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[H.R. 2501 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 212
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2501

                          [Report No. 117-287]

      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to update the 
         memorandum of understanding on spectrum coordination.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2021

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

                             March 31, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
 [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 
                               14, 2021]


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                                 A BILL


 
      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to update the 
         memorandum of understanding on spectrum coordination.


 


    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 Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. UPDATE OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON SPECTRUM COORDINATION 
              BETWEEN NTIA AND FCC.

    Not later than December 31, 2022, the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration and the Federal Communications 
Commission shall update the Memorandum of Understanding on Spectrum 
Coordination entered into in January 2003, to--
            (1) improve upon the process for resolving frequency 
        allocation disputes in shared or adjacent allocations between 
        the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
        and the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that such 
        disputes are definitively resolved in an efficient and timely 
        manner;
            (2) ensure that spectrum is used efficiently; and
            (3) establish reasonable timelines for the exchange of 
        information between the National Telecommunications and 
        Information Administration and the Federal Communications 
        Commission in order to maintain effective spectrum coordination 
        and collaboration.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 212

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2501

                          [Report No. 117-287]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to update the 
         memorandum of understanding on spectrum coordination.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 31, 2022

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed