Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and RadiotelegraphsRelease 119-73not60

§309a Reports Related to Spectrum Auctions

Title 47 › Chapter 5— WIRE OR RADIO COMMUNICATION › Subchapter III— SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO RADIO › Part I— General Provisions › § 309a

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission must send a report to certain Congressional committees by April 1, 2019, and every year after that. The report must explain in detail how the Commission used the money it kept under section 309(j)(8)(B) to pay the costs of developing and running the program required by section 309(j). The “appropriate committees of Congress” are the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §309a

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(a)

(b)Not later than April 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Commission shall provide to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing a detailed justification for the use of proceeds retained by the Commission under section 309(j)(8)(B) of this title for the costs of developing and implementing the program required by section 309(j) of this title.

(c)For purposes of this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—

(1)the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;

(2)the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;

(3)the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives; and

(4)the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section is comprised of section 512 of div. P of Pub. L. 115–141. Subsec. (a) of section 512 of div. P of Pub. L. 115–141 amended section 309 of this title.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 309a

Title 47 — Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

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