§ 301.20   Definitions.

   Assistant  Secretary  means  the  Assistant  Secretary of Commerce for
   Communications and Information.

   Auction means the competitive bidding process through which licenses are
   assigned by the Commission under section 309(j) of the Communications Act of
   1934 (47 U.S.C. 309(j)).

   Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.

   Dispute Resolution Board means any board established pursuant to section
   113(i) of the NTIA Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(i)) and subpart C of this
   part.

   Eligible Federal Entity means any Federal Entity that:

   (1) Operates a U.S. Government station authorized to use a band of eligible
   frequencies; and

   (2) That incurs relocation costs or sharing costs because of planning for an
   auction of spectrum frequencies or the reallocation of spectrum frequencies
   from Federal use to exclusive non-Federal use or to shared use.

   Eligible frequencies means any band of frequencies reallocated from Federal
   use to non-Federal use or to shared use after January 1, 2003, that is
   assigned by auction.

   Federal Entity means any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the
   U.S. Government that utilizes a Government station assignment obtained under
   section 305 of the 1934 Act (47 U.S.C. 305).

   Non-Federal user means a Commission licensee authorized to use Eligible
   Frequencies  or  a winning bidder in a Commission auction for Eligible
   Frequencies that has fulfilled the Commission's requirements for filing a
   long-form license application and remitting its final bid payment.

   NTIA means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

   NTIA Manual means the Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Radio
   Frequency Management issued by the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
   Communications and Information and incorporated by reference in § 300.1 of
   this chapter (47 CFR 300.1).

   OMB means the Office of Management and Budget.

   Technical Panel means the panel established by section 113(h)(3)(A) of the
   NTIA Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(h)(3)(A)) and governed by subpart B of
   this part.

   Transition Plan means the plan submitted by a Federal Entity pursuant to
   section 113(h)(1) of the NTIA Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 923(h)(1).

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Subpart B—Technical Panel

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