Sec. 214. Electromagnetic spectrum sharing research and development program
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The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the Federal Communications Commission shall jointly establish an electromagnetic spectrum sharing research and development program to promote the establishment of innovative technologies and techniques to facilitate electromagnetic spectrum sharing between fifth-generation wireless networking technologies, Federal systems, and other non-Federal incumbent systems.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator and the Commission, shall, as part of the program established under subsection (a), establish at least two test beds to demonstrate the potential for cohabitation between fifth-generation wireless networking technologies, other incumbent non-Federal systems, and Federal systems. The test beds established under paragraph
(1)may be co-located, if a single geographic location can provide a sufficient diversity of Federal systems. If not, test beds established under this subsection shall coordinate to share results and best practices identified in each location. Not later than May 1, 2020, the Secretary and the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, shall jointly propose an integrated spectrum automation enterprise strategy for the Department of Defense to address management of electromagnetic spectrum, including both Federal and non-Federal spectrum that is shared by the Department of Defense or could be used for national security missions in the future, including on a shared basis. The strategy developed under subparagraph
(A)shall encompass cloud-based databases, artificial intelligence, system certification processes, public facing application programming interfaces and online tools, and electromagnetic spectrum compatibility analyses for sharing of electromagnetic spectrum. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than once every 180 days thereafter until the Secretary submits the report required by subsection (e), the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator and the Commission, shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress on the progress of the test beds established under subsection (b). Not later than October 1, 2022, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator and the Commission, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the results of the test beds established under subsection (b). The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include recommendations to facilitate sharing frameworks in the bands of electromagnetic spectrum that are the subject of the test beds. In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.