,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgag  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ac1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,wicker 7for himself1 ,ms4    
,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 and ,mr4 ,reed7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was read twice and referred to the      
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to require 
the ,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce  
for ,communications and ,information to 
submit to ,congress a plan for the      
modernization of the information        
technology systems of the ,national     
,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,spectrum ,,it             
,modernization ,act of #bjbj4  #b4      
,modernization effort  7a7 ,definitions 
,in this section-- 7#a7 the term        
,assistant ,secretary means the         
,assistant ,secretary of ,commerce for  
,communications and ,information2  7#b7 
the term covered agency-- 7,a7 means any

 ,federal entity that the ,assistant    
,secretary determines is appropriate2   
and  7,b7 includes the ,department of   
,defense2  7#c7 the term ,federal entity
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #aac7l7 of the ,national        
,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration ,organization ,act 7#dg 
,u4,s4,c4 #ibc7l772  7#d7 the term      
,federal spectrum means frequencies     
assigned on a primary basis to a covered
 agency2  7#e7 the term infrastructure  
means information technology systems and
 information technologies1 tools1 and   
databases2 and  7#f7 the term ,,ntia    
means the ,national ,telecommunications 
and ,information ,administration4  7b7  
,initial interagency spectrum           
information technology coordination ,not
 later than #ij days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,assistant  
,secretary1 in consultation with the    
,policy and ,plans ,steering ,group1    
shall identify a process to establish   
goals1 including parameters to measure  

the achievement of those goals1 for the 
modernization of the infrastructure of  
covered agencies relating to managing   
the use of ,federal spectrum by those   
agencies1 which shall include-- 7#a7 the
 standardization of data inputs1        
modeling algorithms1 modeling and       
simulation processes1 analysis tools    
with respect to ,federal spectrum1      
assumptions1 and any other tool to      
ensure interoperability and             
functionality with respect to that      
infrastructure2  7#b7 other potential   
innovative technological capabilities   
with respect to that infrastructure1    
including cloud-based databases1        
artificial intelligence technologies1   
automation1 and improved modeling and   
simulation capabilities2  7#c7 ways to  
improve the management of covered       
agencies' use of ,federal spectrum      
through that infrastructure1 including  
by-- 7,a7 increasing the efficiency of  
that infrastructure2  7,b7 addressing   
validation of usage with respect to that

 infrastructure2  7,c7 increasing the   
accuracy of that infrastructure2  7,d7  
validating models used by that          
infrastructure2 and  7,e7 monitoring and
 enforcing requirements that are imposed
 on covered agencies with respect to the
 use of ,federal spectrum by covered    
agencies2  7#d7 ways to improve the     
ability of covered agencies to meet     
mission requirements in congested       
environments with respect to ,federal   
spectrum1 including as part of automated
 adjustments to operations based on     
changing conditions in those            
environments2  7#e7 the creation of a   
time-based automated mechanism-- 7,a7 to
 share ,federal spectrum between covered
 agencies to collaboratively and        
dynamically increase access to ,federal 
spectrum by those agencies2 and  7,b7   
that could be scaled across ,federal    
spectrum2 and  7#f7 the collaboration   
between covered agencies necessary to   
ensure the interoperability of ,federal 
spectrum4  7c7 ,spectrum information    

technology modernization  7#a7 ,in      
general ,not later than #bdj days after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,assistant ,secretary shall submit to   
,congress a report that contains the    
plan of the ,,ntia to modernize and     
automate the infrastructure of the      
,,ntia relating to managing the use of  
,federal spectrum by covered agencies so
 as to more efficiently manage that use4
  7#b7 ,contents ,the report required   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall include--    
7,a7 an assessment of the current1 as of
 the date on which the report is        
submitted1 infrastructure of the ,,ntia 
described in that paragraph2  7,b7 an   
acquisition strategy for the modernized 
infrastructure of the ,,ntia described  
in that paragraph1 including how that   
modernized infrastructure will enable   
covered agencies to be more efficient   
and effective in the use of ,federal    
spectrum2  7,c7 a timeline for the      
implementation of the modernization     
efforts described in that paragraph2    

7,d7 plans detailing how the modernized 
infrastructure of the ,,ntia described  
in that paragraph will-- 7i7 enhance the
 security and reliability of that       
infrastructure so that such             
infrastructure satisfies the            
requirements of the ,federal            
,information ,security ,management ,act 
of #bjjb 7,public ,law #ajg-bif2 #aaf   
,stat4 #bace72  7ii7 improve data models
 and analysis tools to increase the     
efficiency of the spectrum use described
 in that paragraph2  7iii7 enhance      
automation and workflows1 and reduce the
 scope and level of manual effort1 in   
order to-- 7,i7 administer the          
management of the spectrum use described
 in that paragraph2 and  7,,ii7 improve 
data quality and processing time2 and   
7iv7 improve the timeliness of spectrum 
analyses and requests for information1  
including requests submitted pursuant to
 section #eeb of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code2  7,e7 an operations and  
maintenance plan with respect to the    

modernized infrastructure of the ,,ntia 
described in that paragraph2  7,f7 a    
strategy for coordination between the   
covered agencies within the ,policy and 
,plans ,steering ,group1 which shall    
include-- 7i7 a description of-- 7,i7   
those coordination efforts1 as in effect
 on the date on which the report is     
submitted2 and  7,,ii7 a plan for       
coordination of those efforts after the 
date on which the report is submitted1  
including with respect to the efforts   
described in subsection 7d72  7ii7 a    
plan for standardizing-- 7,i7           
electromagnetic spectrum analysis tools2
  7,,ii7 modeling and simulation        
processes and technologies2 and  7,,iii7
 databases to provide technical         
interference assessments that are usable
 across the ,federal ,government as part
 of a common spectrum management        
infrastructure for covered agencies2 and
  7iii7 a plan for each covered agency  
to implement a modernization plan       
described in subsection 7d77#a7 that is 

tailored to the particular timeline of  
the agency2  7,g7 identification of     
manually intensive processes involved in
 managing ,federal spectrum and proposed
 enhancements to those processes2  7,h7 
metrics to evaluate the success of the  
modernization efforts described in that 
paragraph and any similar future        
efforts2 and  7,i7 an estimate of the   
cost of the modernization efforts       
described in that paragraph and any     
future maintenance with respect to the  
modernized infrastructure of the ,,ntia 
described in that paragraph1 including  
the cost of any personnel and equipment 
relating to that maintenance4  7d7      
,interagency inputs  7#a7 ,in general   
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of this ,act1 the head of  
each covered agency shall submit to the 
,assistant ,secretary and the ,policy   
and ,plans ,steering ,group a report    
that describes the plan of the agency to
 modernize the infrastructure of the    
agency with respect to the use of       

,federal spectrum by the agency so that 
such modernized infrastructure of the   
agency is interoperable with the        
modernized infrastructure of the ,,ntia1
 as described in subsection 7c74  7#b7  
,contents ,each report submitted by the 
head of a covered agency under paragraph
 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 include-- 7i7 an     
assessment of the current1 as of the    
date on which the report is submitted1  
management capabilities of the agency   
with respect to the use of frequencies  
that are assigned to the agency1 which  
shall include a description of any      
challenges faced by the agency with     
respect to that management2  7ii7 a     
timeline for completion of the          
modernization efforts described in that 
paragraph2  7iii7 a description of      
potential innovative technological      
capabilities for the management of      
frequencies that are assigned to the    
agency1 as determined under subsection  
7b72  7iv7 identification of            
agency-specific requirements or         

constraints relating to the             
infrastructure of the agency2  7v7      
identification of any existing1 as of   
the date on which the report is         
submitted1 systems of the agency that   
are duplicative of the modernized       
infrastructure of the ,,ntia1 as        
proposed under subsection 7c72 and  7vi7
 with respect to the report submitted by
 the ,secretary of ,defense-- 7,i7 a    
strategy for the integration of systems 
or the flow of data among the ,armed    
,forces1 the military departments1 the  
,defense ,agencies and ,department of   
,defense ,field ,activities1 and other  
components of the ,department of        
,defense2  7,,ii7 a plan for the        
implementation of solutions to the use  
of ,federal spectrum by the ,department 
of ,defense involving information at    
multiple levels of classification2 and  
7,,iii7 a strategy for addressing1      
within the modernized infrastructure of 
the ,department of ,defense described in
 that paragraph1 the exchange of        

information between the ,department of  
,defense and the ,,ntia in order to     
accomplish required processing of all   
,department of ,defense domestic        
spectrum coordination and management    
activities2 and  7,b7 be submitted in an
 unclassified format1 with a classified 
annex1 as appropriate4  7#c7            
,notification of ,congress ,upon        
submission of the report required under 
paragraph 7#a71 the head of each covered
 agency shall notify ,congress that the 
head of the covered agency has submitted
 the report4  7e7 ,,gao oversight ,the  
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall-- 7#a7 not later than #ij 
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 conduct a review of the          
infrastructure of covered agencies1 as  
that infrastructure exists on the date  
of enactment of this ,act2  7#b7 after  
all of the reports required under       
subsection 7d7 have been submitted1     
conduct oversight of the implementation 
of the modernization plans submitted by 

the ,,ntia and covered agencies under   
subsections 7c7 and 7d71 respectively2  
7#c7 not later than #a year after the   
date on which the ,comptroller ,general 
begins conducting oversight under       
paragraph 7#b71 and annually thereafter1
 submit a report regarding that         
oversight to-- 7,a7 with respect to the 
implementation of the modernization plan
 of the ,department of ,defense1 the    
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,senate and the ,committee on ,armed    
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7,b7 with respect
 to the implementation of the           
modernization plans of all covered      
agencies1 including the ,department of  
,defense1 the ,committee on ,commerce1  
,science1 and ,transportation of the    
,senate and the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce of the ,house of          
,representatives2 and  7#d7 provide     
regular briefings to-- 7,a7 with respect
 to the application of this section to  
the ,department of ,defense1 the        

,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,senate and the ,committee on ,armed    
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives2 and  7,b7 with respect
 to the application of this section to  
all covered agencies1 including the     
,department of ,defense1 the ,committee 
on ,commerce1 ,science1 and             
,transportation of the ,senate and the  
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce of  
the ,house of ,representatives4