Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3565
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Competition and antitrust
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Emergency communications systems
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Higher education
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Radio spectrum allocation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: 

Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses auctions of, and other matters related to, portions of the electromagnetic spectrum allocated for federal use.
 
In particular, the bill extends various authorities granted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to auction spectrum and specifies the distribution of proceeds from auctions. Further, it increases funding available to the FCC for reimbursing communications services providers for replacing equipment or services that pose national security risks.
 
It also expands permitted uses and other aspects of the Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF), a funding mechanism through which federal agencies can recover certain costs for spectrum relocation or sharing. For example, it (1) provides SRF funding to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for implementing incumbent informing capabilities that enable federal spectrum users to alert nonfederal users about where and when federal systems are operating to manage harmful interference in shared spectrum, and (2) directs the Department of Defense to report more extensively about its use of SRF funding.
 
Additionally, the bill requires activities to (1) expand nonfederal use, shared use, or a combination of those uses of spectrum currently allocated for federal use; and (2) update a memorandum of understanding and otherwise increase coordination to promote efficient and effective use of spectrum allocated for federal use.
 
 The bill also establishes grants for (1) next generation 9-1-1 systems (interoperable Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 calls); and (2) expanding broadband access through historically Black colleges or universities, tribal colleges or universities, or other minority-serving institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-08-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
action_date: 2024-08-13
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2024-08-13
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2024-08-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-629, Part I.
action_date: 2024-08-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-629, Part I.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Introduced in House