,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cghi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ag1 #bjai,ms4 
,del,bene 7for herself and ,mr4 ,katko7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the
 ,federal ,communications ,commission to
 collect and maintain data on the growth
 in the use of ,internet of ,things     
devices and devices that use #e;,g      
mobile networks in order to determine   
the amount of electromagnetic spectrum  
required to meet the demand created by  
such use1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,io,t ,readiness ,act of #bjai4  #b4
 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense of
 ,congress that--  7#a7 ,internet of    
,things device usage is a critical      
component of the ,united ,states        
economy2  7#b7 ,internet of ,things     
device usage will continue to grow      
exponentially1 and ,united ,states      
infrastructure needs to be prepared for 

that growth2  7#c7 in order for the     
,federal ,government to properly address
 spectrum requirements1 ,congress needs 
to understand the full scope of future  
spectrum demand2 and  7#d7 the ,united  
,states should further prepare its      
infrastructure with comprehensive       
spectrum planning4  #c4 ,tracking of    
growth of ,internet of ,things and #e;,g
 devices by ,,fcc  7a7 ,collection and  
maintenance of data ,the ,commission    
shall collect and maintain data on the  
growth in the use of ,internet of       
,things devices and devices that use    
#e;,g mobile networks in order to       
determine the amount of electromagnetic 
spectrum required to meet the demand    
created by such use4  7b7 ,biennial     
report to ,congress ,not later than #ahj
 days after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act1 and not less frequently than
 every #b years thereafter1 the         
,commission shall submit to ,congress a 
report on the data collected and        
maintained under subsection 7a74 ,such  

report shall contain--  7#a7 a          
determination by the ,commission of the 
amount of electromagnetic spectrum      
required to meet the demand created by  
,internet of ,things devices and devices
 that use #e;,g mobile networks and     
whether sufficient spectrum is available
 as of the date of such report to meet  
such demand2 and  7#b7 a determination  
by the ,commission of-- 7,a7 whether any
 growth is anticipated in the use of    
,internet of ,things devices or devices 
that use #e;,g mobile networks2 and     
7,b7 if such growth is anticipated1 the 
amount of spectrum needed to meet the   
future demand created by such growth4   
#d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission1 in consultation with the   
,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,communications and ,information4  7#b7 
,internet of ,things device ,the term   
,internet of ,things device means a     
device that uses a network to           

communicate and share data with other   
devices4