Sec. 209. COMMERCIAL SPECTRUM LICENSE POLICY REVIEW
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## SEC. 209 COMMERCIAL SPECTRUM LICENSE POLICY REVIEW ###
(a)Examination The Comptroller General shall examine national commercial spectrum license policy as implemented by the Federal Communications Commission, and shall report its findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce within 270 days. ###
(b)Content The report shall address each of the following: ####
(1)An estimate of the respective proportions of electromagnetic spectrum capacity that have been assigned by the Federal Communications Commission— #####
(A)prior to enactment of section 309(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) providing to the Commission's competitive bidding authority, #####
(B)after enactment of that section using the Commission's competitive bidding authority, and #####
(C)by means other than competitive bidding, and a description of the classes of licensees assigned under each method. ####
(2)The extent to which requiring entities to obtain licenses through competitive bidding places those entities at a competitive or financial disadvantage to offer services similar to entities that did not acquire licenses through competitive bidding. ####
(3)The effect, if any, of the use of competitive bidding and the resulting diversion of licensees' financial resources on the introduction of new services including the quality, pace, and scope of the offering of such services to the public. ####
(4)The effect, if any, of participation in competitive bidding by incumbent spectrum license holders as applicants or investors in an applicant, including a discussion of any additional effect if such applicant qualified for bidding credits as a designated entity. ####
(5)The effect on existing license holders and consumers of services offered by these providers of the Administration's Spectrum License User Fee proposal contained in the President's Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2004 (Budget, page 299; Appendix, page 1046), and an evaluation of whether the enactment of this proposal could address, either in part or in whole, any possible competitive disadvantages described in paragraph (2). ###
(c)FCC Assistance The Federal Communications Commission shall provide information and assistance, as necessary, to facilitate the completion of the examination required by subsection (a). # TITLE III UNIVERSAL SERVICE
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