SMART Spectrum Act
Summary
Simplifying Management, Access, Reallocation, and Transfer of Spectrum Act or the SMART Spectrum Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to implement an incumbent informing capability in its regulation of the electromagnetic spectrum. The bill also outlines minimum requirements for the capability that address protection of classified information and other matters. Incumbent informing capability is a mechanism that facilitates the sharing of spectrum allocated for both federal and nonfederal uses; it enables federal users to reliably inform nonfederal users when and where the federal systems are operating in order to manage harmful interference between the federal and nonfederal uses.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Mar 21, 2023
Last action Mar 31, 2023
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3
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Committee
2
Mar 31, 2023
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
lower
Mar 21, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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