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S. 3717 116th Congress Senate

Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the modernization of the information … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to submit to Congress a plan for the modernization of the information technology systems of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 13, 2020 Introduced by: Roger F. Wicker Republican · Mississippi See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Advanced technology and technological innovationsComputers and information technologyCongressional oversightDepartment of Defense
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Executive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsPerformance measurementRadio spectrum allocation
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May 20, 2020
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
May 13, 2020
Introduced in Senate
May 13, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 Latest action May 20, 2020

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.

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Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020

This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and certain other federal agencies to outline plans for modernizing the information technology infrastructure used for the management of federal spectrum.

Specifically, the NTIA shall identify a process to establish goals, including parameters to measure the achievement of those goals, for the modernization of such infrastructure and submit to Congress a modernization plan.

The bill requires each agency to submit to the NTIA and the Policy and Plans Steering Group a report that describes the agency's plan to modernize its federal spectrum infrastructure so that such infrastructure is interoperable with that of the NTIA.

The Government Accountability Office shall review the federal spectrum infrastructure of agencies and oversee the implementation of the modernization plans.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7310 Identical bill Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020
  • S 4049 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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All 2 Democratic 2
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · May 13, 2020
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · May 13, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3717: Spectrum IT Modernization Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3717/
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