Sec. 207. Voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, and other measures for certain radio receivers
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall convene a working group to assist the Under Secretary in developing, and periodically updating, voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, and other measures with respect to radio receivers operating in Federal systems in spectrum bands allocated for exclusive Federal use. The purpose of the voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, and other measures developed, and periodically updated, by the Under Secretary under this section, with the assistance of the working group, shall be to provide guidance on the design, manufacture, and sale of radio receivers designed (in whole or in part) to operate in Federal systems in spectrum bands allocated for exclusive Federal use— with respect to the incorporation of appropriate measures to mitigate, or enhance resiliency to, potential harmful interference; and with the goal of ensuring that the reasonable current and future use of cochannel and non-cochannel spectrum, including use by non-Federal systems of spectrum designated by the Commission for commercial operations, will not result in the operation of such receivers being seriously degraded or obstructed, including such operation being repeatedly interrupted.
The Chair of the working group shall be the Under Secretary and the working group shall include representatives from the following: The Commission. The communications industry. Academia. Entities that manufacture radio receivers. Entities that establish technical specifications for radio receivers. The Under Secretary shall invite a representative from each Federal entity to participate in the working group. Chapter 10 of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the working group.
Not later than 18 months after the date on which the working group is convened, the Under Secretary shall publish, consistent with the protection of classified information and intelligence sources and methods, the voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, and other measures developed pursuant to subsection
(a)on a publicly accessible page on the website of the NTIA and in the Federal Register. Not less frequently than every 4 years, the Under Secretary shall review and update, if appropriate, the voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, and other measures published under subsection (b). Any such update shall be published as described in subsection
(b)not later than 14 days after the date on which the update is completed. In developing, and periodically updating, voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, and other measures under this section, the Under Secretary shall take into consideration the unique technical and operational characteristics of different Federal systems. Nothing in this section may be construed to provide authority for the establishment of any— mandatory criteria, standards, ratings, or other measures; or voluntary criteria, standards, ratings, or other measures with technical parameters not determined by the Under Secretary. In this section: The term Federal entity has the meaning given such term in section 113(l) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 923(l) ). The term Federal system means a system of radio stations belonging to and operated by the Federal Government that receives radio frequency signals on spectrum that is allocated exclusively for Federal use or allocated for shared Federal and non-Federal use. The term working group means the working group convened under subsection (a)(1).