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 118 STAT. 3997 PUBLIC LAW 108–494—DEC. 23, 2004 of the Senate a report on various policy options to compensate Federal entities for relocation costs when such entities’ frequencies are allocated by the Commission for unlicensed, public safety, shared, or non-commercial use. SEC. 209. COMMERCIAL SPECTRUM LICENSE POLICY REVIEW. (a) EXAMINATION.—The Comptroller General shall examine national commercial spectrum license policy as implemented by the Federal Communications Commission, and shall report its findings to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce within 270 days. (b) CONTENT.—The report shall address each of the following: (1) An estimate of the respective proportions of electro- magnetic spectrum capacity that have been assigned by the Federal Communications Commission— (A) prior to enactment of section 309(j) of the Commu- nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)) providing to the Commission’s competitive bidding authority, (B) after enactment of that section using the Commis- sion’s competitive bidding authority, and (C) by means other than competitive bidding, and a description of the classes of licensees assigned under each method. (2) The extent to which requiring entities to obtain licenses through competitive bidding places those entities at a competi- tive or financial disadvantage to offer services similar to entities that did not acquire licenses through competitive bidding. (3) The effect, if any, of the use of competitive bidding and the resulting diversion of licensees’ financial resources on the introduction of new services including the quality, pace, and scope of the offering of such services to the public. (4) The effect, if any, of participation in competitive bidding by incumbent spectrum license holders as applicants or inves- tors in an applicant, including a discussion of any additional effect if such applicant qualified for bidding credits as a des- ignated entity. (5) The effect on existing license holders and consumers of services offered by these providers of the Administration’s Spectrum License User Fee proposal contained in the Presi- dent’s Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2004 (Budget, page 299; Appendix, page 1046), and an evalua- tion of whether the enactment of this proposal could address, either in part or in whole, any possible competitive disadvan- tages described in paragraph (2). (c) FCC ASSISTANCE.—The Federal Communications Commis- sion shall provide information and assistance, as necessary, to facilitate the completion of the examination required by subsection (a). TITLE III—UNIVERSAL SERVICE SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ‘‘Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act’’. Universal Service Antideficiency Temporary Suspension Act. Reports. Deadline. VerDate 11-MAY-2000 13:54 Nov 10, 2005 Jkt 029194 PO 00000 Frm 00531 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 C:\STATUTES\2004\29194PT4.001 APPS10 PsN: 29194PT4

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