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PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 767 (c) REPORT. — The task force shall submit to the Secretary of Deadlines. Defense a report containing its assessments and recommendations under subsection (b) not later than February 1, 2000. The Secretary shall submit the report, together with the comments and recommendations of the Secretary, to the congressional defense committees not later than March 1, 2000. SEC. 1062. ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM RE- ALLOCATION. (a) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED. — Part C of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act is amended by adding after section 155 the following new section: "SEC. 156. ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM RE- 47 USC 921 note. ALLOCATION. " (a) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM REALLOCATION.— "(1) REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.— The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary and in coordination with the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall convene an interagency review and assessment of— "(A) the progress made in implementation of national spectrum planning; "(B) the reallocation of Federal Government spectrum to non-Federal use, in accordance with the amendments made by title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-66; 107 Stat. 379) and title III of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105- 33; 111 Stat. 258); and "(C) the implications for such reallocations to the affected Federal executive agencies. "(2) COORDINATION.—The assessment shall be conducted in coordination with affected Federal executive agencies through the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee. "(3) COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE. — Affected Federal executive agencies shall cooperate with the Assistant Secretary in the conduct of the review and assessment and furnish the Assistant Secretary with such information, support, and assistance, not inconsistent with law, as the Assistant Secretary may consider necessary in the performance of the review and assessment. " (4) ATTENTION TO PARTICULAR SUBJECTS REQUIRED. —In the conduct of the review and assessment, particular attention shall be given to— "(A) the effect on critical military and intelligence capabilities, civil space programs, and other Federal Government systems used to protect public safety of the reallocated spectrum described in paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection; "(B) the anticipated impact on critical military and intelligence capabilities, future military and intelligence operational requirements, national defense modernization programs, and civil space programs, and other Federal Government systems used to protect public safety, of future potential reallocations to non-Federal use of bands of the electromagnetic spectrum that are currently allocated for use by the Federal Government; and