[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9340 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9340

 To appropriate more funds for the Federal Communication Commission's 
  ``rip and replace'' program, to require a spectrum auction, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 9, 2024

 Mr. Pfluger (for himself and Mr. Johnson of South Dakota) introduced 
 the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To appropriate more funds for the Federal Communication Commission's 
  ``rip and replace'' program, to require a spectrum auction, 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 ``Supporting National Security with 
Spectrum Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ``RIP AND REPLACE'' FUNDING.

     Section 4(k) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act 
of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603(k)) is amended by striking ``$1,900,000,000'' 
and inserting ``$4,980,000,000''.

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.

    There is appropriated to the Federal Communications Commission for 
fiscal year 2024, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $3,080,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out section 4 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks 
Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1603).

SEC. 4. FCC AUCTION 97 REAUCTION OF CERTAIN LICENSES; COMPLETION OF 
              REAUCTION.

    (a) FCC Auction 97 Reauction of Certain Licenses.--Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission shall initiate a system of competitive 
bidding under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 309(j)) to grant licenses for spectrum in the inventory of the 
Commission within the bands of frequencies referred to by the 
Commission as the ``AWS-3 bands'', without regard to whether the 
authority of the Commission under paragraph (11) of that section has 
expired.
    (b) Completion of Reauction.--The Federal Communications Commission 
shall complete the system of competitive bidding described in 
subsection (a), including receiving payments, processing applications, 
and granting licenses, without regard to whether the authority of the 
Commission under paragraph (11) of section 309(j) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) has expired.
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