113 STAT. 1501A-296 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX E (5)) for the filing of petitions to deny any application for an instrument of authorization for the frequencies described in paragraph (4). (b) REPORTS.—(1) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Communications Commission shall each submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report which shall— (A) set forth the anticipated schedule (including specific dates) for— (i) preparing and conducting the competitive bidding process required by subsection (a); and (ii) depositing the receipts of the competitive bidding process; (B) set forth each significant milestone in the rulemaking process with respect to the competitive bidding process; and (C) include an explanation of the effect of each requirement in subsection (a) on the schedule for the competitive bidding process and any post-bidding activities (including the deposit of receipts) when compared with the schedule for the competitive bidding and any post-bidding activities (including the deposit of receipts) that would otherwise have occurred under section 337(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 337(b)(2)) if not for the enactment of subsection (a). (2) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report which shall set forth for each spectrum auction held by the Commission since January 1, 1998, information on— (A) the time required for each stage of preparation for the auction; (B) the date of the commencement and of the completion of the auction; (C) the time which elapsed between the date of the completion of the auction and the date of the first deposit of receipts from the auction in the Treasury; and (D) the amounts, summarized by month, of all subsequent deposits in a Treasury receipt account from the auction. (3) Not later than October 31, 2000, the Federal Communications Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report which shall— (A) describe the course of the competitive bidding process required by subsection (a) through September 30, 2000, including the amount of any receipts from the competitive bidding process deposited in the Treasury as of September 30, 2000; and (B) if the course of the competitive bidding process has included any deviations from the schedule set forth under paragraph (1)(A), an explanation for such deviations from the schedule. (4) Each report required by this subsection shall be prepared by the agency concerned without influence of any other Federal department or agency. (5) In this subsection, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the following: (A) The Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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