Spectrum Coexistence Act

I 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3431 To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to establish a working group on performance criteria for radio receivers, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 17, 2023 Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu- nications and Information to establish a working group on performance criteria for radio receivers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Spectrum Coexistence 4 Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. WORKING GROUP ON PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 6 FOR RADIO RECEIVERS. 7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3431.IH H3431 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3431 IH (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months 1 after the date of the enactment of this section, the 2 Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the As- 3 sistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 4 and Information and the Commission, shall convene 5 a working group to develop, and periodically update, 6 criteria, ratings, and other measures, including vol- 7 untary standards of radio receivers operating in 8 Federal systems. 9 (2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the criteria, rat- 10 ings, and other measures, including voluntary stand- 11 ards developed by the working group, shall be to en- 12 courage the design, manufacture, and sale of radio 13 receivers operating in Federal systems that incor- 14 porate appropriate measures to provide interference 15 immunity to ensure that the reasonable current and 16 future use of cochannel or non-cochannel spectrum, 17 including use by non-Federal systems of spectrum 18 designated by the Commission for commercial oper- 19 ations, will not result in receiver operations being se- 20 riously degraded or obstructed, or their operations 21 repeatedly interrupted. 22 (3) CRITERIA.—In developing the receiver cri- 23 teria, ratings, and other measures, the working 24 group shall take into consideration the unique tech- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3431.IH H3431 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3431 IH nical and operational characteristics of the different 1 Federal systems. 2 (b) CHAIR; MEMBERS.—The Chair of the working 3 group shall be the Secretary of Commerce and shall in- 4 clude representatives from the following: 5 (1) The Assistant Secretary. 6 (2) The Commission. 7 (3) The telecommunications industry. 8 (4) Academia. 9 (c) PUBLICATION OF CRITERIA, RATING, AND OTHER 10 MEASURES.—Not later than 18 months after the date on 11 which the working group is established pursuant to sub- 12 section (a)(1), the Commission and Assistant Secretary 13 shall publish the criteria, ratings, and other measures de- 14 veloped pursuant to subsection (a)(1) on a publicly acces- 15 sible page on the website of the National Telecommuni- 16 cations and Information Administration and in the Fed- 17 eral Register. 18 (d) PERIODIC REVIEW AND UPDATE.—Not less fre- 19 quently than every 4 years, the working group shall review 20 and update, if appropriate, the criteria, ratings, and other 21 measures published pursuant to subsection (c). Any such 22 update shall be published as described in subsection (c) 23 not later than 14 days after the date on which the update 24 is completed. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3431.IH H3431 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3431 IH (e) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—No action taken by the work- 1 ing group, the Assistant Secretary, or the Commission 2 pursuant to this section shall be used to impose any obli- 3 gation on manufacturers with respect to any radio receiv- 4 ers designed to operate exclusively in non-Federal systems. 5 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 6 (1) ASSISTANT SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Assist- 7 ant Secretary’’ means the Assistant Secretary of 8 Commerce for Communications and Information. 9 (2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 10 means the Federal Communications Commission. 11 (3) FEDERAL SYSTEM.—The term ‘‘Federal 12 system’’ means a system of radio stations belonging 13 to and operated by the United States that receives 14 radio frequency signals on spectrum that is allocated 15 exclusively for Federal Government use or allocated 16 for both Federal and non-Federal operations. 17 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Jun 02, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3431.IH H3431 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS