House Commerce Leaders Urge NTIA Spectrum Coordination With Agencies
House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and the leaders of the Communications Subcommittee urged NTIA to “continue to work with federal agencies and the FCC to ensure all spectrum resources are being used…
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as effectively as possible.” NTIA has a statutory “responsibility to ensure that the views of the executive branch on telecommunications matters are effectively presented to" the FCC, the lawmakers wrote acting NTIA Administrator Evelyn Remaley. “In recent years, several federal agencies with spectrum allocations have circumvented this statutory process and argued the importance of their particular use cases directly to the FCC, rather than working through the NTIA as the central repository and manager of federal spectrum.” They noted the NTIA-DOD agreement last summer on commercial shared use of the 3.45-3.55 GHz band as a contrasting “collaborative and productive process and hope to see similarly effective engagements in the future,” including for the 3.1-3.45 GHz band. Lawmakers hope such fracases during then-President Donald Trump’s administration won’t continue (see 2101260063). House Communications Chairman Mike Doyle, D-Pa., and ranking member Bob Latta, R-Ohio, also signed Monday's letter. Interagency spectrum coordination is among the issues House Communications is likely to examine Wednesday (see 2104150066). Open Radio Access Networks Policy Coalition Executive Director Diane Rinaldo and Competitive Carriers Association Senior Vice President-Legislative Affairs Tim Donovan will testify, House Commerce said Monday. Also on deck: Rakuten Mobile Executive Vice President Tareq Amin, Mavenir Senior Vice President-Business Development John Baker and JMA Wireless CEO John Mezzalingua. The hearing’s start time is delayed to 11:30 a.m. EDT to accommodate the funeral of Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., the committee said.