[House Document 105-43]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-43


 
                       RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENTS IN THE 
4635-4660 MHz FREQUENCY BAND HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN BY NTIA IN COMPLIANCE 
WITH SECTION 114 OF THE ACT, PURSUANT TO TITLE VI OF THE OMNIBUS BUDGET 
                       RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1993




 February 10, 1997.--Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered 
                             to be printed


                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, February 4, 1997.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Title VI of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 directs the Secretary of Commerce to 
prepare a report identifying at least 200 megahertz (MHz) of 
the radio frequency spectrum for reallocation, over a period of 
15 years, from Federal Government use to nonfederal Government 
use. This title also directs the President to notify the 
Federal Communications Commission and both Houses of Congress 
as actions are taken under this title. Including the 
reallocation of the 25 MHz reported in this notice, actions 
have now been completed to reallocate 120 MHz of spectrum for 
use by nonfederal Government entities.
    Under delegated authority, the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration (NTIA) is responsible for 
managing the Federal Government's use of the radio frequency 
spectrum. On March 22, 1995, former Secretary of Commerce 
Ronald Brown submitted to you NTIA's Spectrum Reallocation 
Final Report; this report presented a schedule for reallocating 
specified frequency bands over the period extending to January 
1999. The NTIA report identified the frequency band 4635-4660 
MHz for reallocation in January 1997.
    I am pleased to inform you that the Federal Government 
frequency assignments in the 4635-4660 MHz frequency band have 
been withdrawn by NTIA in compliance with section 114 of the 
Act. In addition, appropriate modifications have been made to 
the United States Table of Frequency Allocations for Federal 
Government stations to reflect the completed spectrum 
reallocation actions.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.

                                
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