Plan for advancement of unlicensed technologies

(a) Definitions In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (2) Assistant Secretary The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. (3) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission. (4) Plan The term Plan means the plan described in subsection (b). (5) Unlicensed The term unlicensed means, with respect to technology, that the technology may be operated without an individual license, as provided in part 15 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulations. (6) Wi-Fi technology The term Wi-Fi technology — (A) means wireless local area networking technology that is— (i) commonly known as Wi-Fi; and (ii) based on Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standards 802.11, or any successor standards; and (B) includes the spectrum access and regulatory frameworks that enable the technology described in subparagraph (A). (7) WRC–27 The term WRC–27 means the International Telecommunication Union World Radiocommunication Conference scheduled to take place in Shanghai, China, from October 11 to November 12, 2027. (b) Plan (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary, in coordination with the Commission, the Secretary of State, the United States Trade Representative, the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, shall develop, submit to the appropriate congressional committees, and make publicly available on the website of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration a plan describing how the United States will advance, and advocate for, the global adoption of Wi-Fi technologies, unlicensed technologies, and spectrum allocations for unlicensed technologies, including at WRC–27, through, among other actions, promoting global harmonization of the band of electromagnetic spectrum from 5925 megahertz to 7125 megahertz for the use of Wi-Fi technologies and unlicensed technologies. (2) Public input The Assistant Secretary shall— (A) seek public comment in developing the Plan; and (B) consider comments received pursuant to subparagraph (A) when finalizing the Plan. (3) Required contents The Plan shall include an assessment of, and strategies to counter, efforts by the Chinese Communist Party, representatives of the government of the People’s Republic of China, and representatives of other governments that are adversaries of the United States to undermine unlicensed technologies and Wi-Fi technologies. (c) Report on implementation Not later than 90 days after the date on which WRC–27 concludes, the Assistant Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing the implementation of the Plan, which shall— (1) to the extent possible, include a mechanism to track the progress of the implementation of the Plan; and (2) be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed to require the disclosure of classified information, information that is subject to privilege, or proprietary or trade secret information.