[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 137 (Monday, August 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5664-S5665]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2265. 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. ___. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPECTRUM AUDIT.
(a) Audit and Report.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall--
(1) conduct an audit of the electromagnetic spectrum that
is assigned or otherwise allocated to the Department of
Defense 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).
(b) Contents of Report.--The Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information shall include in
the report submitted under subsection (a)(2), with respect to
the electromagnetic spectrum that is assigned or otherwise
allocated to the Department of Defense as of the date of the
audit--
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(1) each particular band of spectrum being used by the
Department of Defense;
(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 Department of Defense 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 Department of Defense.
(c) Form of Report.--The report required under subsection
(a)(2) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
include a classified annex.
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