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‘‘(18) PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE INTEGRATED DATA 
BASE.—The Commission, in coordination with the 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information, shall develop an integrated national 
database, accessible by the public, that identifies by 
name, address, and contact information for each li-
censee, the spectrum assigned to each such licensee, 
and the geographic area to which the spectrum is as-
signed or licensed. The database may not provide 
public access to information protected from public 
disclosure under chapter 5 of title 5, United States 
Code, or the disclosure of which would compromise 
national security.’’. 
SEC. 1404. RADIO SPECTRUM REVIEW. 
Part I of title III (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.), as amended 
by sections 453 and 602 of this Act, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 344. RADIO SPECTRUM REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of the Rural Wireless and Broadband 
Service Act of 2006, and every 5 years thereafter, the Fed-
eral Communications Commission and the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration shall— 
‘‘(1) conduct a band-by-band analysis of the 
spectrum managed by each such agency; and 
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‘‘(2) report to the Congress any such bands iden-
tified, in the determination of each such agency, as 
not being utilized in an effective or efficient manner. 
‘‘(b) AGENCY AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION
OF
INFORMATION.—In con-
ducting the analysis required under subsection (a)(1), 
the Federal Communications Commission and the Na-
tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-
istration may require licensees and other spectrum 
users to provide information regarding spectrum 
usage. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION FROM PAPERWORK REDUCTION 
ACT.—The collection of any information required 
under paragraph (1) shall be exempt from the provi-
sions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.).’’. 
SEC. 1405. 700 MHZ LICENSE AREAS. 
The Federal Communications Commission shall, with-
in 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, initiate 
a rulemaking to reconfigure the band plans for the upper 
700 megaHertz band (currently designated Auction 31) and 
for the unauctioned portions of the lower 700 megaHertz 
band (currently designated as Channel Blocks A, B, and 
E) so as to designate up to 6 megaHertz of recovered analog 
spectrum (as defined in section 309(j)(15)(C)(vi) of the 
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Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(15)(C)(vi))) 
for small geographic license areas, taking into consider-
ation— 
(1) the January 28, 2008, commencement date 
for the auction of recovered analog spectrum as re-
quired by section 3003 of Public Law 109-171 (47 
U.S.C. 309 note); and 
(2) the desire to promote infrastructure build-out 
and service to rural and insular areas and the com-
petitive benefits, unique characteristics, and special 
needs of regional and smaller wireless carriers. 
SEC. 1406. NO INTERFERENCE WITH DTV TRANSITION. 
The Commission shall not undertake any reconfigura-
tion of the band plans described in section 1605 if that re-
configuration is determined to be likely to delay the auction 
of recovered spectrum or the terminations of analog licenses 
required by section 3002(b) of Public Law 109-171 (47 
U.S.C. 309 note) to occur by February 18, 2009. 
SEC. 1407. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title and the amendments made by this title shall 
take effect on the expiration of the date which is 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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Calendar No. 652 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5252 
[Report No. 109–355] 
AN ACT 
To promote the deployment of broadband networks 
and services. 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 
Reported with an amendment 
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