[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2227 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2227

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
    Organization Act to permit the National Telecommunications and 
  Information Administration to authorize Federal agencies to accept 
 certain payments related to spectrum efficiency and reallocation, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 3, 2015

Mr. Manchin (for himself and Mr. Wicker) introduced the following bill; 
    which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
    Organization Act to permit the National Telecommunications and 
  Information Administration to authorize Federal agencies to accept 
 certain payments related to spectrum efficiency and reallocation, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Private Spectrum Relocation Funding 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FUNDS RELATED TO SPECTRUM TRANSITIONS.

    Section 113 of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the following:
    ``(l) Certain Payments Related to Spectrum Transitions.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `covered transition plan' means a 
                transition plan that has been--
                            ``(i) submitted to the NTIA and the 
                        Technical Panel under subsection (h);
                            ``(ii) reviewed and deemed sufficient by 
                        the Technical Panel under that subsection; and
                            ``(iii) published as provided under that 
                        subsection; and
                    ``(B) the term `Technical Panel' means the 
                Technical Panel established under subsection (h)(3).
            ``(2) Certain payments permitted.--Notwithstanding section 
        1341, subchapter II of chapter 15, and section 3302 of title 
        31, United States Code, a Federal entity may collect or receive 
        any money or other thing of value from a private entity as 
        payment or reimbursement to accelerate--
                    ``(A) the implementation of a covered transition 
                plan; or
                    ``(B) commercial or other non-Federal use of 
                spectrum subject to a covered transition plan.
            ``(3) Conditions on use of funds.--A Federal entity may not 
        collect or receive any money or other thing of value under 
        paragraph (2) unless--
                    ``(A) the entity submits a proposal to the NTIA 
                describing--
                            ``(i) the activities for which the entity 
                        is to be paid or reimbursed; and
                            ``(ii) the extent to which the activities 
                        described in clause (i) are expected to 
                        accelerate--
                                    ``(I) the implementation of a 
                                covered transition plan; or
                                    ``(II) commercial or other non-
                                Federal use of spectrum subject to a 
                                covered transition plan; and
                    ``(B) the Technical Panel approves the proposal 
                submitted under subparagraph (A)--
                            ``(i) based on written findings of the 
                        Technical Panel, made publicly available on the 
                        website of the NTIA, that--
                                    ``(I) the funded activities are 
                                reasonably likely to materially 
                                accelerate the implementation of a 
                                covered transition plan or commercial 
                                or other non-Federal use of spectrum 
                                subject to a covered transition plan, 
                                as described in the proposal; and
                                    ``(II) the Federal entity would be 
                                unable to achieve the outcomes 
                                described in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
                                without the money or other thing of 
                                value that the Federal entity proposes 
                                to collect or receive; and
                            ``(ii) which, when approved, shall be 
                        considered an update to the covered transition 
                        plan of the Federal entity.''.
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