ITS Codification Act

S 3781 establishes the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as the federal government's primary lab for spectrum research. It formalizes ITS's role in studying radio frequencies, testing spectrum-sharing technologies, and improving interference tolerance to help federal agencies make decisions about making government spectrum available for commercial use. The bill also creates a new initiative to develop emergency communication technologies for locating people in shielded environments like collapsed buildings. This affects federal agencies managing spectrum and commercial companies seeking spectrum access.