S. 2869 requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to publish annual public reports detailing how the federal government uses radio frequencies between 225 megahertz and 50 gigahertz. The first report must be issued within 180 days of the bill's enactment, with subsequent reports due annually. Each report will include a summary of federal spectrum usage types, current frequency allocations, a count of authorized frequency assignments, descriptions of major systems using each band, and information about planned future uses—though sensitive information will be kept in a classified section. This legislation, introduced by Senators Blackburn and Moran, affects federal agencies that rely on radio spectrum communications and aims to provide greater transparency about government spectrum use to the public and Congress. The bill contains no specific funding authorization, instead directing the NTIA to compile information from existing agency records.
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