[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1367]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1319. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, 
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. 
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant 
to title II of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title VII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ____. SPECTRUM REALLOCATION.

       (a) Identification of Spectrum.--The Assistant Secretary of 
     Commerce for Communications and Information shall identify 
     not less than 150 megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum that 
     the Federal Communications Commission can reallocate for 
     licensed and unlicensed use in accordance with subsection 
     (b), including sufficient spectrum to generate not less than 
     $10,000,000,000 in revenue through an auction described in 
     subsection (b)(1).
       (b) Reallocation.--Not later than December 31, 2022, of the 
     band or bands of electromagnetic spectrum identified under 
     subsection (a), the Federal Communications Commission shall--
       (1) use a system of competitive bidding to award licenses 
     for commercial use of half of the spectrum; and
       (2) make half of the spectrum available for unlicensed use.
       (c) Broadband Infrastructure Deployment in Unserved 
     Areas.--The Federal Communications Commission shall use the 
     proceeds of the auction conducted under subsection (b)(1) for 
     the deployment of broadband infrastructure to areas in the 
     United States that the Commission has determined lack access 
     to both--
       (1) fixed broadband internet access service; and
       (2) mobile broadband internet access service.
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