auction or sharing of spectrum 
frequencies and to achieve comparable capability of 
systems, regardless of whether that capability is 
achieved by relocating to a new frequency assign-
ment, relocating a Federal Government station to a 
different geographic location, modifying Federal 
Government equipment to mitigate interference or 
use less spectrum, in terms of bandwidth, geog-
raphy, or time, and thereby permitting spectrum 
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sharing (including sharing among relocated Federal 
entities and incumbents to make spectrum available 
for non-Federal use) or relocation, or by utilizing an 
alternative technology. Comparable capability of sys-
tems includes the acquisition of state-of-the art re-
placement systems intended to meet comparable 
operational scope, which may include incidental in-
creases in functionality, including those necessary to 
achieve security, reliability, and resiliency. Such 
costs include— 
‘‘(A) the costs of any modification or re-
placement of equipment, spares, associated an-
cillary equipment, software, facilities, operating 
manuals, training costs, or regulations that are 
attributable to relocation or sharing; 
‘‘(B) the costs of all engineering, equip-
ment, software, site acquisition, and construc-
tion costs, as well as any legitimate and pru-
dent transaction expense, including term-limited 
Federal civil servant and contractor staff nec-
essary to carry out the relocation activities of 
an eligible Federal entity, and reasonable addi-
tional costs incurred by the Federal entity that 
are attributable to relocation or sharing, includ-
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