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107 STAT. 388 PUBLIC LAW 103-66—AUG. 10, 1993 Regulations. "(j) USE OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING.— "(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—If mutually exclusive applica- tions are accepted for filing for any initial license or construc- tion permit which will involve a use of the electromagnetic spectrum described in paragraph (2), then the Commission shall have the authority, subject to paragraph (10), to grant such license or permit to a qualified applicant through the use of a system of competitive bidding that meets the require- ments of this subsection. "(2) USES TO WHICH BIDDING MAY APPLY.—A use of the electromagnetic spectrum is described in this paragraph if the Commission determines that— "(A) the principal use of such spectrum will involve, or is reasonably likely to involve, the licensee receiving compensation from subscribers in return for which the licensee— "(i) enables those subscribers to receive commu- nications signals that are transmitted utilizing fre- quencies on which the Ucensee is licensed to operate; or "(ii) enables those subscribers to transmit directly communications signals utilizing frequencies on which the licensee is licensed to operate; and "(B) a system of competitive bidding will promote the objectives described in paragraph (3). "(3) DESIGN OF SYSTEMS OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING.—For each class of licenses or permits that the Commission grants through the use of a competitive bidding system, the Commis- sion shall, by regulation, establish a competitive bidding meth- odology. The Commission shall seek to design and test multiple alternative methodologies imder appropriate circumstances. In identifying classes of licenses and permits to be issued by competitive bidding, in specifying eligibility and other characteristics of such licenses and permits, and in designing the methodologies for use under this subsection, the Commis- sion shall include safeguards to protect the public interest in the use of the spectrum and shall seek to promote the purposes specified in section 1 of this Act and the following objectives: "(A) the development and rapid deployment of new technologies, products, and services for the benefit of the public, including those residing in rural areas, without administrative or judicial delays; "(B) promoting economic opportunity and competition and ensuring that new and innovative technologies are readily accessible to the American people by avoiding exces- sive concentration of licenses and by (Usseminating licenses among a wide variety of applicants, including small businesses, rural telephone companies, and businesses owned by members of minority groups and women; "(C) recovery for the public of a portion of the value of the public spectrum resource made available for commer- cial use and avoidance of unjust enrichment through the methods employed to award uses of that resource; and "(D) efficient and intensive use of the electromagnetic spectrum.