#aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #fhb  ,,an ,,act  ,to facilitate    
access to electromagnetic spectrum for  
commercial space launches and commercial
 space reentries4  #a4 ,short title     
,this ,act may be cited as the ,launch  
,communications ,act4  #b4 ,access to   
spectrum for commercial space launches  
and reentries  7a7 ,service rules2      
allocation  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #ij days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission 
shall complete any proceeding in effect 
as of such date of enactment related to 
the adoption of service rules for access
 to the frequencies described in        
subsection 7c7 for commercial space     
launches and commercial space reentries1
 including technical specifications1    
eligibility requirements1 coordination  
procedures to preserve the ,nation's    
defense capabilities1 and the allocation
 on a secondary basis of the frequencies
 described in subsection 7c74  7#b7     
,coordination with ,national            

,telecommunications and ,information    
,administration ,the coordination       
procedures adopted under paragraph 7#a7 
shall include requirements for persons  
conducting commercial space launches and
 commercial space reentries to          
coordinate with the ,assistant          
,secretary regarding access to the      
frequencies described in subsection 7c7 
for commercial space launches and       
commercial space reentries4  7b7        
,streamlining of process for granting   
authorizations ,not later than #ahj days
 after the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,commission shall issue new  
regulations to streamline the process   
for granting authorizations for access  
to the frequencies described in         
subsection 7c7 for commercial space     
launches and commercial space reentries 
so as to provide for--  7#a7            
authorizations that include access to   
such frequencies for multiple commercial
 space launches from one or more        
,federal space launch sites and multiple

 commercial space reentries to one or   
more ,federal space launch sites2  7#b7 
authorizations that include access to   
such frequencies for multiple commercial
 space launches from one or more private
 space launch sites and multiple        
commercial space reentries to one or    
more private space launch sites2  7#c7  
authorizations that include access to   
multiple uses of such frequencies for   
commercial space launch or commercial   
space reentry2  7#d7 automation of the  
processes of the ,commission to review  
applications for authorizations for     
access to such frequencies for          
commercial space launches and commercial
 space reentries2 and  7#e7 improved    
coordination by the ,commission with the
 ,assistant ,secretary 7who shall       
coordinate with the heads of such other 
,federal agencies as the ,assistant     
,secretary considers appropriate7 to    
increase the speed of review of         
applications for authorizations for     
access to such frequencies for          

commercial space launches and commercial
 space reentries4  7c7 ,frequencies     
described ,the frequencies described in 
this subsection are the frequencies     
between #bjbe and #baaj megahertz1      
between #bbjj and #bbij megahertz1      
between #bcfj and #bcie megahertz1 and  
between #efej and #eibe megahertz4  7d7 
,rules of construction  7#a7 ,frequency 
ranges ,each range of frequencies       
described in this section shall be      
construed to be inclusive of the upper  
and lower frequencies in the range4     
7#b7 ,special temporary authority       
,nothing in this section may be         
construed to authorize or require       
elimination or limitation of1 or any    
amendment to1 or otherwise to affect1   
special temporary authority1 as provided
 for by section #a4ica of title #dg1    
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any  
successor regulation74  7e7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3 7#a7 ,assistant      
,secretary ,the term ,assistant         
,secretary means the ,assistant         

,secretary of ,commerce for             
,communications and ,information4  7#b7 
,commercial space launch ,the term      
commercial space launch means a launch  
licensed under chapter #eji of title    
#ea1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7       
,commercial space reentry ,the term     
commercial space reentry means a reentry
 licensed under chapter #eji of title   
#ea1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#d7       
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4  ,passed the ,house of     
,representatives ,july #be1             
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