[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 139 (Wednesday, August 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S5865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2527. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. 
Markey, Ms. Smith, Ms. Rosen, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Booker, 
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schatz, and Mr. King) 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 in division F, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. _____. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW 2.5 GHZ TRIBAL PRIORITY 
                   WINDOW.

       (a) Commission Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``Commission'' means the Federal Communications Commission.
       (b) New Tribal Priority Window.--The Commission shall--
       (1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, establish a new Tribal priority window for the 2.5 
     gigahertz band, under the same terms and conditions as the 
     Tribal priority window established in the Report and Order in 
     the matter of Transforming the 2.5 GHz Band adopted by the 
     Commission on July 10, 2019 (FCC 19-62), for any portions of 
     the band--
       (A) that remain available for assignment in accordance with 
     that Report and Order; and
       (B) for which the Commission did not receive an application 
     during the Tribal priority window established in that Report 
     and Order; and
       (2) accept applications in the new window established under 
     paragraph (1) during the period that--
       (A) begins on the date on which the window is established; 
     and
       (B) ends on the date that is 180 days after the date on 
     which the window is established, or such later date as the 
     Commission considers appropriate.
       (c) Exception From Certain Procedural Requirements.--To the 
     extent that the Commission determines that section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code, chapter 6 of that title 
     (commonly known as the ``Regulatory Flexibility Act''), 
     subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
     (commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''), or any 
     other provision of law would prevent the Commission from 
     establishing the new Tribal priority window by the date 
     required under paragraph (1) of subsection (b) or from 
     beginning to accept applications in that window as required 
     under paragraph (2)(A) of that subsection, that provision 
     shall not apply to any action taken by the Commission, or any 
     rule or order issued by the Commission, to establish that 
     window or to begin accepting applications in that window (as 
     the case may be).
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