Sec. 202. Radio-frequency mapping report
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of National Intelligence, shall complete and submit a report on space-based radio-frequency mapping to— the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate ; the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate ; the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives ; the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives ; and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives . The report under subsection
(a)shall include— a discussion of whether a need exists to regulate space-based radio-frequency mapping; a description of any immitigable impacts of space-based radio-frequency mapping on national security, United States competitiveness and space leadership, or Constitutional rights; any recommendations for additional regulatory action regarding space-based radio-frequency mapping; a detailed description of the costs and benefits of the recommendations described in paragraph (3); and an evaluation of— whether the development of voluntary consensus industry standards in coordination with the Department of Defense is more appropriate than issuing regulations with respect to space-based radio-frequency mapping; and whether existing law, including regulations and policies, could be applied in a manner that prevents the need for additional regulation of space-based radio-frequency mapping. The report under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.