47 USC 928 - Spectrum Relocation Fund

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Subsec. (d)(3)(B)(i)(II). Puspan. L. 115–141, § 612, substituted “8 years” for “5 years”.

Subsec. (e)(1)(D), (E). Puspan. L. 115–141, § 613, added subpars. (D) and (E).

2015—Subsecs. (g) to (i). Puspan. L. 114–74 added subsecs. (g) and (h) and redesignated former subsec. (g) as (i).

2012—Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(1), substituted “relocation or sharing costs” for “relocation costs” wherever appearing.

Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(2), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The amounts in the Fund from auctions of eligible frequencies are authorized to be used to pay relocation or sharing costs, as defined in section 923(g)(3) of this title, of an eligible Federal entity incurring such costs with respect to relocation from those frequencies.”

Subsec. (d)(2)(A). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(A)(iv), added subpar. (A). Former subpar. (A) redesignated (B).

Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(A)(i), inserted “or sharing” before the semicolon.

Subsec. (d)(2)(B). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(A)(iii), redesignated subpar. (A) as (B). Former subpar. (B) redesignated (C).

Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(A)(ii), inserted “or sharing” before period at end.

Subsec. (d)(2)(C). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(A)(iii), redesignated subpar. (B) as (C).

Subsec. (d)(3). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(B), (C), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any auction proceeds in the Fund that are remaining after the payment of the relocation or sharing costs that are payable from the Fund shall revert to and be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury not later than 8 years after the date of the deposit of such proceeds to the Fund.”

Subsec. (d)(4). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(3)(C), added par. (4).

Subsec. (e)(1)(B)(i). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(4)(A)(i), substituted “subsection (d)(2)(B)” for “subsection (d)(2)(A)”.

Subsec. (e)(1)(B)(ii). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(4)(A)(ii), substituted “subsection (d)(2)(C)” for “subsection (d)(2)(B)”.

Subsec. (e)(2). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(4)(B), substituted “relocation of the entity or implementation of the sharing arrangement by the entity” for “entity’s relocation” and “subsection (d)(2)(B)” for “subsection (d)(2)(A)” and inserted “or the implementation of such arrangement” after “such relocation”.

Subsecs. (f), (g). Puspan. L. 112–96, § 6702(5), added subsecs. (f) and (g).

2009—Subsec. (e)(1)(B)(ii) to (iv). Puspan. L. 111–8 inserted “and” after semicolon in cl. (ii), substituted period for “; and” in cl. (iii), and struck out cl. (iv) which read as follows: “the Comptroller General shall, within 30 days after receiving such plan, review such plan and submit to such committees an assessment of the explanation for the subsequent transfer or transfers.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Annual Report

Puspan. L. 108–494, title II, § 207, Dec. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 3996, provided that: “The National Telecommunications and Information Administration shall submit an annual report to the Committees on Appropriations and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the Committees on Appropriations and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and the Comptroller General on—

“(1) the progress made in adhering to the timelines applicable to relocation from eligible frequencies required under [former] section 118(d)(2)(A) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act [now 47 U.S.C. 928(d)(2)(B)], separately stated on a communication system-by-system basis and on an auction-by-auction basis; and

“(2) with respect to each relocated communication system and auction, a statement of the estimate of relocation costs required under section 113(g)(4) of such Act [47 U.S.C. 923(g)(4)], the actual relocations costs incurred, and the amount of such costs paid from the Spectrum Relocation Fund.”