House Subcommittee Advances Funding Bill for Federal Spectrum Reallocation

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet approved for full Committee consideration The Commercial Spectrum Enhancement Act (H.R.1320). The proposed legislation provides funds to federal agencies that incur costs for the reallocation of frequencies from federal use to commercial use. The bands of eligible frequencies for this purpose includes the 1710-1755 megahertz band and any other frequencies reallocated from federal use to commercial use after 01-January-1995 that is assigned by competitive bidding.http://energycommerce.house.gov/108/action/H.R.1320.htm