[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5616-S5617]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2215. Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr. 
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. 
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. 
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        Strike section 90008 and insert the following:

     SEC. 90008. 3.1-3.45 GHZ BAND.

       (a) Identification and Auction.--The Federal Communications 
     Commission (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Commission''), in consultation with the Assistant Secretary 
     of Commerce for Communications and Information, shall--
       (1) not later than December 31, 2022, identify 350 
     megahertz of electromagnetic spectrum in the frequencies 
     between 3100 and 3450 megahertz to be made available for 
     shared Federal and non-Federal commercial licensed use, 
     subject to flexible-use service rules that are consistent 
     with the rules for the band of frequencies between 3450 and 
     3550 megahertz established in the Second Report and Order in 
     the matter of Facilitating

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     Shared Use in the 3100-3550 MHz Band adopted by the 
     Commission on March 17, 2021 (FCC 21-32; WT Docket No. 19-
     348) that permit full-power commercial licensed use of that 
     band; and
       (2) not earlier than November 30, 2024, and not later than 
     10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, complete a 
     system of competitive bidding under section 309(j) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) to grant new 
     licenses for the spectrum identified under paragraph (1) of 
     this subsection.
       (b) Timing of Auction.--Notwithstanding section 309(j)(7) 
     of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(7)), the 
     Commission shall conduct the system of competitive bidding 
     required under subsection (a)(2) of this section at a time 
     during the period described in that subsection that will 
     maximize the proceeds generated by the system of competitive 
     bidding.
       (c) Clearing of Spectrum.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date on which the system of competitive bidding required 
     under subsection (a)(2) is completed, the President shall 
     withdraw or modify any assignment to a Federal Government 
     station of the frequencies identified under subsection (a)(1) 
     in order to accommodate shared Federal and non-Federal 
     commercial licensed use in accordance with subsection (a)(1).
       (d) FCC Auction Authority.--Section 309(j)(11) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended 
     by inserting after ``2025'' the following: ``, and with 
     respect to the electromagnetic spectrum identified under 
     section 90008(a)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 
     Act, such authority shall expire on the date that is 10 years 
     after the date of enactment of that Act''.
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