Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 14 — Making Opportunities for Broadband Investment and Limiting Excessive and Needless Obstacles to Wireless
§ 1503. Millimeter wave spectrum
Statutory text
FCC proceeding
Not later than 2 years after , the Commission shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to consider service rules to authorize mobile or fixed terrestrial wireless operations, including for advanced mobile service operations, in the radio frequency band between 42000 and 42500 megahertz.
Considerations
In conducting a rulemaking under subsection (a), the Commission shall—
consider how the band described in subsection (a) may be used to provide commercial wireless broadband service, including whether—
such spectrum may be best used for licensed or unlicensed services, or some combination thereof; and
to permit additional licensed operations in such band on a shared basis; and
include technical characteristics under which the band described in subsection (a) may be employed for mobile or fixed terrestrial wireless operations, including any appropriate coexistence requirements.
Spectrum made available on and after
Any spectrum that has been made available for licensed or unlicensed use on or after , and that otherwise satisfies the requirements of section 1502 of this title may be counted towards the requirements of section 1502(a) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2018
Pub. L. 115–141 div. P title VI § 604 · 132 Stat. 348
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1503
(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 604, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1099.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 604, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1099.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 604. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriations Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Credits
(Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 604, , 132 Stat. 1099.)