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<dc:title>119 HR 2482 RH: National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-04-24</dc:date>
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<calendar display="yes">Union Calendar No. 40</calendar>
<congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session>
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2482</legis-num>
<associated-doc role="report" display="yes">[Report No. 119–63]</associated-doc>
<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
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<action-date date="20250331">March 31, 2025</action-date>
<action-desc><sponsor name-id="L000566">Mr. Latta</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="M001163">Ms. Matsui</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name></action-desc>
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<action-date date="20250424">April 24, 2025</action-date>
<action-desc>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed<pagebreak/></action-desc>
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<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
<official-title display="yes">To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes.<pagebreak/></official-title>
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<section id="H1B8AE64E51FC443084F3AC4B2DD65DAD" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; table of contents</header> 
<subsection id="H5D2462CEDBDB45E3BF26D571EF5B2FBC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>National Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2025</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCC476006B8334D3ABFAF3E0415683633"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Table of contents</header><text>The table of contents for this Act is as follows:</text> 
<toc container-level="legis-body-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> 
<toc-entry idref="H1B8AE64E51FC443084F3AC4B2DD65DAD" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H55D484AD9BB54153908B61F70BA0CD0D" level="section">Sec. 2. Definitions.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H8F313E7DF2BC42629DCFBE01A4C47C75" level="title">Title I—Reauthorization</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H9C6CBDE0DB394CD89317C7EE5A847DC3" level="section">Sec. 101. Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H7BFA11475F044B68994F30E59E402FF0" level="section">Sec. 102. NTIA Consolidated Reporting Act.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H4897BD027D0C4800B140316B858C94D4" level="title">Title II—Office of Spectrum Management</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H088EB9EFDE9D4220AD44FF4DFF828A7E" level="section">Sec. 201. Office of Spectrum Management.</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H815AD3CB8EAA49358584882DADB990FD" level="title">Title III—Office of International Affairs</toc-entry> 
<toc-entry idref="H918B468DEF524674A20289DEE6C4025D" level="section">Sec. 301. Office of International Affairs.</toc-entry> </toc></subsection></section> 
<section id="H55D484AD9BB54153908B61F70BA0CD0D"><enum>2.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text> <paragraph id="H65CB2C235FA94BDD9DE1C459026F8A56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HB4D38F404DF44CD68A5D959A131BC513"><enum>(2)</enum><header>NTIA</header><text>The term <quote>NTIA</quote> means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFE7741E6A9B4F19BBF44CDD9D0D7775"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Under Secretary</quote> means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. </text></paragraph></section> 
<title id="H8F313E7DF2BC42629DCFBE01A4C47C75"><enum>I</enum><header>Reauthorization</header> 
<section id="H9C6CBDE0DB394CD89317C7EE5A847DC3"><enum>101.</enum><header>Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act</header> 
<subsection id="H7032B55F95EB44D9A9E01BA2D78F17D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 151 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act is amended by striking <quote>$17,600,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $17,900,000 for fiscal year 1993</quote> and inserting <quote>$57,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2026</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H6D63373C99F04B5D8EC5A05D5540F65E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Under secretary of commerce for communications and information</header> <paragraph id="HFD3DB3D72E774FA38BFF8D907306FFC2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Under Secretary; Deputy Under Secretary</header> <subparagraph id="HFA56113930FE46368BC9B4B742817D5A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text>The National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H42C7674C17F54026B04DD9AA70C9937C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deputy under secretary</header><text>Section 103(a) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/902">47 U.S.C. 902(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H0395C9ABBAF745DA848F2859E8CB7730" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H2211988BEEF643DAA794236CE1C06176"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deputy under secretary</header><text>The Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HBECC0073189840578874FED60C7225D5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be the principal policy advisor of the Under Secretary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H04C055C5888A4EA69B44D7AB1D0541BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perform such other functions as the Under Secretary shall from time to time assign or delegate; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H7CBF97F3100D43E0816B2577B1C04F3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>act as Under Secretary during the absence or disability of the Under Secretary or in the event of a vacancy in the office of the Under Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4008E20FA5C648D8B6CDCBFA846CFE3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuation of civil actions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection, and the amendments made by this subsection, shall not abate any civil action commenced by or against the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information before the date of the enactment of this Act, except that the Under Secretary shall be substituted as a party to the action on and after such date.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H97B165CBF1114590967CF9BD3BC43007"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Continuation in office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The individual serving as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the individual serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve as the Under Secretary and the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, respectively, on and after that date without the need for renomination or reappointment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC61CB414DA68401DBE3F7B37BA98BC09"><enum>(4)</enum><header>References</header><text>Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information shall, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, be deemed to be a reference to the Under Secretary.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H091A96C9B5DE465A90DAA4C6B14E5D4F" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Executive schedule</header> 
<subparagraph id="H23C781E9377546A2AAB2B83173B90637" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <clause id="H517E295E0ED84B4F941DD013B2A65DC1" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 5314, by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H57194BEFB9064F42A42F2C3413DA056F" commented="no"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause> <clause id="HCA1633DB8DEE4EE3B10586FC100F0E86" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 5315, in the item relating to the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, by striking <quote>(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>(10)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HC6D4EA9E61B947828E036F074A176766" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subparagraph (A) (establishing the annual rate of the basic pay of the Under Secretary) shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2CD8E0F7FE444727965CAA0B1FB8B8B6" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorities and responsibilities</header> <paragraph id="HBA68D87CF253485D992C6BB0A38B8130" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination of executive branch views on matters before the federal communications commission</header><text>Section 105(a)(1) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/904">47 U.S.C. 904(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H029E8BF618AE48FE863814B63A6ED2B6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to ensure that the conduct</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD36002F4FBA6477FB906DF0F63D25696" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text>to ensure that—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HF8C163BC92D440038DE9F2D44785FBE5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conduct</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H02E50B67247D434196270AF39E795AEE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H2E43AC9D663E4EF5BC3D1F05A66B14BA" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H365202B4C27F458681C4F5E7D1E6A74B" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HC7FEF0F354024E6BAFBDBABCB4BB5959" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the views of the executive branch on matters presented to the Commission are, consistent with section 103(b)(2)(J)—</text> 
<clause id="HB61534ADB7BC478AB25E3DA3A7B9DF3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>appropriately coordinated; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAC27092A6F90410E8EAAF856084E78A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reflective of executive branch policy.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5720E39B69FE427183AD0EDE58A7F195" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assigned functions</header><text>Section 103(b)(2) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/902">47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H831980032D694BF2B4E8C42AA7943618" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, some of which were</quote> before <quote>transferred to the Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H23940E67EF3C430CB9060542D1966FD8" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (M), by inserting <quote>, publish reports,</quote> after <quote>studies</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CF226C9CB414D4CA91AA2DE7DBD1A42"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) may be construed to expand or contract the authority of the Commission.</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="HC384C0A56CC744FD80ECB934E18AB084"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header> 
<paragraph id="HA845AFECE0F54C7E8A24CA77AE3B1DAE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Public Telecommunications Financing Act of 1978</header><text>Section 106(c) of the Public Telecommunications Financing Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">5 U.S.C. 5316</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/567">Public Law 95–567</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, established in Department of Commerce Organization Order Numbered 10–10 (effective March 26, 1978),</quote> and inserting <quote>The position of Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, established under section 103(a) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/902">47 U.S.C. 902(a)</external-xref>),</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2EEB000006E94D428DA518BC60B52312"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Communications act of 1934</header><text>Section 344(d)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/344">47 U.S.C. 344(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H39B609F1034D452A9E49904BFB88EC7D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Homeland security act of 2002</header><text>Section 1805(d)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/575">6 U.S.C. 575(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H074F7D43E5AF4318979041D5E98443DC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agriculture improvement act of 2018</header><text>Section 6212 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb-6">7 U.S.C. 950bb–6</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HBBA6621BD17845B891F0B28073C36E17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H927707F435AB45AC8C49132D2E9192E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H0F9EA0AD37D94CE2A6B709CA54483CD8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Title 17, united states code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201(a)(1)(C) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote>. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDD7E1DFD84D143C1953D139114507603"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Unlocking consumer choice and wireless competition act</header><text>Section 2(b) of the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/17/1201">17 U.S.C. 1201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/144">Public Law 113–144</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HAFE93A9416B744E99DEE5A6FAE8C29A4"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Communications satellite act of 1962</header><text>Section 625(a)(1) of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/763d">47 U.S.C. 763d(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7D2F21D64AF4501BAA4727463980A51" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Spectrum pipeline act of 2015</header><text>The Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/921">47 U.S.C. 921</external-xref> note; title X of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/74">Public Law 114–74</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H08C004AB89E749A6A76A01BCEC0DEA34" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 1002(1), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H41D4CEEC4D8243F0A7F0CC31016B1E1B" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H3DCCCB7E92454A4BBEACAC9C1D2B95EE"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Warning, alert, and response network act</header><text>Section 606 of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1205">47 U.S.C. 1205</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC24D3924A5B6497E90E907B15EE67C8F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HCD1F9159212D4EF2AE68094585C9F025" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>for7Communications</quote> and inserting <quote>for Communications</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF8073B5CD65463BB55FFEE15C9BB80A" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><header>American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009</header><text>Section 6001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1305">47 U.S.C. 1305</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HBCF0E006D60447B899D42859AF924CF5" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Middle class tax relief and job creation act of 2012</header><text>Title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1401">47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE3D0BD5C654A4EBAA04A22851D77EB34" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 6001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1401">47 U.S.C. 1401</external-xref>)—</text> 
<clause id="H66B7FA4CEEC943DE9FD6740854DF41FC" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></clause> <clause id="HFE4EC5B4F2004DEE87554794F0F09B2E" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (32) as paragraphs (4) through (31), respectively; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H4F202504C37F437E82768FD8DFA38E9E" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (31), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H5E61AD36E3644528846C79828C0A2949" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HD6E10861CD444340AD121DAD03133089" commented="no"><enum>(32)</enum><header>Under secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Under Secretary</quote> means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H57AB9CF59CDE427CA90F343A1BF6FBAB" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1D374DA261C48F99D68C2EA9B63C2CB"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Ray Baum’s act of 2018</header><text>The RAY BAUM’S Act of 2018 (division P of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/141">Public Law 115–141</external-xref>; 132 Stat. 348) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H2B9DD85EC8B4437CBC9855A348647C12"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Secure and trusted communications networks act of 2019</header><text>Section 8 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1607">47 U.S.C. 1607</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H498224E2AB7E44C3B8B4695CC5B3CAD7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HC8236F401BAA4F3EBA3979A2C20DDB33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE96BE11FFF8349A2BCADBB3771DD3660"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Title 51, united states code</header><text>Section 50112(3) of title 51, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HD477B0EBC37B4717AB036AD5AAB4F22B"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Consolidated Appropriations act, 2021</header><text>The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HA39822B5010A40C2998CE9728AD20991"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in title IX of division N—</text> 
<clause id="HB4C0A93395124177B12DAFFC66DC46F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 902(a)(2), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H10C99EDD6CAB415BB7FC4966DD345A18"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 905—</text> 
<subclause id="HE582AF5D8DAD4C8CBE662B8116D7138E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(1), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HEE716E81E90844D58FD8C21E7E14893F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(3)(B), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H41F2C3ED28AB4C598AB8A6BB4EF9147F"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)(B), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HF908A02B785A4DA5B3384C2E156FEEEB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HC1B2AC8F7682434388E9CA3D34DE5538"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in title IX of division FF—</text> <clause id="H41207EC4D06E47FA9BA0F7A6D4B2D455"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 903(g)(2), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="HE453D2D70B2D4256A67EA13B008182FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEB69B09CEC8C47E2AFFFB4B541697641"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Infrastructure investment and jobs act</header><text>The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/58">Public Law 117–58</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H01A1E3E3110A4A019EC9AD3C3FA6AE51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 27003, by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE22F20DD269644B78EBE268796C78D86"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in division F—</text> 
<clause id="H1E12AF99AA6E489CB9E7CE90DFB683E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 60102—</text> <subclause id="H70FD0ED9F3A0440F86EE1850FFE86A86"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H37F3C5837C454DEF9BE56F017BFA1D7A"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(1), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H5C64ADC06ED54EAE82BB54EE0A6000BC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text> 
<item id="HCA144B088F094283B7BB761D596B7A4A"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></item> <item id="H47A8DE2B2BF642AFA713A6DAC4F0FDB9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5)(B)(iii), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">under secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></item></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="H298E7669E12C4391AB8C4CBDA09FD5C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in title III—</text> <subclause id="H76729BB7B57A4E879025611D575BF885"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 60302(5), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="HC74D50A20CD34D6ABF88A2B9C9CDC98F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 60305(d)(2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">under secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H2A5BC74018404B9099DD5B9834AD3201"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 60401(a)(2), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Assistant secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Under secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H6E5188CFF3C14CE1927F81BE8A9F0326"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H146F6D9A0B4A40D4929506EEA194FABA" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in division J, in title I, in the matter under the heading <quote>distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program</quote> under the heading <quote>Rural Utilities Service</quote> under the heading <quote>RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS</quote>, by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> 
<section id="H7BFA11475F044B68994F30E59E402FF0"><enum>102.</enum><header>NTIA Consolidated Reporting Act</header> 
<subsection id="H817A6898B3484BCCBF482110D5F11AE7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of certain outdated or completed reporting requirements</header> 
<paragraph id="H91483F67DA7E4C1282948F98472FF184"><enum>(1)</enum><header>BTOP quarterly report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6001(d) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1305">47 U.S.C. 1305(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7B007F1D0EED4106B76E97E45F4CF09D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HE472A6FDA5414AFABA978D594BBE8008"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5534139C41A341DCA050C4178D094055" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HDB560AB986264AC9A0903139D44BF7C2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain reports required by National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 154, 155, and 156 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act are repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCF9606FB7A6B4828A3B4557E3317C190" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Initial report required by section 9202<enum-in-header>(a)(1)(G)</enum-in-header> of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2021</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9202(a)(1)(G) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/906">47 U.S.C. 906(a)(1)(G)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HCF8E7987E1C448BBA9D986C76FD3378E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and (III) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and conforming the margins of such clauses accordingly; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4544EC3D5BE14D5D86F1AE37D7D850E1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Reports to Congress</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>For each fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Annual report to Congress.—</header-in-text>For each fiscal year</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HBDCB900E068244119130C737107030E7" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report to President</header><text>Section 105(a) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/904">47 U.S.C. 904(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H3EE6DDA4207E46BA91024CFE416367CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H498ACB1E6B494246AD611934CD95BB34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8C22A1DAEB004B64874B43E1D31D2AE1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Effect on authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection or the amendments made by this subsection may be construed to expand or contract the authority of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the NTIA, or the Commission.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H16676BA6619D4D79A6823B7309823A9B"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Other reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection or the amendments made by this subsection may be construed to prohibit or otherwise prevent the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the NTIA, or the Commission from producing any additional reports otherwise within the authority of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the NTIA, or the Commission, respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H62C8AC37EDEA42E988301ACF15D079EF" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consolidated annual report</header> <paragraph id="H266A0FCD8E05416AACE288E0339A2C1A" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the first quarter of each calendar year, the Under Secretary shall publish on the website of the NTIA and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that contains the reports described in paragraph (2) for the fiscal year ending most recently before the beginning of such quarter.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H3658D003677C46FBBB3053CC5A1ECC2D" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports described</header><text>The reports described in this paragraph are the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H64CF4245A6FE4C519E3E2C66883653E8" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The report required by section 903(c)(2)(C) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1307">47 U.S.C. 1307(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H8B7AE356927C47BA81AF0500485EB1B9" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If amounts in the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund established by section 9202(a)(1)(A)(i) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/906">47 U.S.C. 906(a)(1)(A)(i)</external-xref>) were available for the fiscal year described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the report required by section 9202(a)(1)(G) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/906">47 U.S.C. 906(a)(1)(G)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7E3A593312844AB0B8C667CACEC53048" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Under Secretary awarded grants under section 60304(d)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1723">47 U.S.C. 1723(d)(1)</external-xref>) in the fiscal year described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the report required by section 60306(a)(1)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1725">47 U.S.C. 1725(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HE94F86E8D5DA4A579EB65CA9CC3D54D8" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timing of underlying reporting requirements</header> 
<subparagraph id="HD5E10F95187746918AC63CB69308950F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Report of Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 903(c)(2)(C) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1307">47 U.S.C. 1307(c)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <clause id="H35D633AB5F394FD49BFB48D5F3685EBB" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text> 
<subclause id="HFEAE579F295C4DBA834F618016992200" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter,</quote> and inserting <quote>In the first quarter of each calendar year,</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H56E0984F99FD4B3F84CEE66F12A707CD" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, for the fiscal year ending most recently before the beginning of such quarter,</quote> after <quote>a report</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause> 
<clause id="HE30986FE8D694EA58A831ED930947BE2" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>for the previous year</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE9560400A279420CA4FDD24C19BB463E" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report on digital equity grant programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 60306(a)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1725">47 U.S.C. 1725(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<clause id="HBB87FCB9E1A843B1BA6E8FAB94A1DB41" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Not later than 1 year</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall—</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>For the first fiscal year in which the Under Secretary awards grants under section 60304(d)(1), and each fiscal year thereafter in which the Under Secretary awards grants under such section, the Under Secretary shall—</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="H3261B48B6E6846C486B7A7ADC3C12A55" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> 
<subclause id="H55132F2687034C878D2942F0D12BD63C" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>in the first quarter of the first calendar year that begins after the end of such fiscal year,</quote> before <quote>submit</quote>; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="HFEA6D8407DB64A7AAFFC51EE2A033CDA" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, for the year covered by the report</quote>.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H4166CB4A8C3B4EAA8C1F163DFBC712EA" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Satisfaction of underlying reporting requirements</header> 
<subparagraph id="H79FB9A9FB34644ED951C9C24C9F87B2E" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the publication and submission of a report as required by paragraph (1) in the first quarter of a calendar year shall be treated as satisfying any requirement to publish or otherwise make publicly available or to submit to Congress or to a committee of Congress a report described in paragraph (2) for the fiscal year ending most recently before the beginning of such quarter.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H48EFC9B426D44CD9AEAF2CAF4085BB49" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain submission requirements</header><text>At the time when the Under Secretary submits a report required by paragraph (1) to the committees described in such paragraph, the Under Secretary shall submit any portion of such report that relates to a report described in paragraph (2)(C) to each committee of Congress not described in paragraph (1) to which such report would (without regard to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) be required to be submitted.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H681DBA1F38444065A6C677F93938FD71" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Paragraph (1), and the amendments made by paragraph (3), shall apply beginning on January 1 of the first calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H45FE55D37EB14D95B9ABB67B37BAD8C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension of certain audit and reporting requirements</header><text>Section 902(c)(4)(A) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1306">47 U.S.C. 1306(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2021 and 2022</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024</quote>.</text></subsection> 
<subsection id="H1139858480714CE89792C6FDD9CE94C4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of Commerce.</text></subsection></section></title> <title id="H4897BD027D0C4800B140316B858C94D4"><enum>II</enum><header>Office of Spectrum Management</header> <section id="H088EB9EFDE9D4220AD44FF4DFF828A7E"><enum>201.</enum><header>Office of Spectrum Management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/901">47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<section id="HA77C2C2E53514BEAB92279FE7219EA82"><enum>106.</enum><header>Office of Spectrum Management</header> 
<subsection id="H168ED5374AC34390A5B3874F4F279098"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the NTIA an Office of Spectrum Management (in this section referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8592D752E9B0465CB43CC122BF814F6A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head of office</header> <paragraph id="HD03893EF8F394B909EDC1A2A95177502"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The head of the Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Spectrum Management (in this section referred to as the <quote>Associate Administrator</quote>).</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H43F3452118884AEAB64701B878027287"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to report</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under Secretary).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6F30A6ECFAC74A1E8907DDA72D270249"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Under Secretary—</text> 
<paragraph id="H8C8825A1EF104978BACF7FB75F0837E3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>carry out responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(A) (relating to frequency assignments for radio stations belonging to and operated by the United States), make frequency allocations for frequencies that will be used by such stations, and develop and maintain techniques, databases, measurements, files, and procedures necessary for such allocations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1F74382E9974F889F501C74456CD91E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(K) (relating to establishing policies concerning spectrum assignments and use by radio stations belonging to and operated by the United States) and provide Federal agencies with guidance to ensure that the conduct of telecommunications activities by such agencies is consistent with such policies;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H18584887944449CC9B8BE01F5A0FD222"><enum>(3)</enum><text>represent the interests of Federal agencies in the process through which the Commission and the NTIA jointly determine the National Table of Frequency Allocations, and coordinate with the Commission in the development of a comprehensive long-range plan for improved management of all electromagnetic spectrum resources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC7D452641C2E4DAB8E77275FAAD979B6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>appoint the chairpersons of and provide secretariat functions for the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HFD505AB04BC842769D391BA7A6A0AAF2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>carry out responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(B) (relating to authorizing a foreign government to construct and operate a radio station at the seat of Government of the United States) and assign frequencies for use by such stations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C612A6218B44F14B8C76089A95CB33A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary and coordinate with the Associate Administrator for International Affairs in carrying out spectrum management aspects of the international policy responsibilities of the NTIA, including spectrum-related responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(G);</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H756689C596A64B74938DD138D6ED1BE4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>carry out spectrum-related responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(H) (relating to coordination of the telecommunications activities of the executive branch and assistance in the formulation of policies and standards for such activities);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE360EC6C941470F8ED1EDE18433345C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>carry out spectrum-related responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(Q) (relating to certain activities with respect to telecommunications resources); and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HBBDE0F0B891E41A381188820488AB472"><enum>(9)</enum><text>carry out any other duties of the NTIA with respect to spectrum policy that the Under Secretary may designate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></title> <title id="H815AD3CB8EAA49358584882DADB990FD"><enum>III</enum><header>Office of International Affairs</header> <section id="H918B468DEF524674A20289DEE6C4025D"><enum>301.</enum><header>Office of International Affairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/901">47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<section id="H3EFF969A87B644C8846D1A9B824955C2"><enum>107.</enum><header>Office of International Affairs</header> 
<subsection id="HA4A5E8EF8542426F8D0BE1876F07CA14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the NTIA an Office of International Affairs (in this section referred to as the <quote>Office</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5D6E87D1AF7840D189B53EEA41D07FB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Head of office</header> <paragraph id="HB69754971892487FBB137856136553EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The head of the Office shall be an Associate Administrator for International Affairs (in this section referred to as the <quote>Associate Administrator</quote>).</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H3C4B64201E3B4116A4F56B72DD7960F7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement to report</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under Secretary).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H42FC53A2BE7B45BEAC66AECC9CDCDCE6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Under Secretary—</text> 
<paragraph id="H6ABFBEE5E5A848728C136D2983482CEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in coordination with the Secretary of State, conduct analysis of, review, and formulate international telecommunications and information policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H015717B421A74348ADFF89A6E1AC1D4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>present on international telecommunications and information policy—</text> 
<subparagraph id="HC160A52B184A423BB670A534E4EAD9E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>before the Commission, Congress, and others; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C504144C886493DAD3BBA2BF5B46F1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in coordination with the Secretary of State, before international telecommunications bodies, including the International Telecommunication Union;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H5BA003E42FFB489288F793A54451DB71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct or obtain analysis on economic and other aspects of international telecommunications and information policy;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFACFA73E2C7465F8E13317A295331EF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>formulate, and recommend to the Under Secretary, polices and plans with respect to preparation for and participation in international telecommunications and information policy activities;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HF8B76A62ECF945CD85F4F7FFE6FC6A93"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in coordination with the Secretary of State, coordinate NTIA and interdepartmental economic, technical, operational, and other preparations related to participation by the United States in international telecommunications and information policy conferences and negotiations;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H34B8B33675A04DEDB66A9E75AE632470"><enum>(6)</enum><text>ensure NTIA representation with respect to international telecommunications and information policy meetings and the activities related to preparation for such meetings;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H9B66B38F0DB146C6AF8ECD9F02C83611"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in coordination with the Secretary of State, coordinate with Federal agencies and private organizations engaged in activities involving international telecommunications and information policy matters and maintain cognizance of the activities of United States signatories with respect to related treaties, agreements, and other instruments;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC1F9D8CF706A412A858D9700725E8D02"><enum>(8)</enum><text>provide advice and assistance related to international telecommunications and information policy to other Federal agencies charged with responsibility for international negotiations, to strengthen the position and serve the best interests of the United States in the conduct of negotiations with foreign nations;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H4B1FE399ADDF4B0794F2555122074AA0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary with respect to evaluating the international impact of matters pending before the Commission, other Federal agencies, and Congress;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7DC01E11E34743E79BB11D0E6AD28652"><enum>(10)</enum><text>carry out, at the request of the Secretary, the responsibilities of the Secretary under the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/701">47 U.S.C. 701 et seq.</external-xref>) and other Federal laws related to international telecommunications and information policy; and</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H162558567A614EEB99D4A9445C66FBAA" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(11)</enum><text>carry out any other duties of the NTIA with respect to international telecommunications and information policy that the Under Secretary may designate.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></title> </legis-body> <endorsement> <action-date date="20250424">April 24, 2025</action-date> <action-desc>Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed</action-desc></endorsement> </bill> 

