Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
Latest action · Aug 13, 2024 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
This bill addresses auctions of, and other matters related to, portions of the electromagnetic spectrum allocated for federal use.
In particular, the bill extends various authorities granted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to auction spectrum and specifies the distribution of proceeds from auctions. Further, it increases funding available to the FCC for reimbursing communications services providers for replacing equipment or services that pose national security risks.
It also expands permitted uses and other aspects of the Spectrum Relocation Fund (SRF), a funding mechanism through which federal agencies can recover certain costs for spectrum relocation or sharing. For example, it (1) provides SRF funding to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for implementing incumbent informing capabilities that enable federal spectrum users to alert nonfederal users about where and when federal systems are operating to manage harmful interference in shared spectrum, and (2) directs the Department of Defense to report more extensively about its use of SRF funding.
Additionally, the bill requires activities to (1) expand nonfederal use, shared use, or a combination of those uses of spectrum currently allocated for federal use; and (2) update a memorandum of understanding and otherwise increase coordination to promote efficient and effective use of spectrum allocated for federal use.
The bill also establishes grants for (1) next generation 9-1-1 systems (interoperable Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 calls); and (2) expanding broadband access through historically Black colleges or universities, tribal colleges or universities, or other minority-serving institutions.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 22, 2023 to Jul 22, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | May 22, 2023 |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | May 24, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Mar 5, 2024 | |
| D-NC | Wiley Nickel | Jul 22, 2024 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 22, 2023Markup May 24, 2023Reported Aug 13, 2024 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred May 22, 2023Discharged Aug 13, 2024 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 13, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-629, Part I.
- Aug 13, 2024Committee on Armed Services discharged.
- Aug 13, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 526.
- May 24, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 24, 2023Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 25, 2023H.R. 3565, Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on May 24, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 86, May 22, 2023, page H2501.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 118-725 | SPECTRUM AND NATIONAL SECURITY98 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Serial No. 118-51 | OVERSIGHT OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION159 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 21, 2023 |
CRS reports 9
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 9
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Federal Communications Commission to use a system of competitive bidding to grant a license or a permit for use of electromagnetic spectrum and to direct proceeds from such a system of competitive bidding for communications and technology initiatives, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Advisory bodies
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Competition and antitrust
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Commerce
- Emergency communications systems
- Employment and training programs
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Government information and archives
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Licensing and registrations
- Minority education
- Radio spectrum allocation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State and local government operations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Aug 13, 2024Reported in House
- May 22, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
