[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2501 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2501


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 6, 2022

    Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 AN ACT


 
      To require the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and the Federal Communications Commission to update the 
         memorandum of understanding on spectrum coordination.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Spectrum Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. UPDATE OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON SPECTRUM COORDINATION 
              BETWEEN NTIA AND FCC.

    Not later than December 31, 2022, the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration and the Federal Communications 
Commission shall update the Memorandum of Understanding on Spectrum 
Coordination entered into in January 2003, to--
            (1) improve upon the process for resolving frequency 
        allocation disputes in shared or adjacent allocations between 
        the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
        and the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that such 
        disputes are definitively resolved in an efficient and timely 
        manner;
            (2) ensure that spectrum is used efficiently; and
            (3) establish reasonable timelines for the exchange of 
        information between the National Telecommunications and 
        Information Administration and the Federal Communications 
        Commission in order to maintain effective spectrum coordination 
        and collaboration.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 5, 2022.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.