[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S3978]
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  SA 2423. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        In section 40002, strike subsections (a) through (c)(1) 
     and insert the following:
       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Assistant secretary.--The term ``Assistant Secretary'' 
     means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
     and Information.
       (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Communications Commission.
       (3) Covered band.--The term ``covered band''--
       (A) except as provided in subparagraph (B), means the band 
     of frequencies between 1.3 gigahertz and 10.5 gigahertz; and
       (B) does not include--
       (i) the band of frequencies between 3.1 gigahertz and 3.45 
     gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, 
     modification, or withdrawal; or
       (ii) the band of frequencies between 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4 
     gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, 
     modification, or withdrawal.
       (b) General Auction Authority.--
       (1) Amendment.--Section 309(j)(11) of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)(11)) is amended by striking 
     ``grant a license or permit under this subsection shall 
     expire March 9, 2023'' and all that follows and inserting the 
     following: ``complete a system of competitive bidding under 
     this subsection shall expire September 30, 2034, except that, 
     with respect to the electromagnetic spectrum--
       ``(A) between the frequencies of 3.1 gigahertz and 3.45 
     gigahertz, such authority shall not apply; and
       ``(B) between the frequencies of 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4 
     gigahertz, such authority shall not apply.''.
       (2) Spectrum auctions.--The Commission shall grant licenses 
     through systems of competitive bidding, before the expiration 
     of the general auction authority of the Commission under 
     section 309(j)(11) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
     U.S.C. 309(j)(11)), as amended by paragraph (1) of this 
     subsection, for not less than 300 megahertz across the entire 
     spectrum band, including by completing a system of 
     competitive bidding not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act for not less than 100 megahertz in the 
     band between 3.98 gigahertz and 4.2 gigahertz.
       (c) Identification for Reallocation.--
       (1) In general.--The Assistant Secretary, in consultation 
     with the Commission, shall identify 500 megahertz of 
     frequencies in the covered band for reallocation to non-
     Federal use, shared Federal and non-Federal use, or a 
     combination thereof, for commercial use cases, that--
       (A) as of the date of enactment of this Act, are allocated 
     for Federal use; and
       (B) shall be in addition to the 300 megahertz of 
     frequencies for which the Commission grants licenses under 
     subsection (b)(2).
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