[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 153 (Thursday, September 21, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4666]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            5G SPECTRUM AUTHORITY LICENSING ENFORCEMENT ACT

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be discharged from 
further consideration of S. 2787, and the Senate proceed to its 
immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2787) to authorize the Federal Communications 
     Commission to process applications for spectrum licenses from 
     applicants who were successful bidders in an auction before 
     the authority of the Commission to conduct auctions expired 
     on March 9, 2023.

  There being no objection, the committee was discharged and the Senate 
proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2787) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2787

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``5G Spectrum Authority 
     Licensing Enforcement Act'' or the ``5G SALE Act''.

     SEC. 2. FCC PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR SPECTRUM LICENSES 
                   AWARDED BY AUCTION.

       In the case of any applicant for a license or permit for 
     the use of spectrum in the band of frequencies between 2496 
     megahertz and 2690 megahertz, inclusive, that the Federal 
     Communications Commission selected through a system of 
     competitive bidding conducted under section 309(j) of the 
     Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) on or before 
     March 9, 2023, and to whom the Commission has not granted the 
     license or permit as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the Commission may process the application of the applicant 
     during the 90-day period beginning on the date of enactment 
     of this Act.

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