,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #abd #aahth  
,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #fhb 
,report ,no4 #aah-aef ,,in ,,the ,,house
 ,,of ,,representatives  ,january #ca1  
#bjbc,mr4 ,soto 7for himself and ,mr4   
,dunn of ,florida7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,july #be1 #bjbc,reported with an       
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be           
printed,strike out all after the        
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic,for text of introduced
 bill1 see copy of bill as introduced on
 ,january #ca1 #bjbc  ,a ,,bill  ,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 following3 7#a7 
,the frequencies between #bjbe and #baaj
 megahertz1 between #bbjj and #bbij     
megahertz1 between #bcfj and #bcie      
megahertz1 and between #efej and #eibe  
megahertz4  7#b7 ,any additional        

frequencies identified by the           
,commission 7in coordination with the   
,assistant ,secretary1 in the case of   
potential impact to ,federal spectrum   
use7 as necessary to conduct commercial 
space launches and commercial space     
reentries4  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  ,july #be1 #bjbc,reported 
with an amendment1 committed to the     
,committee of the ,whole ,house on the  
,state of the ,union1 and ordered to be 
printed