Sec. 2864. Pilot program to expedite 5G telecommunications on military installations through deployment of telecommunications infrastructure
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary of a military department shall establish a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility of deploying telecommunications infrastructure to expedite the availability of 5G telecommunications on military installations. Each Secretary of a military department shall select at least one military installation under the jurisdiction of the Secretary as a location at which to conduct the pilot program. In selecting a military installation as a location for the pilot program, the Secretary of a military department shall prioritize military installations that are located in close proximity to other military installations, whether or not the other installations are under the jurisdiction of that Secretary.
Not later than six months after the establishment of the pilot program by the Secretary of a military department, that Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the following: A list of the military installations selected by that Secretary as locations for the pilot program. A description of authorities used to execute the pilot program. The number and identity of telecommunication carriers that intend to use the telecommunications infrastructure deployed pursuant to the pilot program to provide 5G telecommunication services at the selected military installations.
An assessment of the need to have centralized processes and points of contacts or additional authorities, to facilitate deployment of telecommunications infrastructure. In this section, the term telecommunications infrastructure includes, but is not limited to, the following: Macro towers. Small cell poles. Distributed antenna systems. Dark fiber. Power solutions.