US Bill Would Reallocate Spectrum For Public Safety Use

April 21, 10 by David Goldstein

House Homeland Security ranking member Peter King, R-N.Y., introduced legislation Wednesday that would require that a controversial chunk of spectrum be realloacted for use by public safety officials instead of being auctioned off to commercial bidders as the FCC has proposed in its national broadband plan.

The legislation, co-sponsored by Homeland Security Emerging Threats Subcommittee Chairwoman Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., would allocate the D-block of spectrum in the 700 megahertz band for public safety use and would reserve an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum for use by public safety officials. In a statement, King said the proposal would double the amount of broadband spectrum that is currently allocated for public safety use.

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