47 USC § 927 - Existing allocation and transfer authority retained

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s927"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 927 - Existing allocation and transfer authority retained"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "927"
section_name: "Existing allocation and transfer authority retained"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "TRANSFER OF AUCTIONABLE FREQUENCIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 102–538, title I, § 117, as added Pub. L. 103–66, title VI, § 6001(a)(3), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 386.)"
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# § 927. Existing allocation and transfer authority retained

**(a)** **Additional reallocation** Nothing in this subchapter prevents or limits additional reallocation of spectrum from the Federal Government to other users.

**(b)** **Implementation of new technologies and services** Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter—

**(1)** the Secretary may, consistent with section 903(e) of this title, at any time allow frequencies allocated on a primary basis for Federal Government use to be used by non-Federal licensees on a mixed-use basis for the purpose of facilitating the prompt implementation of new technologies or services and for other purposes; and

**(2)** the Commission shall make any allocation and licensing decisions with respect to such frequencies in a timely manner and in no event later than the date required by section 157 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 102–538, title I, § 117, as added Pub. L. 103–66, title VI, § 6001(a)(3), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 386.)