Title: Beat CHINA for 5G Act of 2020
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Beat China by Harnessing Important, National Airwaves for 5G Act of 2020 or the Beat CHINA for 5G Act of 2020
This bill establishes requirements related to the assignment and allocation of electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 3450 MHz and 3550 MHz.
Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must begin withdrawing or modifying assignments of this electromagnetic spectrum to federal government stations. Further, the Federal Communications Commission must revise the nonfederal allocation of this spectrum to permit flexible-use services and conduct an auction to grant new initial licenses for the use of this spectrum.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4803 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4803

 To make the 3450-3550 MHz spectrum band available for non-Federal use.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 19, 2020

 Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make the 3450-3550 MHz spectrum band available for non-Federal use.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Beat China by Harnessing Important, 
National Airwaves for 5G Act of 2020'' or the ``Beat CHINA for 5G Act 
of 2020''.

SEC. 2. REALLOCATION AND AUCTION OF 3450-3550 MHZ SPECTRUM BAND.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission; and
            (2) the term ``covered band'' means the band of 
        electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 3450 
        megahertz and 3550 megahertz, inclusive.
    (b) Withdrawal or Modification of Federal Government Assignments.--
The President, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, shall--
            (1) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, in coordination with relevant Federal users, begin 
        the process of withdrawing or modifying the assignments to 
        Federal Government stations of the covered band as necessary 
        for the Commission to comply with subsection (c); and
            (2) not later than 30 days after completing any necessary 
        withdrawal or modification under paragraph (1), notify the 
        Commission that the withdrawal or modification is complete.
    (c) Reallocation and Auction.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall--
                    (A) revise the non-Federal allocation for the 
                covered band to permit flexible-use services; and
                    (B) notwithstanding paragraph (15)(A) of section 
                309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
                309(j)), not later than December 31, 2021, begin a 
                system of competitive bidding under that section to 
                grant new initial licenses for the use of the covered 
                band, subject to flexible-use service rules.
            (2) Exemption from notification requirement.--The first 
        sentence of section 113(g)(4)(A) of the National 
        Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization 
        Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(4)(A)) shall not apply with respect to 
        the system of competitive bidding required under paragraph 
        (1)(B) of this subsection.
            (3) Proceeds to cover 110 percent of federal relocation or 
        sharing costs.--Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to 
        relieve the Commission from the requirements of section 
        309(j)(16)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        309(j)(16)(B)).
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