$50,000,000 pays for spectrum analysis and a report every two years
What the document says“there is appropriated to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2034”
The section appropriates $50,000,000 to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2034, to support the Assistant Secretary in analyzing the bands between 2.7 and 2.9 gigahertz, between 4.4 and 4.9 gigahertz and between 7.25 and 7.4 gigahertz, and in publishing a report every two years, with the last due by June 30, 2034, on the value of all spectrum used by federal entities as defined in section 113(l) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(l)), valuing bands in increments of no more than 100 megahertz.
What the document actually says“there is appropriated to the Department of Commerce for fiscal year 2025, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2034”
Fifty million dollars goes to the commerce department. It is for fiscal year 2025. It can be spent through September 30, 2034.
It pays for a study of three bands. It also pays for a report every two years. That report puts a value on spectrum the government uses.
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