Lawmakers File Spectrum Now Act on Relocation Fund Use
Leaders of the Senate Communications Subcommittee and the Congressional Spectrum Caucus filed their Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of the Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless (Spectrum Now) Act Wednesday. Senate Communications Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and…
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ranking member Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, led the Senate version. Reps. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., led the House one. Spectrum Now would give federal agencies additional flexibility in use of money from the Spectrum Relocation Fund to subsidize spectrum research and development. Agencies would be allowed to get additional funding than they otherwise could. CTIA believes Spectrum Now “will unlock funds to free up additional spectrum for commercial wireless use that will help spur new innovation and services for consumers,” said Senior Vice President-Government Affairs Kelly Cole. The AWS-3 spectrum auction (see 1806060040) "proved that providing additional funds for spectrum research is money well spent, and reforms included in [Spectrum Now] have the potential to produce positive results,” said Competitive Carriers Association President Steven Berry. The Wireless ISP Association also lauded the bill's filing.