1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act or the ITS Codification Act . 2. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The test center within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (in this subsection referred to as the NTIA ) represents executive branch agencies on spectrum issues before the Federal Communications Commission. (2) Understanding radio frequency propagation characteristics and modeling is a critical component of making spectrum decisions. (3) Federal agencies rely on expert engineering studies, simulations, and analyses to make determinations about how to make spectrum available for commercial use, including through system relocations and identifying spectrum sharing opportunities through the NTIA. (4) Clearing of Federal spectrum, when feasible, is the priority action to take to make Federal spectrum available for commercial uses as required by section 113(j)(1) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 923(j)(1) ). (5) Sharing of Federal spectrum between Federal entities and commercial entities provides access to Federal spectrum for commercial uses in circumstances where clearing is not feasible. (6) The test center within the NTIA is the Government’s premier expert laboratory for spectrum research activities, spectrum sharing innovation and testing, spectrum interference studies, and all activities related to advancing next generation wireless technologies. (7) The test center within the NTIA is critical for undertaking engineering studies and analyses that inform clearing or sharing opportunities and facilitate policy decisions to maximize the efficient use of spectrum resources. (b) Operation of test center Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 901 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 106. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences