Sec. 106. 5.9 GHz spectrum use testing
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Not later than 90 days after receiving a 5.9 GHz Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure device, the Secretary of Transportation, in cooperation with the Secretary of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, other appropriate Federal agencies, the automotive industry, the intelligent transportation industry, and the communications industry, shall conduct testing on the unlicensed device within the 5.9 GHz band to examine the possibility of interference with safety-related vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications.
In conducting the test, the Secretary of Transportation shall— define interference of connected vehicle safety applications; identify the technology and operating parameters that must be in place to allow vehicle safety communications signals to share the 5.9 GHz band with signals from unlicensed devices without interference; test the unlicensed device to determine whether it interferes with dedicated short-range communications or any other communications systems the Department of Commerce is testing for connected vehicle safety applications; identify possible challenges of allowing unlicensed devices to operate in the 5.9 GHz band concerning automated vehicle systems development; and evaluate any other information the Secretary determines appropriate.
Not later than 18 months after receipt of such an unlicensed 5.9 GHz device, the Secretary shall submit a report of the testing of such device to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary for the purpose of carrying out this section.