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H. Rept. 116-521 1 (2020-09-18)

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                    116TH CONGRESS                                          REPORT
                        2d Session     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             116-521







                             DON'T BREAK UP THE T-BAND ACT OF 2020



                       SEPTEMBER 18, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                     State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
                                          submitted the following


                                              REPORT

                                            [To accompany H.R. 451]

                      The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
                    the bill (H.R. 451) to repeal the section of the Middle Class Tax Re-
                    lief and Job Creation Act of 2012 that requires the Federal Com-
                    munications Commission to reallocate and auction the T-Band
                    spectrum, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
                    with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do
                    pass.

                                                 CONTENTS
                                                                                     Page
                       I. Purpose  and  Sum m ary  ..................................................................................  4
                       II. Background  and  Need  for the  Legislation  ...................................................  4
                       III.  Com m ittee  H earings  ......................................................................................  5
                       IV .  Com m ittee  Consideration  ..............................................................................  6
                       V .  C om m ittee  V otes  ............................................................................................  6
                       V I.  O versight  Findings  ........................................................................................  6
                     VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures          6
                     VIII.  Federal M andates  Statem ent  .......................................................................  7
                     IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ........................  7
                     X. Duplication of Federal Program s  ..................................................................  7
                     XI. Com m ittee  Cost  Estim ate  .............................................................................  7
                     XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ................  7
                     XIII. Advisory  Com m ittee  Statem ent  ....................................................................  7
                     XIV. Applicability  to  Legislative  Branch  .............................................................  7
                     XV. Section-by-Section  Analysis of the Legislation  ...........................................  8
                     XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ...........................  9
                     The amendments are as follows:
                       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Don't Break Up the T-Band Act of 2020.


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