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47 U.S.C. § 1421 — National security restrictions on use of funds and auction participation
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**(a) Use of funds** No funds made available by subchapter II or III may be used to make payments under a contract to a person described in subsection (c).
**(b) Auction participation** A person described in subsection (c) may not participate in a system of competitive bidding under [section 309(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section309/j&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) that is required to be conducted by this chapter; or
(2) in which any spectrum usage rights for which licenses are being assigned were made available under clause (i) of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (8) of such section, as added by section 6402.
**(c) Person described** A person described in this subsection is a person who has been, for reasons of national security, barred by any agency of the Federal Government from bidding on a contract, participating in an auction, or receiving a grant.
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**(a) Use of funds** No funds made available by subchapter II or III may be used to make payments under a contract to a person described in subsection (c).
**(b) Auction participation** A person described in subsection (c) may not participate in a system of competitive bidding under [section 309(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section309/j&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(1) that is required to be conducted by this chapter; or
(2) in which any spectrum usage rights for which licenses are being assigned were made available under clause (i) of subparagraph (G) of paragraph (8) of such section, as added by section 6402.
**(c) Person described** A person described in this subsection is a person who has been, for reasons of national security, barred by any agency of the Federal Government from bidding on a contract, participating in an auction, or receiving a grant.
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**(a) Considerations in granting application** Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission shall determine, in the case of each application filed with it to which [section 308 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section308&num=0&edition=prelim) applies, whether the public interest, convenience, and necessity will be served by the granting of such application, and, if the Commission, upon examination of such application and upon consideration of such other matters as the Commission may officially notice, shall find that public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served by the granting thereof, it shall grant such application.
**(b) Time of granting application** Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no such application—
(1) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a station in the broadcasting or common carrier services, or
(2) for an instrument of authorization in the case of a station in any of the following categories:
(A) industrial radio positioning stations for which frequencies are assigned on an exclusive basis,
(B) aeronautical en route stations,
(C) aeronautical advisory stations,
(D) airdrome control stations,
(E) aeronautical fixed stations, and
(F) such other stations or classes of stations, not in the broadcasting or common carrier services, as the Commission shall by rule prescribe,
shall be granted by the Commission earlier than thirty days following issuance of public notice by the Commission of the acceptance for filing of such application or of any substantial amendment thereof.
**(c) Applications not affected by subsection (b)** Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply—
(1) to any minor amendment of an application to which such
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**(a) General powers** The First Responder Network Authority shall have the authority to do the following:
(1) To exercise, through the actions of its Board, all powers specifically granted by the provisions of this subchapter, and such incidental powers as shall be necessary.
(2) To hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the First Responder Network Authority considers necessary to carry out its responsibilities and duties.
(3) To obtain grants and funds from and make contracts with individuals, private companies, organizations, institutions, and Federal, State, regional, and local agencies.
(4) To accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, donations, and bequests of property, both real and personal, for the purposes of aiding or facilitating the work of the First Responder Network Authority.
(5) To spend funds under paragraph (3) in a manner authorized by the Board, but only for purposes that will advance or enhance public safety communications consistent with this chapter.
(6) To take such other actions as the First Responder Network Authority (through the Board) may from time to time determine necessary, appropriate, or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
**(b) Duty and responsibility to deploy and operate a nationwide public safety broadband network**
(1) **In general** — The First Responder Network Authority shall hold the single public safety wireless license granted under [section 1421 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1421&num=0&edition=prelim) and take all actions necessary to ensure the building, deployment, and operation of the nationwide public safety broadband network, in consultation with Federal, State,
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 1404
is classified principally to chapter 5 (§ 151 et seq.) of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see section 609 of this title and Tables.
§ 1404. National security restrictions on use of
funds and auction participation
(a) Use of funds
No funds made available by subchapter II or
III may be used to make payments under a con-
tract to a person described in subsection (c).
(b) Auction participation
A person described in subsection (c) may not
participate in a system of competitive bidding
under section 309(j) of this title—
(1) that is required to be conducted by this
chapter; or
(2) in which any spectrum usage rights for
which licenses are being assigned were made
available under clause (i) of subparagraph (G)
of paragraph (8) of such section, as added by
section 6402.
(c) Person described
A person described in this subsection is a per-
son who has been, for reasons of national secu-
rity, barred by any agency of the Federal Gov-
ernment from bidding on a contract, partici-
pating in an auction, or receiving a grant.
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6004, Feb. 22, 2012, 126
Stat. 205.)
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Section 6402, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), is section
6402 of Pub. L. 112–96, which amended section 309 of this
title.
SUBCHAPTER I—REALLOCATION OF
PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM
§ 1411. Reallocation of D block to public safety
(a) In general
The Commission shall reallocate the 700 MHz
D block spectrum for use by public safety enti-
ties in accordance with the provisions of this
chapter.
(b) Omitted
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6101, Feb. 22, 2012, 126
Stat. 205.)
Editorial Notes
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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the
original
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