FED ERAL C OMMUNICAT IONS C OMMISSION WASH INGTON OFFICE OF March 19, 2020 THE CHAIRMAN The Honorable Billy Long U.S. House of Representatives 2454 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Long: I appreciate knowing of your support for the Commission's decision to refresh the 5.9 GHz proceeding in order to maximize the potential of this valuable spectrum resource. We all share a desire to ensure Americans have ubiquitous access to vehicular safety options- and many safety technologies are the direct result of the FCC' s allocation of commercial spectrum for this purpose. At the same time, it is important to keep pace with technology so that we can identify and deploy underused spectrum and repurpose it as appropriate to support a broad range of consumer and safety innovations. That is why on December 13, 2019, a unanimous Commission voted to take a fresh look at the 5.9 GHz spectrum band with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that recognized and discussed several matters raised in your letter. The record is still open in this proceeding until April 6. I have encouraged all stakeholders to submit their views in the record, in order to help inform the Commission. Once the record has closed, we will make a judgment about how to proceed based on the submissions we have received. Thank you for your letter. Please let me know ifl can be of further assistance. v. FED E R A L COMMUNICATIONS C OMM ISSIO N WASHIN G T ON O F FICE O F March 19, 2020 THE CHAIRMAN The Honorable Anna G. Eshoo U.S. House of Representatives 202 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congresswoman Eshoo: I appreciate knowing of your support for the Commission's decision to refresh the 5.9 GHz proceeding in order to maximize the potential of this valuable spectrum resource. We all share a desire to ensure Americans have ubiquitous access to vehicular safety options-and many safety technologies are the direct result of the FCC's allocation of commercial spectrum for this purpose. At the same time, it is important to keep pace with technology so that we can identify and deploy underused spectrum and repurpose it as appropriate to support a broad range of consumer and safety innovations. That is why on December 13, 20 19, a unanimous Commission voted to take a fresh look at the 5.9 GHz spectrum band with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that recognized and discussed several matters raised in your letter. The record is still open in this proceeding until April 6. I have encouraged all stakeholders to submit their views in the record, in order to help inform the Commission. Once the record has closed, we will make a judgment about how to proceed based on the submissions we have received. Thank you for your letter. Please let me know ifl can be of further assistance. v. FEDERA L COMMUNICATIO N S C OMMISSION WASH INGTO N OFF ICE OF March 19, 2020 THE CHAIRMAN The Honorable John Shimkus U.S. House of Representatives 2217 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Shimkus: I appreciate knowing of your support for the Commission' s decision to refresh the 5.9 GHz proceeding in order to maximize the potential of this valuable spectrum resource. We all share a desire to ensure Americans have ubiquitous access to vehicular safety options- and many safety technologies are the direct result of the FCC's allocation of commercial spectrum for this purpose. At the same time, it is important to keep pace with technology so that we can identify and deploy underused spectrum and repurpose it as appropriate to support a broad range of consumer and safety innovations. That is why on December 13, 2019, a unanimous Commission voted to take a fresh look at the 5.9 GHz spectrum band with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that recognized and discussed several matters raised in your letter. The record is still open in this proceeding until April 6. I have encouraged all stakeholders to submit their views in the record, in order to help inform the Commission. Once the record has closed, we will make a judgment about how to proceed based on the submissions we have received. Thank you for your letter. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. v.