[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5015-S5016]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3201. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Mr. Warner) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities 
of the Department of

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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 in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. 10__. IDENTIFICATION OF REALLOCABLE FREQUENCIES.

       Section 113 of the National Telecommunications and 
     Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (h)(7)(A)--
       (A) in clause (i), by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) 
     as items (aa) and (bb), respectively, and adjusting the 
     margins accordingly;
       (B) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) 
     and (II), respectively, and adjusting the margins 
     accordingly;
       (C) by striking ``If any of the information'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(i) In general.--If a portion of the information''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(ii) Full classification.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (5) 
     and (6), if the classification of information required to be 
     included in the transition plan of a Federal entity prohibits 
     even the public release of a redacted transition plan, as 
     determined by the head of the Federal entity, the Federal 
     entity shall--

       ``(I) notify the NTIA that the entire transition plan must 
     be classified and that even a redacted version cannot be made 
     public; and
       ``(II) classify the transition plan in accordance with the 
     levels of materials contained in the transition plan.''; and

       (2) in subsection (l)--
       (A) by striking ``For purposes of'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Elements of the intelligence community.--
     Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of this 
     part, each element of the intelligence community (as defined 
     in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
     3003)) shall be considered a Federal entity and shall be 
     eligible to receive payment from the Spectrum Relocation Fund 
     for any auction-related relocation or sharing costs incurred 
     by the element regardless of the existence of a Government 
     station license.''.
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