Sec. 6408. STUDY ON RECEIVER PERFORMANCE AND SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY

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## SEC. 6408 STUDY ON RECEIVER PERFORMANCE AND SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY ###

(a)In General The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study to consider efforts to ensure that each transmission system is designed and operated so that reasonable use of adjacent spectrum does not excessively impair the functioning of such system. ###

(b)Required Considerations In conducting the study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General shall consider— ####

(1)the value of— #####

(A)improving receiver performance as it relates to increasing spectral efficiency; #####

(B)improving the operation of services that are located in adjacent spectrum; and #####

(C)narrowing the guard bands between adjacent spectrum use; ####

(2)the role of manufacturers, commercial licensees, and government users with respect to their transmission systems and the use of adjacent spectrum; ####

(3)the feasibility of industry self-compliance with respect to the design and operational requirements of transmission systems and the reasonable use of adjacent spectrum; and ####

(4)the value of action by the Commission and the Assistant Secretary to establish, by rule, technical requirements or standards for non-Federal and Federal use, respectively, with respect to the reasonable use of portions of the radio spectrum that are adjacent to each other. ###

(c)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report on the results of the study required by subsection

(a)to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. ###

(d)Transmission System Defined In this section, the term “transmission system” means any telecommunications, broadcast, satellite, commercial mobile service, or other communications system that employs radio spectrum.