S.Amdt. 2423

SA 2423. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con.
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 40002, strike subsections (a) through (c)(1)
and insert the following:
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary''
means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications
and Information.
(2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal
Communications Commission.
(3) Covered band.--The term ``covered band''--
(A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), means the band
of frequencies between 1.3 gigahertz and 10.5 gigahertz; and
(B) does not include--
(i) the band of frequencies between 3.1 gigahertz and 3.45
gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation,
modification, or withdrawal; or
(ii) the band of frequencies between 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4
gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation,
modification, or withdrawal.
(b) General Auction Authority.--
(1) Amendment.--Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking
``grant a license or permit under this subsection shall
expire March 9, 2023'' and all that follows and inserting the
following: ``complete a system of competitive bidding under
this subsection shall expire September 30, 2034, except that,
with respect to the electromagnetic spectrum--
``(A) between the frequencies of 3.1 gigahertz and 3.45
gigahertz, such authority shall not apply; and
``(B) between the frequencies of 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4
gigahertz, such authority shall not apply.''.
(2) Spectrum auctions.--The Commission shall grant licenses
through systems of competitive bidding, before the expiration
of the general auction authority of the Commission under
section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 309(j)(11)), as amended by paragraph (1) of this
subsection, for not less than 300 megahertz across the entire
spectrum band, including by completing a system of
competitive bidding not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of this Act for not less than 100 megahertz in the
band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz.
(c) Identification for Reallocation.--
(1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary, in consultation
with the Commission, shall identify 500 megahertz of
frequencies in the covered band for reallocation to non-
Federal use, shared Federal and non-Federal use, or a
combination thereof, for commercial use cases, that--
(A) as of the date of enactment of this Act, are allocated
for Federal use; and
(B) shall be in addition to the 300 megahertz of
frequencies for which the Commission grants licenses under
subsection (b)(2).
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