,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgci  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjac ,ms4
 ,matsui 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1   
,mr4 ,smith of ,washington1 and ,mr4    
,hunter7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce1 and in addition  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
for a period to be subsequently         
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the reallocation and auction for
 commercial use of the electromagnetic  
spectrum between the frequencies from   
#agee megahertz to #aghj megahertz4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,efficient ,use of ,government     
,spectrum ,act of #bjac4  #b4           
,reallocation and auction of #agee-aghj 
,m,hz band  7a7 ,in general             
,notwithstanding paragraph 7#ae77;,a7 of
 section #cji7;j7 of the ,communications

 ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #cji7;j771
 not later than #c years after the date 
of the enactment of the ,middle ,class  
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7,public ,law #aab-if71 the       
,commission shall--  7#a7 reallocate the
 electromagnetic spectrum described in  
subsection 7d7 for commercial use2 and  
7#b7 as part of the system of           
competitive bidding required by section 
#fdja7;b77#a77;,b7 of such ,act 7#dg    
,u4,s4,c4 #adea7;b77#a77;,b771 grant new
 initial licenses1 subject to           
flexible-use service rules1 for the use 
of such spectrum1 paired with the       
spectrum between the frequencies from   
#baee megahertz to #bahj megahertz1     
inclusive4  7b7 ,auction proceeds ,for  
purposes of depositing the proceeds from
 the competitive bidding described in   
subsection 7a77#b7 that are attributable
 to the electromagnetic spectrum        
described in subsection 7d71 such       
spectrum shall be treated as spectrum   
that is required to be auctioned by     

section #fdja7;b77#a77;,b7 of the       
,middle ,class ,tax ,relief and ,job    
,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4  
#adea7;b77#a77;,b774  7c7 ,relocation of
 and sharing by ,federal ,government    
stations  7#a7 ,relocation prioritized  
over sharing  7,a7 ,in general ,except  
as provided in paragraph 7#b71 all      
,federal ,government stations in the    
electromagnetic spectrum described in   
subsection 7d7 shall be relocated to    
other frequencies under the procedures  
implemented pursuant to section         
#aac7;g77#f7 of the ,national           
,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration ,organization ,act 7#dg 
,u4,s4,c4 #ibc7;g77#f774 ,such          
relocation procedures shall ensure      
maximum cooperation and coordination    
between the affected ,federal and       
commercial entities4  7,b7 ,department  
of ,defense stations ,section #ajfb7;b7 
of the ,national ,defense ,authorization
 ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjjj 7,public  
,law #ajf-fe2 #aac ,stat4 #gfh7 shall   

apply to the relocation of stations     
operated by the ,department of ,defense 
in the electromagnetic spectrum         
described in subsection 7d74  7#b7      
,sharing where relocation not possible  
7,a7 ,identification of stations ,if a  
,federal entity that operates a ,federal
 ,government station in the             
electromagnetic spectrum described in   
subsection 7d7 determines1 based on an  
operational impact assessment1 that such
 station cannot be relocated from such  
spectrum without jeopardizing essential 
military capability1 such entity shall  
identify such station in the transition 
plan of such entity required1 by section
 #aac7;h77#a7 of the ,national          
,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration ,organization ,act 7#dg 
,u4,s4,c4 #ibc7;h77#a771 to be submitted
 not later than #bdj days before the    
commencement of the competitive bidding 
described in subsection 7a77#b74  7,b7  
,required elements of transition plan   
,each transition plan in which a station

 is identified pursuant to subparagraph 
7,a7 shall provide for non-,federal     
users to share with such station the    
electromagnetic spectrum described in   
subsection 7d74 ,where exclusion zones  
are necessary to avoid jeopardizing     
essential military capability1 such plan
 shall provide for the smallest possible
 zones necessary for such purpose4  7#c7
 ,withdrawal or modification of         
assignments  7,a7 ,withdrawal ,upon     
relocation of a ,federal ,government    
station pursuant to paragraph 7#a71 the 
,president shall withdraw the assignment
 to such station of the electromagnetic 
spectrum described in subsection 7d74   
7,b7 ,modification ,for each ,federal   
,government station identified in a     
transition plan pursuant to paragraph   
7#b77;,a71 the ,president shall modify  
the assignment to such station of the   
electromagnetic spectrum described in   
subsection 7d7 to permit shared ,federal
 and non-,federal use4  7d7 ,spectrum   
described ,the electromagnetic spectrum 

described in this subsection is the     
spectrum between the frequencies from   
#agee megahertz to #aghj megahertz1     
inclusive4  7e7 ,commission defined ,in 
this section1 the term ,commission means
 the ,federal ,communications           
,commission4