Sec. 234. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

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## SEC. 234 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ###

(a)In General Not later than November 30, 2025, the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, shall complete a demonstration program to assess the viability of using wideband adaptive signal processing technology to support simultaneous transmit and receive signals on the same electromagnetic spectrum frequency band that— ####

(1)does not produce harmful interference; ####

(2)significantly reduces electromagnetic spectrum guard bands; ####

(3)maintains signal quality with respect to latency and throughput; and ####

(4)increases electromagnetic spectrum access within the frequency band. ###

(b)Location The demonstration program required by subsection

(a)shall be conducted at a test and training range of the Department of Defense. ###

(c)Consultation In carrying out the demonstration program required by subsection (a), the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall consult with, at a minimum, the following: ####

(1)The Joint Staff. ####

(2)The military departments and their associated research labs. ####

(3)Other Department of Defense organizations and agencies. ####

(4)The Federal Communications Commission. ####

(5)The National Telecommunications and Information Administration. ####

(6)Other Federal agencies. ####

(7)Industry and nongovernmental entities. ###

(d)Authority to Enter Into Contracts Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Chief Information Officer may enter into such contracts or other agreements as the Chief Information Officer considers appropriate to conduct studies and demonstration projects under the demonstration program required by subsection (a). ###

(e)Briefing on Plans for Program Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall jointly provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the plans to carry out the demonstration program required by subsection (a). ###

(f)Periodic Assessments of Program The Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall, periodically, assess the demonstration program required by subsection

(a)while the program is being carried out. ###

(g)Briefing on Completed Program Upon completion of the demonstration program required by subsection (a), the Chief Information Officer, the Under Secretary, and the Director shall jointly provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on their findings with respect to the demonstration program.