Spectrum Relocation Fund modernization
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(a) Congressional notification timelines Section 118 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928) is amended— (1) in subsection (d)(2)— (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 30 days and inserting 15 days; and (B) in the matter following subparagraph (C), by striking 30 days and inserting 15 days; (2) in subsection (f)(2)(B)(iv), by striking 30 days and inserting 15 days; and (3) in subsection (g)(2)(D)(ii), by striking 60 days and inserting 15 days. (b) Comparable capability Section 113(g)(3) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(g)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in clause (iv), by striking; and and inserting a semicolon; (B) in clause (v), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (vi) the costs associated with replacing systems and equipment with state-of-the-art systems and equipment, including systems and equipment with additional functions, only if the state-of-the-art systems and equipment allow for the reallocation of significantly more valuable spectrum frequencies from Federal use to exclusive non-Federal use or to shared Federal and non-Federal use than would be reallocated if systems and equipment were replaced with comparable systems and equipment or systems and equipment with incidental increases in functionality, provided the costs would not jeopardize the ability of the Assistant Secretary, in consultation with the Chair of the Commission, to reallocate eligible spectrum frequencies from Federal use to exclusive non-Federal use or to shared use.; and (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking incidental.