[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8244 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8244

      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
   Administration to estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum 
          assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2020

  Mrs. Rodgers of Washington (for herself and Ms. Clarke of New York) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
   Administration to estimate the value of electromagnetic spectrum 
          assigned or otherwise allocated to Federal entities.

    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 ``Government Spectrum Valuation Act of 
2020''.

SEC. 2. ESTIMATE OF VALUE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM.

    Part B of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 921 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 120. ESTIMATE OF VALUE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM.

    ``(a) Estimates Required.--The NTIA, in consultation with the 
Commission and the Director of OMB, shall estimate the value of 
electromagnetic spectrum in the covered band that is assigned or 
otherwise allocated to each Federal entity as of the date of the 
estimate, in accordance with the schedule under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Schedule.--The NTIA shall conduct the estimates under 
subsection (a) for the covered bands between--
            ``(1) 225 megahertz and 33 gigahertz not later than 1 year 
        after the date of enactment of this section, and every 3 years 
        thereafter;
            ``(2) 33 gigahertz and 66 gigahertz not later than 2 years 
        after the date of enactment of this section, and every 3 years 
        thereafter; and
            ``(3) 66 gigahertz and 95 gigahertz not later than 3 years 
        after the date of enactment of this section, and every 3 years 
        thereafter.
    ``(c) Basis for Estimate.--
            ``(1) In general.--The NTIA shall base each value estimate 
        under subsection (a) on the value that the electromagnetic 
        spectrum would have if the spectrum were reallocated for the 
        use with the highest potential value of licensed or unlicensed 
        commercial wireless services that do not have access to that 
        spectrum as of the date of the estimate.
            ``(2) Consideration of government capabilities.--In 
        estimating the economic value of spectrum under subsection (a), 
        the NTIA may consider the spectrum needs of commercial 
        interests while preserving the spectrum access necessary to 
        satisfy mission requirements and operations of Federal 
        entities.
            ``(3) Dynamic scoring.--To the greatest extent practicable, 
        the NTIA shall incorporate dynamic scoring methodology into the 
        value estimate under subsection (a).
            ``(4) Disclosure.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                NTIA shall publicly disclose how the NTIA arrived at 
                each value estimate under subsection (a), including any 
                findings made under paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Classified, law enforcement-sensitive, and 
                proprietary information.--If any information involved 
                in a value estimate under subsection (a), including any 
                finding made under paragraph (2), is classified, law 
                enforcement-sensitive, or proprietary, the NTIA--
                            ``(i) may not publicly disclose the 
                        classified, law enforcement-sensitive, or 
                        proprietary information; and
                            ``(ii) shall make the classified, law 
                        enforcement-sensitive, or proprietary 
                        information available to any Member of 
                        Congress, upon request, in a separate annex.
    ``(d) Agency Report on Value of Electromagnetic Spectrum.--The head 
of a Federal entity that has been assigned or otherwise allocated use 
of electromagnetic spectrum within the covered bands shall report the 
value of the spectrum as most recently estimated under subsection (a)--
            ``(1) in the budget of the Federal entity to be included in 
        the budget of the United States Government submitted by the 
        President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code; 
        and
            ``(2) in the annual financial statement of the Federal 
        entity required to be filed under section 3515 of title 31, 
        United States Code.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Covered bands.--The term `covered bands' means the 
        band of frequencies between 225 megahertz and 95 gigahertz.
            ``(2) Federal entity.--The term `Federal entity' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 113(l).
            ``(3) OMB.--The term `OMB' means the Office of Management 
        and Budget.''.
                                 <all>