Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 1.djvu/409

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PUBLIC LAW 103-66 —AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 383 "(3) COMMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM COMMIS- SION. —The Commission shall, within 90 days after the conclusion of the period for comment provided pursuant to paragraph (2), submit to the Secretary the Commission's analysis of such comments and the Commission's recommendations for responses to such comments, together with such other comments and recommendations as the Commission deems appropriate. "(4) DIRECT DISCUSSIONS.—The Secretary shall encourage and provide opportunity for direct discussions among commercial representatives and Federal Government users of the spectrum to aid the Secretary in determining which frequencies to recommend for reallocation. The Secretary shall provide notice to the public and the Commission of any such discussions, including the name or names of any businesses or other persons represented in such discussions. A representative of the Commission (and of the Secretary at the election of the Secretary) shall be permitted to attend any such discussions. The Secretary shall provide the public and the Commission with an opportunity to comment on the results of any such discussions prior to the submission of the final report required by subsection (a). " (e) TIMETABLE FOR REALLOCATION AND LIMITATION. — "(1) TIMETABLE REQUiRED.The Secretary shall, as part President. of the reports required by subsections (a) and (d)(l), include a timetable that recommends effective dates by which the President shall withdraw or limit assignments of the frequencies specified in such reports. " (2) EXPEDITED REALLOCATION. — "(A) REQUIRED REALLOCATION.— The Secretary shall, as part of the report required by subsection (d)(D, specifically identify and recommend for immediate reallocation bands of frequencies that in the aggregate span not less than 50 megahertz, that meet the criteria described in subsection (a), and that can be made available for reallocation immediately upon issuance of the report required by subsection (d)(l). Such bands of frequencies shall include bands of frequencies, located below 3 gigahertz, that in the aggregate span not less than 25 megahertz. " (B) PERMITTED REALLOCATION. — The Secretary may, as part of such report, identify and recommend bands of frequencies for immediate reallocation for a mixed use pursuant to subsection (b)(2), but such bands of frequencies may not count toward the minimums required by subparagraph (A). "(3) DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATES.— In setting the recommended delayed effective dates, the Secretary shall— "(A) consider the need to reallocate bands of frequencies as early as possible, taking into account the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 115(b); "(B) be based on the useful remaining life of equipment that has been purchased or contracted for to operate on identified frequencies; "(C) consider the need to coordinate frequency use with other nations; and