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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1455
5	5	To codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and to direct the
6	6	Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information
7	7	to establish an initiative to support the development of emergency com-
8	8	munication and tracking technologies, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	FEBRUARY21, 2025
11	11	Mr. C
12	12	ARTERof Georgia (for himself and Ms. PETTERSEN) introduced the
13	13	following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences and
16	16	to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Com-
17	17	munications and Information to establish an initiative
18	18	to support the development of emergency communication
19	19	and tracking technologies, and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
22	22	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
23	23	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Institute for Tele-4
24	24	communication Sciences Codification Act’’ or the ‘‘ITS 5
25	25	Codification Act’’. 6
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29	29	SEC. 2. INSTITUTE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION SCIENCES. 1
30	30	(a) F
31	31	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 2
32	32	(1) The test center within the National Tele-3
33	33	communications and Information Administration (in 4
34	34	this subsection referred to as the ‘‘NTIA’’) rep-5
35	35	resents executive branch agencies on spectrum issues 6
36	36	before the Federal Communications Commission. 7
37	37	(2) Understanding radio frequency propagation 8
38	38	characteristics and modeling is a critical component 9
39	39	of making spectrum decisions. 10
40	40	(3) Federal agencies rely on expert engineering 11
41	41	studies, simulations, and analyses to make deter-12
42	42	minations about how to make spectrum available for 13
43	43	commercial use, including through system reloca-14
44	44	tions and identifying spectrum sharing opportunities 15
45	45	through the NTIA. 16
46	46	(4) Clearing of Federal spectrum, when fea-17
47	47	sible, is the priority action to take to make Federal 18
48	48	spectrum available for commercial uses as required 19
49	49	by section 113(j)(1) of the National Telecommuni-20
50	50	cations and Information Administration Organiza-21
51	51	tion Act (47 U.S.C. 923(j)(1)). 22
52	52	(5) Sharing of Federal spectrum between Fed-23
53	53	eral entities and commercial entities provides access 24
54	54	to Federal spectrum for commercial uses in cir-25
55	55	cumstances where clearing is not feasible. 26
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59	59	(6) The test center within the NTIA is the Gov-1
60	60	ernment’s premier expert laboratory for spectrum re-2
61	61	search activities, spectrum sharing innovation and 3
62	62	testing, spectrum interference studies, and all activi-4
63	63	ties related to advancing next generation wireless 5
64	64	technologies. 6
65	65	(7) The test center within the NTIA is critical 7
66	66	for undertaking engineering studies and analyses 8
67	67	that inform clearing or sharing opportunities and fa-9
68	68	cilitate policy decisions to maximize the efficient use 10
69	69	of spectrum resources. 11
70	70	(b) O
71	71	PERATION OFTESTCENTER.—Part A of the 12
72	72	National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-13
73	73	tration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is 14
74	74	amended by adding at the end the following: 15
75	75	‘‘SEC. 106. INSTITUTE FOR TELECOMMUNICATION 16
76	76	SCIENCES. 17
77	77	‘‘(a) E
78	78	STABLISHMENT.— 18
79	79	‘‘(1) I
80	80	N GENERAL.—Under the authority pro-19
81	81	vided to the Assistant Secretary under section 103, 20
82	82	the Assistant Secretary shall operate a test center to 21
83	83	be known as the Institute for Telecommunication 22
84	84	Sciences (in this section referred to as ‘ITS’). 23
85	85	‘‘(2) F
86	86	UNCTIONS.— 24
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90	90	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any 1
91	91	functions delegated by the Assistant Secretary 2
92	92	under subparagraph (B), ITS shall serve as the 3
93	93	primary laboratory for the executive branch of 4
94	94	the Federal Government to— 5
95	95	‘‘(i) study radio frequency emissions, 6
96	96	including technologies and techniques to 7
97	97	control such emissions and interference 8
98	98	caused by such emissions; 9
99	99	‘‘(ii) determine spectrum propagation 10
100	100	characteristics; 11
101	101	‘‘(iii) conduct tests on technology that 12
102	102	enhances the sharing of electromagnetic 13
103	103	spectrum between Federal and non-Federal 14
104	104	users; 15
105	105	‘‘(iv) improve the interference toler-16
106	106	ance of Federal systems operating with, or 17
107	107	using, Federal spectrum; 18
108	108	‘‘(v) promote activities relating to ac-19
109	109	cess to Federal spectrum by non-Federal 20
110	110	users and the sharing of Federal spectrum 21
111	111	between Federal and non-Federal users; 22
112	112	and 23
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116	116	‘‘(vi) conduct such other activities as 1
117	117	determined necessary by the Assistant Sec-2
118	118	retary. 3
119	119	‘‘(B) A
120	120	DDITIONAL FUNCTIONS .—The As-4
121	121	sistant Secretary may delegate to ITS any of 5
122	122	the functions assigned to the Assistant Sec-6
123	123	retary under section 103(b)(1). 7
124	124	‘‘(3) A
125	125	GREEMENTS AND TRANSACTIONS .—In 8
126	126	carrying out the functions described in paragraph 9
127	127	(2), the Assistant Secretary, acting through the head 10
128	128	of ITS, may enter into agreements as provided 11
129	129	under the following authorities: 12
130	130	‘‘(A) Sections 11 and 12 of the Stevenson- 13
131	131	Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 14
132	132	U.S.C. 3710; 3710a). 15
133	133	‘‘(B) Section 1535 of title 31, United 16
134	134	States Code. 17
135	135	‘‘(C) Sections 207 and 209 of title 35, 18
136	136	United States Code. 19
137	137	‘‘(D) Section 103(b)(2) of this Act. 20
138	138	‘‘(E) Section 113(g) of this Act. 21
139	139	‘‘(F) The first undesignated section of 22
140	140	Public Law 91–412. 23
141	141	‘‘(G) Any authorization in any other Fed-24
142	142	eral statute. 25
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146	146	‘‘(4) FEDERAL SPECTRUM DEFINED .—In this 1
147	147	subsection, the term ‘Federal spectrum’ means fre-2
148	148	quencies assigned on a primary basis to a Federal 3
149	149	entity (as defined in section 113(l)). 4
150	150	‘‘(b) E
151	151	MERGENCYCOMMUNICATION AND TRACKING 5
152	152	T
153	153	ECHNOLOGIESINITIATIVE.— 6
154	154	‘‘(1) E
155	155	STABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Sec-7
156	156	retary, acting through the head of ITS, shall estab-8
157	157	lish an initiative to support the development of 9
158	158	emergency communication and tracking technologies 10
159	159	for use in locating trapped individuals in confined 11
160	160	spaces, such as underground mines, and other 12
161	161	shielded environments, such as high-rise buildings or 13
162	162	collapsed structures, where conventional radio com-14
163	163	munication is limited. 15
164	164	‘‘(2) A
165	165	CTIVITIES.—In order to carry out this 16
166	166	subsection, the Assistant Secretary, acting through 17
167	167	the head of ITS, shall work with private sector enti-18
168	168	ties and the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, 19
169	169	to— 20
170	170	‘‘(A) perform a needs assessment to iden-21
171	171	tify and evaluate the measurement, technical 22
172	172	specifications, and conformity assessment needs 23
173	173	required to improve the operation and reliability 24
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177	177	of such emergency communication and tracking 1
178	178	technologies; and 2
179	179	‘‘(B) support the development of technical 3
180	180	specifications and conformance architecture to 4
181	181	improve the operation and reliability of such 5
182	182	emergency communication and tracking tech-6
183	183	nologies. 7
184	184	‘‘(3) R
185	185	EPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 8
186	186	the date of the enactment of this section, the Assist-9
187	187	ant Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make 10
188	188	publicly available, a report on the assessment per-11
189	189	formed under paragraph (2)(A).’’. 12
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