[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5486]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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