    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II)]
    [September 25, 1995]
    [Page 1488]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders and the Federal Communications
    Commission Chair on Radio Spectrum Reallocation
    September 25, 1995

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)  (Dear Mr. Chairman:)
        Title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 requires
    that the Secretary of Commerce identify 200 megahertz (MHz) of the radio
    spectrum assigned to Federal Government use for reallocation to the
    Federal Communications Commission for nonfederal use.
        Under delegated authority, the National Telecommunications and
    Information Administration (NTIA) is responsible for managing the
    Federal Government's use of the radio spectrum. On March 22, 1995,
    Secretary of Commerce Ronald Brown submitted to you NTIA's Spectrum
    Reallocation Final Report that identified for reallocation in August
    1995, the 2300-2310 and 2400-2402 MHz bands for exclusive nonfederal use
    and the 2417-2450 MHz band for mixed Federal and nonfederal use.
        I am pleased to inform you that the Federal Government frequency
    assignments in the spectrum identified for reallocation for exclusive
    nonfederal use have been withdrawn by NTIA in compliance with section
    114 of the Act. In addition, modifications were made to the National
    Table of Frequency Allocations for Government stations to reflect the
    reallocation of the spectrum.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate, and Reed
    E. Hundt, Chair, Federal Communications Commission.