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House Bill 1814
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2017
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Introduced in House on Mar 30, 2017
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H. R. 1814 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1814


To encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available for use by rural and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 30, 2017

Mr. Kinzinger (for himself and Mr. Loebsack) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To encourage spectrum licensees to make unused spectrum available for use by rural and smaller carriers in order to expand wireless coverage.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Extension of licenses.

Section 307 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 307) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(g) Extension of licenses.—

“(1) DEFINITIONS.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this subsection—

“(i) the term ‘rural area’ means any area other than—

“(I) an area described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 343(a)(13)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(A)); and

“(II) a city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants; and

“(ii) the term ‘small carrier’ means a carrier with not more than 1,500 employees.

“(B) CALCULATION OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the number of employees of a carrier shall be determined in accordance with section 121.106 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto.

“(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Rural Spectrum Accessibility Act of 2017, the Commission shall establish a program under which a carrier that receives a license under this section may partition or disaggregate the license in order to make unused spectrum available to small carriers or carriers to serve rural areas.

“(3) EXTENSION OF LICENSE TERM.—Any carrier that receives a license under this section and participates in the program established under paragraph (2) shall receive a 3-year extension of the license granted under this section.”.