The $143 billion legislative package aimed at extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and jobless benefits, will also re-allocate the wireless “D-block” spectrum to public safety for a national interoperable communications network. The House and Senate are expected to vote on recently-negotiated pay roll tax legislation on Feb. 17. Both are expected to approve it. The legislation will also include language that will reallocate 700 MHz D Block spectrum to emergency responders, as well as provide $7 billion in federal grant money to deploy a nationwide LTE wireless broadband network for emergency responders.