§1451 Deadlines for auction of certain spectrum

Summary

The President must start the process to remove or change a 15 megahertz slice of federal radio spectrum between 1675 MHz and 1710 MHz by February 22, 2015. The Secretary of Commerce must give the President a report identifying that 15 megahertz by February 22, 2013. After the President finishes the change, the President must tell the FCC within 30 days. The FCC must, by February 22, 2015, set those frequencies plus 1915–1920 MHz, 1995–2000 MHz, 2155–2180 MHz, and another 15 MHz it picks, for commercial use and sell initial licenses by auction under flexible-use rules. The FCC must still follow other law requirements. If the FCC finds that using 1915–1920 MHz or 1995–2000 MHz would cause harmful interference to licensees in 1930–1995 MHz, it may not allocate or license those bands.