As reported by Christopher Cole in Law360 (subscription required), Commissioner Brendan Carr seized the moment at the FCC's August Open Meeting and urged Congress to renew the agency's spectrum auction authority.
In a recent post to the Free State Foundation's blog, I once again noted the importance of the FCC's auction authority, which was allowed to lapse in March of this year. (I first addressed this topic in "Extending FCC Spectrum Auction Authority Is Essential to the 5G Race," a February 2023 Perspectives from FSF Scholars.)
Before voting to approve a Notice of Inquiry regarding non-federal spectrum usage, Commissioner Carr made a similar plea:
I'd be remiss if I didn't note today, while we have a number of some of the top congressional staffers in the room, to reiterate the call for Congress to reauthorize the FCC's spectrum auction authority. So I know it's August recess, Congress isn't in session, but if, over the August recess, you happen to find some good spectrum auction authority somewhere, we would be happy to put it to good use.
Chairwoman Rosenworcel responded by thanking him for "the shameless plug."
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