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HOUSE BILL INTRODUCED TO EXTEND FCC SPECTRUM-AUCTION AUTHORITY TO MAY
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* 24th February 2023
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A bill that would provide another short-term extension to the FCC’s authority to
auction spectrum until May was introduced in the House this week, providing
public-safety representatives with hope that the extra time could facilitate
related legislation dedicating $10 billion or more in federal funds for
deployment of IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technologies.
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.)—chair of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee—introduced H.R. 1108, which would extend expiration date of the FCC’s
auction authority from March 9 to May 19. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)—ranking
member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is listed as a co-sponsor for
the bill.
Text of the bill was not available at www.congress.gov as of the posting of this
article, but most Beltway sources believe the language will be similar to the
multiple short-term extensions of the FCC’s auction authority that have been
approved since last September.
FCC auctions of radio spectrum has generated hundreds of billions of dollars for
the U.S. government during the past three decades, so industry sources do not
believe Congress will allow the agency’s auction authority to expire. However,
the lack of any identified airwaves to auction at the moment reduces the urgency
for lawmakers to approve a long-term FCC auction-authorization period, according
to sources.
With the March 9 expiration date for the FCC’s auction authority, Congress will
need to act quickly to get the proposed extension approved, but sources believe
it will happen.
Such an extension would bolster the prospects of legislation that would use
future auction proceeds to fund NG911 deployments and the FCC’s “rip and
replace” program, which is designed to pay operators to replace network
equipment from China-based vendors like Huawei and ZTE that are deemed to be a
national-security threat.
Last summer, the House passed the Spectrum Innovation Act—H.R. 7624—which would
have extended the FCC spectrum-auction authority for 18 months and called for
the FCC to auction at least 200 MHz of airwaves in the 3.1-3.45 GHz band.
Proceeds from that auction would first provide $3.4 billion for the “rip and
replace” program, with up to $10 billion from the auction proceeds—if
available—being used to pay for the NG911 transition nationwide.
But this bill was not considered in the Senate. Instead, considerable work was
done to revamp the language in the House bill and include it as an amendment in
the omnibus budget bill. However, the NG911 language was not included in the
omnibus package that Congress approved in December.
Now, a new Congress—with a Republican majority in the House and a Democratic
majority in the Senate—is in place and any NG911 legislation must be
reintroduced to be considered. That has not happened to date, but the proposed
extension of the FCC’s auction authority would give lawmakers more time to craft
legislation and take action, multiple sources noted.
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