The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s reconciliation text would renew the Federal Communications Commission’s lapsed spectrum auction authority through fiscal 2034 and establish a pipeline of at least 600 megahertz of mid-band spectrum.
Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., disclosed in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that the plan “will raise $88 billion by reauthorizing the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority and provide resources to modernize federal information-technology systems. Both are crucial for maintaining and expanding U.S. technological leadership.”
The provisions, released in the text Sunday, are the latest installment in a yearslong debate about spectrum auctions.
