broadband 
licensee 
if 
the 
public 
safety 
broadband licensee determines that such au-
thorization would expedite the deployment of 
public safety broadband communications. 
‘‘(B) 
NETWORK
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Commission shall require that any such wireless 
public safety broadband network shall— 
‘‘(i) be fully interoperable and remain 
interoperable with, and in conformance 
with the same broadband technology stand-
ards as, all other public safety broadband 
systems deployed or authorized; 
‘‘(ii) provide for roaming by local, 
State, tribal, and Federal Government and 
other authorized users of the spectrum li-
censed to the public safety broadband li-
censee; 
‘‘(iii) provide priority access to public 
safety agencies; 
‘‘(iv) be built to survive most large- 
scale disasters; and 
‘‘(v) ensure that networks of such sys-
tems have the appropriate level of cyber se-
curity. 
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‘‘(C) DEADLINE.—The Commission shall 
establish rules under this paragraph not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
the Broadband for First Responders Act of 
2010.’’. 
(c) NETWORK-SHARING AGREEMENTS.—Section 337 
of such Act (47 U.S.C. 337) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) RULEMAKING
REQUIRED.—The Commission 
shall establish regulations to— 
‘‘(1) authorize the shared use of the public safe-
ty broadband spectrum and network infrastructure 
by entities that are not defined as public safety serv-
ices in subsection (g)(1), subject to requirements 
that public safety services retain priority access to 
the spectrum, pursuant to procedures adopted by the 
Commission; and 
‘‘(2) allow use of the public safety broadband 
spectrum by emergency response providers, as de-
fined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).’’. 
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(d) DEFINITION.—Section 337(g) of such Act (as so 
redesignated) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(1) 
PUBLIC
SAFETY
BROADBAND
SPEC-
TRUM.—The term ‘public safety broadband spec-
trum’ means the electromagnetic spectrum between 
758 megahertz and 768 megahertz, inclusive, and 
788 megahertz and 798 megahertz, inclusive and 
any additional electromagnetic frequencies allocated 
for public safety use that the Commission shall des-
ignate for public safety broadband use.’’. 
SEC. 4. STANDARDS. 
(a) INTEROPERABILITY REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation 
with the Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the 
Attorney General, and local, State, tribal, and Federal 
public safety agencies, shall develop a public safety agency 
statement of requirements that enables nationwide inter-
operability and roaming across any communications sys-
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tem using public safety broadband spectrum, as defined 
in section 337(g) of the Communications Act of 1934. 
(b) SPECIFICATIONS.—Such requirements shall es-
tablish an appropriate standard, or set of standards, to 
ensure nationwide interoperability and roaming, taking 
into consideration— 
(1) the extent to which particular technologies 
and user equipment are, or are likely to be, available 
in the commercial marketplace; 
(2) the availability of necessary technologies 
and equipment on reasonable and non-discriminatory 
licensing terms; 
(3) the ability to evolve with technological devel-
opments in the commercial marketplace; 
(4) the ability to accommodate prioritization for 
public safety transmissions; 
(5) the ability to accommodate appropriate se-
curity measures for public safety transmissions; and 
(6) any other considerations the Federal Com-
munications Commission deems appropriate. 
Æ 
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