Rulemaking related to partitioning or disaggregating licenses

has not more than 1,500 employees (as determined under section 121.106 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto); and offers services using the facilities of the carrier. a city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of more than 20,000 inhabitants; or an urbanized area contiguous and adjacent to a city or town that has a population of more than 50,000 inhabitants. provide services consistent with the license; and an unaffiliated covered small carrier; or an unaffiliated carrier to serve a rural area; and the availability of advanced telecommunications services in rural areas; or spectrum availability for covered small carriers. whether reduced performance requirements with respect to spectrum obtained through the program would facilitate deployment of advanced telecommunications services in the areas covered by the program; what conditions may be needed on transfers of spectrum under the program to allow covered small carriers that obtain spectrum under the program to build out the spectrum in a reasonable period of time; extending the term of a license granted under section 301 of this title; or modifying performance requirements of the license relating to the leased or sold spectrum; and the incentives described in subparagraph (C); and other incentives considered by the Commission that further the goals of this section. If a party fails to meet any build out requirements set by the Commission for any spectrum sold or leased under this section, the right to the spectrum shall be forfeited to the Commission unless the Commission finds that there is good cause for the failure of the party. The Commission may offer a licensee incentives or reduced performance requirements under this section only if the Commission finds that doing so would likely result in increased availability of advanced telecommunications services in a rural area. In this section: The term “covered small carrier” means a carrier (as defined in section 153 of this title) that— The term “rural area” means any area other than— Not later than 1 year after March 23, 2018, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to assess whether to establish a program, or modify existing programs, under which a licensee that receives a license for the exclusive use of spectrum in a specific geographic area under section 301 of this title may partition or disaggregate the license by sale or long-term lease— in order to— make unused spectrum available to— if the Commission finds that such a program would promote— In conducting the rulemaking proceeding under paragraph (1), the Commission shall consider, with respect to the program proposed to be established under that paragraph— what incentives may be appropriate to encourage licensees to lease or sell spectrum, including— the administrative feasibility of— (Source: (Pub. L. 115–141, div. P, title VI, § 616, Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1110.))