S.Amdt. 2798

SA 2798. Mr. BARRASSO (for Mr. Daines (for himself, Ms. Lummis, and
Mr. Barrasso)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr.
Barrasso to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SUPPORTING NATIONAL SECURITY WITH SPECTRUM.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``Supporting National Security with Spectrum Act''.
(b) Additional ``Rip and Replace'' Funding.-- Section 4(k)
of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019
(47 U.S.C. 1603(k)) is amended by striking ``$1,900,000,000''
and inserting ``$4,980,000,000''.
(c) Appropriation of Funds.--There is appropriated to the
Federal Communications Commission for fiscal year 2024, out
of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$3,080,000,000, to remain available until expended, to carry
out section 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications
Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603).
(d) FCC Auction 97 Reauction of Certain Licenses;
Completion of Reauction.--
(1) FCC auction 97 reauction of certain licenses.--Not
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Federal Communications Commission shall initiate a system
of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) to grant
licenses for spectrum in the inventory of the Commission
within the bands of frequencies referred to by the Commission
as the ``AWS-3 bands'', without regard to whether the
authority of the Commission under paragraph (11) of that
section has expired.
(2) Completion of reauction.--The Federal Communications
Commission shall complete the system of competitive bidding
described in subsection (a), including receiving payments,
processing applications, and granting licenses, without
regard to whether the authority of the Commission under
paragraph (11) of section 309(j) of the Communications Act of
1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) has expired.
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