[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4504 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4504

 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
   Information to take certain actions to improve the management of 
           electromagnetic spectrum, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2023

 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
   Information to take certain actions to improve the management of 
           electromagnetic spectrum, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Novel, Advanced Spectrum and 
Communications Technology Networks Promotion Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The National Telecommunications and Information 
        Administration (NTIA) is the principal advisor to the President 
        on all telecommunications and information issues.
            (2) The NTIA represents executive branch agencies on 
        electromagnetic spectrum issues before the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (3) Understanding radio frequency propagation 
        characteristics is a critical component of making spectrum 
        management and spectrum policy decisions.
            (4) The NTIA relies on expert engineering studies and 
        analyses to make determinations about system relocations to 
        make spectrum available, as well as to identify spectrum 
        sharing opportunities.
            (5) Spectrum clearing, when feasible, is the priority 
        action to make federally assigned spectrum available for 
        commercial uses.
            (6) Spectrum sharing provides commercial access to 
        federally assigned spectrum in circumstances in which clearing 
        is not feasible.
            (7) The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of the 
        NTIA is the Federal Government's premier expert laboratory for 
        spectrum study activities, including spectrum interference 
        studies, and all activities related to advancing next 
        generation technologies.
            (8) The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is 
        critical for undertaking engineering studies and analyses, 
        identifying clearing or sharing opportunities, and performing 
        tests that inform spectrum policy decisions to maximize the 
        efficient use of spectrum resources.

SEC. 3. SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Prototyping.--Consistent with subparagraphs (F), (L), (P), and 
(U) of section 103(b)(2) of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)), the 
Assistant Secretary shall support the establishment, prototyping, and 
implementation of common models, common methodologies, and common 
inputs to inform electromagnetic spectrum management decisions, such 
as--
            (1) technologies and techniques to control radio frequency 
        emissions and interference;
            (2) advanced antenna arrays, and artificial intelligence 
        systems and technologies capable of operating advanced antenna 
        arrays, including multiple-input, multiple-output antennas, 
        beam forming and steering technology, antenna nulling 
        technology, and conformal arrays;
            (3) network sensing and monitoring technologies;
            (4) advanced receivers that incorporate new technologies 
        supporting new waveforms and multiple bands;
            (5) dynamic spectrum access technologies across wireless 
        systems and frequencies, including local-to-the-radio and 
        cognitive multidomain access;
            (6) novel spectrum access technologies;
            (7) artificial intelligence systems to enable dynamic 
        spectrum access, Internet of Things networks, and other 
        advanced communications technologies; and
            (8) optical and quantum communications technologies.
    (b) Spectrum Management and Advanced Communications Technologies.--
Section 104 of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 903) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(f) Identification and Implementation of Spectrum Management 
Technologies.--The Assistant Secretary shall identify and implement 
technologies that promote--
            ``(1) dynamic spectrum access;
            ``(2) network sensing and monitoring; and
            ``(3) optical and quantum communications.
    ``(g) Prototyping of Advanced Communications Technologies.--The 
Assistant Secretary shall--
            ``(1) encourage the development of, and broad participation 
        in, a skilled workforce to conduct prototyping of advanced 
        communications technologies; and
            ``(2) support partnerships among institutions to develop a 
        skilled workforce to conduct prototyping of advanced 
        communications technologies.''.
    (c) Assistant Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term 
``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information.
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