[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2258. Mr. LEE 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:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. FEDERAL SPECTRUM AUDIT.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section--
       (1) the term ``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant 
     Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information; and
       (2) the term ``Federal entity'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 113(l) of the National Telecommunications and 
     Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
     923(l)).
       (b) Audit and Report.--Not later than 18 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary, in 
     consultation with the head of each Federal entity, shall--
       (1) conduct an audit of the electromagnetic spectrum that 
     is assigned or otherwise allocated to each Federal entity as 
     of the date of the audit; and
       (2) submit to Congress, and make available to each Member 
     of Congress upon request, a report containing the results of 
     the audit conducted under paragraph (1).
       (c) Contents of Report.--The Assistant Secretary shall 
     include in the report submitted under subsection (b)(2), with 
     respect to the electromagnetic spectrum that is assigned or 
     otherwise allocated to a Federal entity as of the date of the 
     audit--
       (1) each particular band of spectrum being used by the 
     Federal entity;
       (2) a description of each purpose for which a particular 
     band described in paragraph (1) is being used, and how much 
     of the band is being used for that purpose;
       (3) the State or other geographic area in which a 
     particular band described in paragraph (1) is assigned or 
     allocated for use;
       (4) whether a particular band described in paragraph (1) is 
     used exclusively by the Federal entity or shared with another 
     Federal entity or a non-Federal entity; and
       (5) any portion of the spectrum that is not being used by 
     the Federal entity.
       (d) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection 
     (a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
     include a classified annex.
       (e) Relation to Department of Transportation Spectrum 
     Audit.--The Assistant Secretary shall coordinate the 
     implementation of this section with the implementation of 
     section 27003 (relating to an audit of Department of 
     Transportation spectrum).
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