SEC. 224. ADVANCED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICA-
TIONS TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH. 
(a) ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
FOR 
ALL AMERICANS.—The Director of NIST shall continue 
to support research and support standards development 
in advanced information and communications technologies 
focused on enhancing or facilitating the availability and 
affordability of advanced communications services to all 
Americans, in order to implement the Institute’s respon-
sibilities under section 2(c)(12) of the National Institute 
of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(c)(12)). 
The Director of NIST shall support intramural research 
and cooperative research with institutions of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) and industry. 
(b) DARPA RESEARCH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail-
able from the Public Safety Trust Fund established 
under section 401, the Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency (referred to in this subsection as 
‘‘DARPA’’) shall conduct wireless communications 
research to develop more secure, reliable, and flexi-
ble radio-frequency systems for Federal wireless 
users. Areas of research to be supported by this sub-
section include, but are not limited to— 
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(A) technologies to increase wireless data 
transmission speeds to enable the next genera-
tion of Federal networks; 
(B) spectrum sharing and interference 
mitigation techniques to enable more efficient 
uses of wireless spectrum; 
(C) technologies to allow and foster the re-
allocation of spectrum, if appropriate, for non- 
Federal use; and 
(D) research that fosters the conversion of 
the Department of Defense’s wireless commu-
nications systems, and those of other Federal 
users, to more advanced or more efficient sys-
tems. 
(2) COOPERATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, DARPA shall collaborate where appropriate 
with NTIA, NIST, NSF, and other interested Fed-
eral agencies. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
USE.—Not more than 5 
percent of any amounts made available in a fiscal 
year from the Public Safety Trust Fund established 
under section 401 may be used by DARPA to cover 
the administrative expenses incurred in carrying out 
this subsection. 
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(4) OMB REVIEW.—Amounts appropriated to 
DARPA under this subsection shall be available 
upon approval by the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget of an implementation plan that 
has been developed and submitted to the Director by 
the head of DARPA. 
TITLE III—SPECTRUM AUCTION 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 301. EXTENSION OF AUCTION AUTHORITY. 
Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 302. AUCTION OF SPECTRUM. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF SPECTRUM.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assist-
ant Secretary shall identify and make available for imme-
diate reallocation, at a minimum, 15 megahertz of contig-
uous spectrum at frequencies located between 1675 mega-
hertz and 1710 megahertz, inclusive, minus the geo-
graphic exclusion zones, or any amendment thereof, identi-
fied in NTIA’s October 2010 report entitled ‘‘An Assess-
ment of Near-Term Viability of Accommodating Wireless 
Broadband Systems in 1675–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 
MHz, 3500–3650 MHz, and 4200–4220 MHz, 4380– 
4400 MHz Bands’’. 
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(b) AUCTION.—Not later than January 31, 2014, the 
Commission shall conduct the auctions of the following li-
censes, by commencing the bidding for: 
(1) The spectrum between the frequencies of 
1915 megahertz and 1920 megahertz, inclusive. 
(2) The spectrum between the frequencies of 
1995 megahertz and 2000 megahertz, inclusive. 
(3) The spectrum between the frequencies of 
2020 megahertz and 2025 megahertz, inclusive. 
(4) The spectrum between the frequencies of 
2155 megahertz and 2175 megahertz, inclusive. 
(5) The spectrum between the frequencies of 
2175 megahertz and 2180 megahertz, inclusive. 
(6) The spectrum between the frequencies of 
1755 megahertz and 1850 megahertz, inclusive. 
(7) The spectrum identified pursuant to sub-
section (a). 
(c) AUCTION ORGANIZATION.—The Commission may, 
if technically feasible and consistent with the public inter-
est, combine the spectrum identified in paragraphs (4), 
(5), and the portion of paragraph (6) between the fre-
quencies of 1755 megahertz and 1780 megahertz, inclu-
sive, of subsection (b) in an auction of licenses for paired 
spectrum blocks. 
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(d) FURTHER REALLOCATION OF CERTAIN OTHER 
SPECTRUM.— 
(1) COVERED SPECTRUM.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered spectrum’’ means the 
portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the 
frequencies of 3550 to 3650 megahertz, inclusive, 
minus the geographic exclusion zones, or any amend-
ment thereof, identified in NTIA’s October 2010 re-
port entitled ‘‘An Assessment of Near-Term Viabil-
ity of Accommodating Wireless Broadband Systems 
in 1675–1710 MHz, 1755–1780 MHz, 3550–3650 
MHz, and 4200–4220 MHz, 4380–4400 MHz 
Bands’’. 
(2) IN
GENERAL.—Consistent with require-
ments of section 309(j) of the Communications Act 
of 1934, the Commission shall reallocate covered 
spectrum for assignment by competitive bidding un-
less the President of the United States determines 
that— 
(A) such spectrum cannot be reallocated 
due to the need to protect incumbent Federal 
systems from interference; or 
(B) allocation of other spectrum— 
(i) better serves the public interest, 
convenience, and necessity; and 
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(ii) can reasonably be expected to 
produce receipts comparable to what the 
covered spectrum might auction for with-
out the geographic exclusion zones. 
(3) ACTIONS REQUIRED IF COVERED SPECTRUM 
CANNOT BE REALLOCATED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the President makes 
a determination under paragraph (2) that the 
covered spectrum cannot be reallocated, then 
the President shall, within 1 year after the date 
of such determination— 
(i) identify alternative bands of fre-
quencies totaling more than 20 megahertz 
and no more than 100 megahertz of spec-
trum used primarily by Federal agencies 
that satisfy the requirements of clauses (i) 
and (ii) of paragraph (2)(B); 
(ii) report to the appropriate commit-
tees of Congress and the Commission an 
identification of such alternative spectrum 
for assignment by competitive bidding; and 
(iii) make such alternative spectrum 
for assignment immediately available for 
reallocation. 
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‘‘(II) of successful bidders of any 
other auction shall be paid to the 
Treasury;’’. 
SEC. 303. INCENTIVE AUCTION AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (8) of section 309(j) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(B), (D), 
and (E),’’ and inserting ‘‘(B), (D), (E), and (F),’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) INCENTIVE AUCTION AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) 
AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, if the Commis-
sion determines that it is consistent with 
the public interest in utilization of the 
spectrum for a licensee to relinquish volun-
tarily some or all of its licensed spectrum 
usage rights in order to permit the assign-
ment of new initial licenses through a com-
petitive bidding process subject to new 
service rules, or the designation of new 
spectrum for unlicensed use, the Commis-
sion may disburse to that licensee a por-
tion of any auction proceeds that the Com-
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mission determines, in its discretion, are 
attributable to the licensee’s relinquished 
spectrum usage rights, provided that tele-
vision broadcast stations required to be 
carried pursuant to sections 338, 614, or 
615 that voluntarily elect to share a chan-
nel shall retain the rights to carriage set 
forth in such sections and the rules of the 
Commission, as such rights apply to such 
station at its shared location. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—The Commission 
may not conduct more than one incentive 
auction of frequencies licensed to television 
stations pursuant to the provisions of sec-
tion 303 of this Act. 
‘‘(iii) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Commis-
sion may not reclaim spectrum li-
censed on a primary basis to a tele-
vision broadcast station, directly or in-
directly, on an involuntary basis for 
purposes of providing spectrum to 
carry out an incentive auction under 
this subparagraph. 
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‘‘(II) MODIFICATION OR REVOCA-
TION.—Notwithstanding 
the 
provi-
sions in sections 303 and 304, the 
Commission shall have no authority to 
modify or revoke a license or take any 
action if the effect of such modifica-
tion, revocation, or other action is to 
compel a licensee to participate in an 
incentive auction as authorized in this 
section or otherwise make frequencies 
available for such an auction. 
‘‘(III) REPACKING PERMITTED.— 
The Commission may reassign the fre-
quency which a television broadcast 
station licensee is permitted to utilize, 
or a portion thereof in accordance 
with the provisions of this section, 
only if such reassignment— 
‘‘(aa) consists of a 6 MHz 
channel, located between chan-
nels 14 and 50, inclusive, in the 
same geographic market and with 
the same city of license, to each 
such licensee, and 
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‘‘(bb) preserves such licens-
ee’s— 
‘‘(AA) 
signal 
power 
level; 
‘‘(BB) tower height or 
transmission 
architecture; 
and 
‘‘(CC) interference lev-
els with respect to such li-
censee’s signal. 
‘‘(IV) 
LOW-POWER
TELE-
VISION.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—The 
Commission may not reclaim 
spectrum licensed to a low-power 
television licensee, directly or in-
directly, on an involuntary basis, 
unless the Commission finds the 
low-power television licensee a re-
placement channel with similar 
population coverage in the UHF 
television band of frequencies. 
‘‘(bb) EXCEPTION.—If the 
Commission or the licensee can-
not locate a suitable channel 
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within the UHF band, after an 
explanation to the licensee show-
ing the basis for the determina-
tion that no channel is available, 
the Commission shall— 
‘‘(AA) collocate mul-
tiple low-power television li-
censees in a channel in the 
UHF band, by using chan-
nel sharing, with each li-
censee assigned half of the 
total bandwidth; or 
‘‘(BB) if no space ex-
ists for collocation of low- 
power television licensees in 
the UHF band as described 
in item (aa), assign a low- 
power television licensee a 
full channel between chan-
nels seven and 13, inclusive, 
in the VHF band. 
‘‘(V) PROHIBITION.—The Com-
mission may not require any television 
station licensee involuntarily to collo-
cate its facilities with the facilities of 
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any other television broadcast station 
licensee in order to transmit on the 
same frequency. 
‘‘(VI) 
COLLOCATION
PER-
MITTED.—Notwithstanding 
the 
re-
quirement of subclause (III)(aa) that 
a frequency reassignment must con-
sist of a 6 MHz channel, in any given 
market any 2 television broadcast sta-
tion licensees shall be permitted to 
collocate their facilities in order to 
transmit on the same frequency. 
‘‘(VII) TREATMENT
OF
TRANS-
MISSION
FROM
COLLOCATED
FACILI-
TIES.—The transmission of any tele-
vision broadcast stations voluntarily 
electing to share a 6 MHz channel 
shall each be treated as a ‘primary 
channel’ for purposes of the Commis-
sion’s regulations implementing sec-
tions 338, 614, and 615 as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this sub-
clause. 
‘‘(VIII) 
REIMBURSEMENT
OF 
COSTS.—Any licensee that is affected, 
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