[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1622 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1622

   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for voluntary 
                   incentive auction revenue sharing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2011

  Mr. Latta introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for voluntary 
                   incentive auction revenue sharing.

    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 ``Spectrum Innovation Act''.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE AUCTION REVENUE SHARING.

    Section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
309(j)(8)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``(D), and (E),'' and 
        inserting ``(D), (E), and (F),''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Voluntary incentive auction revenue 
                sharing.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding 
                        subparagraph (A) and except as provided in 
                        subparagraphs (B) and (C), if the Commission 
                        determines that it is consistent with the 
                        public interest in utilization of the spectrum 
                        for a licensee to relinquish voluntarily some 
                        or all of its licensed spectrum usage rights in 
                        order to permit the assignment of new initial 
                        licenses subject to new service rules, the 
                        proceeds from the use of a competitive bidding 
                        system under this subsection in granting such 
                        rights to another licensee shall be shared, in 
                        an amount or percentage that the Commission 
                        considers appropriate, with the licensee who 
                        voluntarily relinquished such rights.
                            ``(ii) Amounts not shared deposited in 
                        treasury.--In any case in which a licensee 
                        voluntarily relinquishes licensed spectrum 
                        usage rights under clause (i), the Commission 
                        shall deposit in the Treasury any portion of 
                        the proceeds described in such clause that the 
                        Commission does not share with the licensee 
                        (except proceeds retained under subparagraph 
                        (B) and deposits described in subparagraph 
                        (C)).''.

SEC. 3. RULES FOR VOLUNTARY INCENTIVE AUCTION REVENUE SHARING.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Federal Communications Commission shall establish rules for the 
implementation of voluntary incentive auction revenue sharing under 
subparagraph (F) of section 309(j)(8) of the Communications Act of 
1934, as added by section 2(2).

SEC. 4. NO INVOLUNTARY RECLAMATION OF FREQUENCIES.

    The Federal Communications Commission may not reclaim frequencies 
of broadcast television licensees directly or indirectly on an 
involuntary basis under subparagraph (F) of section 309(j)(8) of the 
Communications Act of 1934, as added by section 2(2).
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