[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5486]
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SA 5993. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, 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 1 year after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Communications and Information and the Secretary of
Defense shall jointly--
(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 and the Secretary
of Defense 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--
(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 geographic area in which a particular band
described in paragraph (1) is being used;
(4) whether a particular band described in paragraph (1) is
used exclusively by the Department of Defense or shared with
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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