[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 113 (Monday, June 30, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4121]
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  SA 2767. Mr. MARKEY 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) and (b)(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;
       (ii) the band of frequencies between 3.55 gigahertz and 3.7 
     gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, 
     modification, or withdrawal;
       (iii) the band of frequencies between 5.925 gigahertz and 
     7.125 gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, 
     modification, or withdrawal; or
       (iv) the band of frequencies between 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4 
     gigahertz for purposes of auction, reallocation, 
     modification, or withdrawal.
       (4) Full-power commercial licensed use cases.--The term 
     ``full-power commercial licensed use cases'' means flexible 
     use wireless broadband services with base station power 
     levels sufficient for high-power, high-density, and wide-area 
     commercial mobile services, consistent with the service rules 
     under part 27 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
     any successor regulations, for wireless broadband deployments 
     throughout the covered band.
       (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;
       ``(B) between the frequencies of 3.55 gigahertz and 3.7 
     gigahertz, such authority shall not apply;
       ``(C) between the frequencies of 5.925 gigahertz and 7.125 
     gigahertz, such authority shall not apply; and
       ``(D) between the frequencies of 7.4 gigahertz and 8.4 
     gigahertz, such authority shall not apply.''.
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