Sec. 1005. ADDITIONAL USES OF SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND
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## SEC. 1005 ADDITIONAL USES OF SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND ###
(a)In General Section 118 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928) is amended— ####
(1)by redesignating subsection
(g)as subsection (i); and ####
(2)by inserting after subsection
(f)the following: > > ### “(g) Additional Payments for Research and Development and Planning Activities > > > #### “(1) Amounts available > > Notwithstanding subsections
(c)through (e)— > > > ##### “(A) > > there are appropriated from the Fund on the date of the enactment of the Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015, and available to the Director of OMB for use in accordance with paragraph (2), not more than $500,000,000 from amounts in the Fund on such date of enactment; and > > > ##### “(B) > > there are appropriated from the Fund after such date of enactment, and available to the Director of OMB for use in accordance with such paragraph, not more than 10 percent of the amounts deposited in the Fund after such date of enactment. > > > #### “(2) Use of amounts > > > ##### “(A) In general > > The Director of OMB may use amounts made available under paragraph
(1)to make payments requested by Federal entities for research and development, engineering studies, economic analyses, activities with respect to systems, or other planning activities intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the spectrum use of Federal entities in order to make available frequencies described in subparagraph
(C)for reallocation for non-Federal use or shared Federal and non-Federal use, or a combination thereof, and for auction in accordance with such reallocation. > > > ##### “(B) Systems that improve efficiency and effectiveness of federal spectrum use > > For purposes of a payment under subparagraph
(A)for activities with respect to systems that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the spectrum use of Federal entities, such systems include the following: > > > ###### “(i) > > Systems that have increased functionality or that increase the ability of a Federal entity to accommodate spectrum sharing with non-Federal entities. > > > ###### “(ii) > > Systems that consolidate functions or services that have been provided using separate systems. > > > ###### “(iii) > > Non-spectrum technology or systems. > > > ##### “(C) Frequencies described > > The frequencies described in this subparagraph are, with respect to a payment under subparagraph (A), frequencies that— > > > ###### “(i) > > are assigned to a Federal entity; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > at the time of the activities conducted with such payment, are not identified for auction. > > > ##### “(D) Conditions > > The Director of OMB may not make a payment to a Federal entity under subparagraph (A)— > > > ###### “(i) > > unless— > > > ###### “(I) > > the Federal entity has submitted to the Technical Panel established under section 113(h)(3) a plan describing the activities that the Federal entity will conduct with such payment; > > > ###### “(II) > > the Technical Panel has approved such plan under subparagraph (E); and > > > ###### “(III) > > the Director of OMB has submitted the plan approved under subparagraph
(E)to the congressional committees described in subsection (d)(2)(C); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > until 60 days have elapsed after submission of the plan under clause (i)(III). > > > ##### “(E) Review by technical panel > > > ###### “(i) In general > > Not later than 120 days after a Federal entity submits a plan under subparagraph (D)(i)(I) to the Technical Panel established under section 113(h)(3), the Technical Panel shall approve or disapprove such plan. > > > ###### “(ii) Criteria for review > > In considering whether to approve or disapprove a plan under this subparagraph, the Technical Panel shall consider whether— > > > ###### “(I) > > the activities that the Federal entity will conduct with the payment will— > > > ###### “(aa) > > increase the probability of relocation from or sharing of Federal spectrum; > > > ###### “(bb) > > facilitate an auction intended to occur not later than 8 years after the payment; and > > > ###### “(cc) > > increase the net expected auction proceeds in an amount not less than the time value of the amount of the payment; and > > > ###### “(II) > > the transfer will leave sufficient amounts in the Fund for the other purposes of the Fund. > > > ### “(h) Prioritization of Payments > > In determining whether to make payments under subsections
(f)and (g), the Director of OMB shall, to the extent practicable, prioritize payments under subsection (g).” > . ###
(b)Administrative Support for Technical Panel Section 113(h)(3)(C) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(h)(3)(C)) is amended by striking “this subsection and subsection (i)” and inserting “this subsection, subsection (i), and section 118(g)(2)(E)”. ###
(c)Eligible Federal Entities Section 113 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (g)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1)— ######
(i)by striking “authorized to use a band of eligible frequencies described in paragraph
(2)and”; ######
(ii)by inserting “eligible” after “auction of”; ######
(iii)by inserting “eligible” after “reallocation of”; and #####
(B)in paragraph (3)(A), by striking “previously assigned to such entity or the sharing of spectrum frequencies assigned to such entity” and inserting “or the sharing of spectrum frequencies”; and ####
(2)in subsection (h)(1), by striking “authorized to use any such frequency”.
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