SPECTRUM NOW Act

Bill: 115-s-3010
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-06-06
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Congressional oversight

Research and development

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless Act or the SPECTRUM NOW Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to authorize the Office of Management and Budget to make a payment from the Spectrum Relocation Fund for costs of spectrum research and development and planning activities under specified circumstances.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3010 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 6, 2018 Mr. Wicker (for himself, Mr. Schatz , and Mr. Udall ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for necessary payments from the Spectrum Relocation Fund for costs of spectrum research and development and planning activities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless Act or the SPECTRUM NOW Act . 2. Costs of spectrum research and development and planning activities Section 118(g) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 928(g) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (C) the Director of OMB may make a payment described in paragraph (2) from amounts in the Fund other than amounts made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B) if, before making the payment, the Director of OMB, in consultation with NTIA, determines and submits to the congressional committees described in subsection (d)(2)(C) a certification that— (i) the conditions described in subclauses (I) and (II) of paragraph (2)(D)(i) have been met; (ii) as of the date of the certification, amounts made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B) are insufficient to make the payment requested by the Federal entity in the plan approved under paragraph (2)(E) by the Technical Panel established under section 113(h)(3); and (iii) the payment will leave sufficient amounts in the Fund to pay the relocation or sharing costs that will be incurred by eligible Federal entities to complete the implementation of all transition plans that, as of the date of the certification, have been found sufficient by the Technical Panel under section 113(h)(4). ; and (2) in paragraph (2)(D)(ii), by inserting after 60 days the following: (or, in the case of a payment under paragraph (1)(C), 30 days) .