Title: Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019 or the SHARE Act
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to establish a research and development program focused on facilitating the sharing among federal entities of the electromagnetic spectrum that is allocated for use by such entities.
In addition, the Federal Communications Commission must issue a report with recommendations for expanding upon and improving spectrum sharing techniques for use in mid-band frequencies.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4462 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4462

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to provide for the establishment of an electromagnetic 
  spectrum sharing research and development program and an integrated 
    spectrum automation enterprise strategy, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2019

   Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. Latta) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 
 Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to provide for the establishment of an electromagnetic 
  spectrum sharing research and development program and an integrated 
    spectrum automation enterprise strategy, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Studying How to Harness Airwave 
Resources Efficiently Act of 2019'' or the ``SHARE Act''.

SEC. 2. NTIA ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SHARING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
              PROGRAM AND STRATEGY.

    Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 106. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM SHARING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
              PROGRAM AND STRATEGY.

    ``(a) Research and Development Program.--Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of the Studying How to Harness Airwave 
Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, the Assistant Secretary, in 
consultation with the Commission, shall establish a program to research 
and develop innovative technologies and techniques that facilitate the 
sharing of the same covered electromagnetic spectrum by more than one 
Federal entity.
    ``(b) Development of Integrated Spectrum Automation Enterprise 
Strategy.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of the Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources 
        Efficiently Act of 2019, the Assistant Secretary, in 
        consultation with the Commission, shall propose, after notice 
        and opportunity for comment, an integrated spectrum automation 
        enterprise strategy to address the management of covered 
        electromagnetic spectrum in order to facilitate the sharing of 
        such spectrum by more than one Federal entity.
            ``(2) Matters encompassed.--In developing the strategy 
        under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary shall consider, at 
        a minimum, whether to propose--
                    ``(A) changes in policy or to the law, including 
                legislative and regulatory changes; and
                    ``(B) using--
                            ``(i) databases;
                            ``(ii) artificial intelligence;
                            ``(iii) spectrum management processes;
                            ``(iv) public-facing application 
                        programming interfaces and online tools;
                            ``(v) automatic frequency coordination 
                        systems;
                            ``(vi) spectrum enforcement requirements;
                            ``(vii) listen-before-talk;
                            ``(viii) environmental sensing 
                        capabilities; and
                            ``(ix) electromagnetic spectrum 
                        compatibility analyses.
            ``(3) Establishment of sharing test bed.--Not later than 15 
        months after the date of the enactment of the Studying How to 
        Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently Act of 2019, the 
        Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Commission, 
        shall, as part of the strategy proposed under paragraph (1), 
        establish at least one test bed to demonstrate the potential 
        for automated technologies to facilitate the sharing of the 
        same covered electromagnetic spectrum by more than one Federal 
        entity.
            ``(4) Updates to strategy.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        strategy under paragraph (1) is proposed, and annually 
        thereafter, the Assistant Secretary shall update such strategy.
    ``(c) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of the Studying How to Harness Airwave Resources Efficiently 
Act of 2019, and annually thereafter, the Assistant Secretary, in 
consultation with the Commission, shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
containing--
            ``(1) the results of the program established under 
        subsection (a); and
            ``(2) the strategy proposed under subsection (b)(1) with 
        respect to the first report submitted under this subsection and 
        updates to the strategy proposed under such subsection with 
        respect to reports submitted thereafter.
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Assistant Secretary to carry out this section 
$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. Such amounts are authorized to remain 
available until expended.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered electromagnetic spectrum.--The term `covered 
        electromagnetic spectrum' means electromagnetic spectrum 
        allocated for exclusive or primary use by Federal entities.
            ``(2) Federal entity.--The term `Federal entity' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 113(l).''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION REPORT ON EXPANDING SPECTRUM 
              SHARING TECHNIQUES.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 12 months after the first assignment of 
Priority Access Licenses through the system of competitive bidding, 
after an opportunity for notice and comment, the Federal Communications 
Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate a report that assesses and provides 
recommendations for expanding upon and improving spectrum sharing 
techniques developed for use in the 3.5 gigahertz band and that 
includes the following considerations:
            (1) How to promote an ecosystem of devices employing such 
        sharing techniques.
            (2) How to ensure that any Federal protection zones and 
        corresponding technical rules and power levels are no more 
        protective than necessary.
            (3) The applicability of such sharing techniques to 
        frequencies between 3100 megahertz and 3550 megahertz, 
        inclusive, and frequencies between 7125 megahertz and 8400 
        megahertz, inclusive, to the extent any portion of such 
        frequencies cannot be cleared in a reasonable amount of time.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (a)(3) may be 
construed to require that every spectrum sharing technique developed 
for use in the 3.5 gigahertz band be recommended for use in other 
bands.
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