117 S3288 IS: NTIA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2021
U.S. Senate
2021-11-30
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the NTIA Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2021
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definitions.TITLE I—NTIA reauthorization and reformSec. 101. Authorization of appropriations.Sec. 102. Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.Sec. 103. Coordination of executive branch views on matters before the Federal Communications Commission.Sec. 104. Modernization of agency mission.TITLE II—Other mattersSec. 201. Promotion of workforce programs.Sec. 202. Improved coordination between the FCC and the NTIA.Sec. 203. World Radiocommunication Conference ambassador.TITLE III—Effective dateSec. 301. Effective date.2.In this Act:(1)The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.(2)The term NTIA means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.<enum>I</enum><header>NTIA reauthorization and reform</header><section id="idED21604FB0AB4DA1957B22C4AB65968F"><enum>101.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 151 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/538">Public Law 102–538</external-xref>; 106 Stat. 3533) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0F80C6E59FC148F6B15014DDF6154FCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>1992 and</quote> and inserting <quote>1992,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6904D56391D14B15B059F66CC70D29BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and $52,831,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023,</quote> after <quote>1993,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id5ECC10FE890B4ECE93A7D408DE12AD70"><enum>102.</enum><header>Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</header><subsection id="idF96F44A48B5D4426BA03A38BE79ADCC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 103(a)(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(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5CC963FE4E7548709130E6D76438D0F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pay</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><paragraph id="idA04C26B6927F4E8C83B8BC02E6D2990B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 5314, by striking <quote>and Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, and Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36A21893EB3449BBA93829C6A9776015"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 5315, by striking <quote>(11)</quote> after <quote>Assistant Secretaries of Commerce</quote> and inserting <quote>(10)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4CEECF3FC5894AFEB1775F3DB58726AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deputy Under Secretary</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC685B5A0BD6462A91D275406F708CC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</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>), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD129FEC38DED40F2BD52E240FF36256E"><paragraph id="id9FDFD7D9DBA6444287F53238B8F9F6E9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deputy Under Secretary</header><text>The Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information—</text><subparagraph id="id4689355CC4854E88B89B519CFB782CB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be the principal policy advisor of the Under Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD74EBE7143AD4A8F92D19373DBFC6247"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall perform such other functions as the Under Secretary shall from time to time assign or delegate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2226DCBDAF2D47DAB12938F4423D7C82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall 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></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D2753DA6C5847AA8AA133A8A97A50E5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendment</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></subsection><subsection id="id4700e1756fe04c9388e5be0f60bf9dd5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuation in office</header><text>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 effective date under section 301 of this Act may serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, respectively, on and after that effective date without the need for renomination or reappointment.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5CA373EE5ACA420498DA4DDDEC6FAA3D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id1A1A9971B5C64C629D097207DD141C94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Communications Act of 1934</header><text>Section 344(d)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (as added by section 60602(a) of 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 by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4C625E1DD81544D291A70D6098BA04F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act</header><text>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 striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58983F7392D34B419FB6C48CBE5B05EF"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51BD0D39C24C4472BAB351A4FBA003F0"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id143DEFE24DB94531B731A4EC15819A1B"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC9D3672CBB540CBB7E6300319BC62FC"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BFF271830AB446E980A44D0D464B0FB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005</header><text>Section 303 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1721">8 U.S.C. 1721</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/13">Public Law 109–13</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEA59FACA22A0441696031C3EC60A13EE"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Broadband Data Improvement Act</header><text>Section 214 of the Broadband Data Improvement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6554">15 U.S.C. 6554</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4EC10BBD0164CBA917BFC1E1A91FDCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA433CF4DF1EE43CDB236FBEB8D53A81A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4AB0693FE2B4BF29FC35A9D0A1231A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB9BFA4919B864EDF95F37039EB707ED0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act</header><text>Section 103(c) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/7003">15 U.S.C. 7003(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD78E86F90701468C898ECB5E535E1E39"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Exceptions</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Determinations</header-in-text>.—If</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Exceptions</header-in-text>.—If</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE05C0DF1E3884AE89AC149BFC38D1F4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such exceptions</quote> and inserting <quote>of the exceptions in subsections (a) and (b)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A2DD3B345654A46B6A437C27D68F8C2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Title 17, United States Code</header><text>Section 1201 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76A72E2678F24E30807739893AFCE4B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)(C), in the matter preceding clause (i), 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>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id136EF6E776294241A58ED1118358C410"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (5).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80A06F4F9B8A461790C5EE4B20C20DC9"><enum>(9)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83F8C4E3013545E5840532227932A862"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007</header><text>Section 2201(d) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/247d-3">42 U.S.C. 247d–3</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/53">Public Law 110–53</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1A273A672689491EB77011DCD988E0EA"><enum>(11)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5D3F77ACC5C4EE1AB806EAE7B57C234"><enum>(12)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FAF6E7C867742AEA615CE9690EDFE41"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83785767CD2C4953AF314DAD5DF3666D"><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="id32CA82AC03B94A028B7E0690EE5BBEA2"><enum>(13)</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="id5D6F0890904149ECA94BE38A512DD855"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF6F3EF80210B490DA0B803A976D09F73"><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="id3E1B86E501884FABBB511A430B82D77E"><enum>(14)</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="id931C88CE2AEC4CB68FD194290405D829"><enum>(15)</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="id4ABE814EBB984E248574C17B04F3E3E1"><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="idB94052CB6E26472E857C17924B555501"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4);</text></clause><clause id="id46F4835DFF7B4DF8B26B1F90C65B4A6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (31) as paragraphs (4) through (30), respectively; and</text></clause><clause id="idC8C855487D8B45EF9FF3E4B62A2B5081"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (30), as so redesignated, the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2396C266A5D24B3AA51EF74AA3C3B10C"><paragraph id="idE689BC3FB6D944DFAC4EC88CB9E10757"><enum>(31)</enum><header>Under Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Under Secretary</term> means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4A274789496A437D85D84B7FD25BB295"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subtitle D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1451">47 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.</external-xref>)—</text><clause id="id24FE0A7EF7FE4DB29E06D489A2AE6147"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 6406 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/1453">47 U.S.C. 1453</external-xref>)—</text><subclause id="id491D834C6D54434AABEA5FD7F041C4F3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking subsections (b) and (c); and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA1FE13419A4A4F55A42AD9FC79432485"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A354A713ABE4F64BE7A5C89F8D6623F"><subsection id="idD8E937094A1E41999868D86A3551273E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>5350-5470 MHz band</term> means the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies from 5350 megahertz to 5470 megahertz.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id4EE98B80C71C46BE89AF82A1CE5EB1CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking section 6408; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC31994C8D71B4E2688A74D0A74EAF84A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id575C9A8529AC4B08B7D3475DD16DD865"><enum>(16)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EDF677C44CD4311BB45F22FA6B80344"><enum>(17)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0BF30CC143E148058CA590FCEE966247"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E25458BB8144D2AE0D0567CEEC9D87"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77004D5364534F348A6D444B3CA5378D"><enum>(18)</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id68AD8B0B51AE43209C87796DCDA9C0BC"><enum>(19)</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idA2FE5CABD2D248E9B3F2B7D63C29354E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in title IX of division N—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id5202D397B85D40379A9586DD3F595BB2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 902(a)(2), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id334F38BF72C24E45B4FF9CEF71C50FFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 905—</text><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idAC7EE6AFF99A43AD8F100992CC40D24D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id81AF0F88303C4AE1B4E7DAC05E0E761F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)(B), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id214C6EB8788142F3BFB9387DEA8A7524"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2)(B), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id2674E4CF9A804106A3A46F9A7E573CD7"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id8001D7CB3DA346499331FE9B6F9160DC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in title IX of division FF—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id447BBAFA3DEF46C2BA06AC1AAE79D159"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 903(g)(2), in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idBF748381417B4DE19D5BACD9E28DE903" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id6EE28A3485E846759654F1356EC9CA8C"><enum>(20)</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 display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id5C3BEC34F57F4BE4A3AB2792B0B3AE06"><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 display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id67896FCE2638461DBAE28111B9560FB7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in division F—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id3C04682193E34303AE873FC38B69DCF1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 60102—</text><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id0AF0F9A4F0734D57BABB6901D88E9983"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id079619E4BD014CBE8C09FE4CEF643DBA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id1258FED45B224FF2A2594127CCD0B44C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text><item display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id80FFFD9D149F4BB4A0E3D68384985D2D"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subparagraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></item><item display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id83BFA3E8707446A0AD3F969E078AB73A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B)(iii), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="clause">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="clause">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></item></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id58DC1175551A40EEB38AA803726CFF79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in title III—</text><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idA09E60191FBA47A59D4842F955E41FB2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in section 60302(5), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id6819F784413D43C98DEA914F13F78B25"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in section 60305(d)(2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="clause">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="clause">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id9411D723173243EE830291FCA12E011A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in section 60401(a)(2), by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Assistant Secretary</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Under Secretary</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id5A537D7F12CD4783B930B8C9609708ED"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> each place the term appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id34952E9403514646AE6B585C3A2926CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 90008(b)(3), by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id57C45ECD35CF4437AE2A93BEB22BA8DC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in division J, in the matter under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-intermediate">Rural Utilities Service</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-major">Rural development programs</header-in-text></quote>, by striking <quote>Assistant Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id080b225a097b43deaf5e64179c8d5b10"><enum>103.</enum><header>Coordination of executive branch views on matters before the Federal Communications Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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><paragraph id="idCCA4161658854CEE98308F9A8A9F2DE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to ensure that the conduct</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id33743D8A0E9E4213931EF224945425A6"><text>to ensure that—</text><subparagraph id="id250CBA26FC6F49ADAD75E5B319A5F8A7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the conduct</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id90652F0B1F6A4808AFCCC44560871D44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9D88FEDCB5E74AB4BCD7507B85E247DB"><text>; and</text><subparagraph id="id304ad417e4b9440f956cdfba485b449d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the views of the executive branch on matters presented to the Commission are appropriately coordinated and reflective of executive branch policy, consistent with section 103(b)(2)(J).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id8393886a19e241f69e73c8985561ec89"><enum>104.</enum><header>Modernization of agency mission</header><subsection id="id3e2ef07545e34866954f193bee327ec0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Policy</header><text>Section 102(c) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/901">47 U.S.C. 901(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D7F104BAD3D4A7E9A072B0C9444BED5"><paragraph id="id1fc3db4beb314744adaae1c9f0865ca1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Fostering the digital economy as a critical component of the competitiveness, future economic growth, and security of the United States, and working to ensure that global communications networks remain open and innovative, without inappropriate barriers to entry or operation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b7c25e494c34c488f902c1de642eb0c"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Achieving universal availability of and access to telecommunications and information networks and related technologies.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idcda8b13a90d045cb824411834853bc45"><enum>(b)</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><paragraph id="idCCA33632F6BD47F39968D95D78650FBB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, some of which were</quote> before <quote>transferred to the Secretary</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52d5183557d24386a9722621641ec142"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G)—</text><subparagraph id="id484A244A161E43F6AE2B6A61A7B21D93"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>standards,</quote> after <quote>conferences,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC9DE82AD4AB64B099B606B03BE2F1977"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>, standards bodies,</quote> after <quote>telecommunications conferences</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb22ce9a7de5a4d868f33561cd4887799"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H)—</text><subparagraph id="id7D2F306B1BE542B78CAA7B24C5CFEE96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and information</quote> after <quote>telecommunications,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E4C578564FA4BC1AE0FF1F6FD59B7C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and emergency readiness</quote> and inserting <quote>emergency readiness, intermediaries, universal service, and the flow of information</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2817029126a4d92948ed4b614bd15eb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (M)—</text><subparagraph id="id2D92030F1AEB4A8FA7B6D97656FCFD4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, publish reports,</quote> after <quote>studies,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0D18D86BDBCC4EE6955F9E4BB8C82613"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, and concerning policy issues relating to communications, information, and the digital economy, including (but not limited to) considerations of interoperability, privacy, security, spectrum use, emergency readiness, intermediaries, universal service, and the flow of information</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Other matters</header><section id="id6BAB0CB3AF5849DAAF5CD599B64EFBFB"><enum>201.</enum><header>Promotion of workforce programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The NTIA, under the Broadband USA program, shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal agencies, including the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Education, to promote, and share information with States and the public regarding, workforce development programs, such as apprenticeships, internships, externships, and other skills training programs, tailored to the telecommunications industry.</text></section><section id="idaba2798c7226448398cdabcd21cfd361"><enum>202.</enum><header>Improved coordination between the FCC and the NTIA</header><subsection id="id90A1B9484D0E46A9B9FBD6979749D977"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Memorandum</term> means the Memorandum of Understanding on Spectrum Coordination executed by the Commission and the Administration on January 31, 2003.</text></subsection><subsection id="idDE065EE26DF349DFA7A454D31A5B9C2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission and the NTIA shall update the Memorandum to—</text><paragraph id="idad16197bc9004342a966a6eb7f469975"><enum>(1)</enum><text>outline general processes for addressing technical, procedural, and policy differences regarding frequency allocation and related conditions and standards;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id940b662be7914c93ad497e9590aa5419"><enum>(2)</enum><text>create a process for the resolution of non-routine policy disputes between the Commission and the NTIA, including specific timelines for an expeditious resolution;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6004b8da63dc49b48e80121f8aa4f708"><enum>(3)</enum><text>clarify that—</text><subparagraph id="id82A7B1A82A6E4225AB8E7F167F95DE1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress designated the NTIA to serve as the sole agency responsible for managing spectrum assigned to Federal agencies, and that, as a result, the NTIA represents Federal agencies in addressing technical, procedural, and policy differences regarding frequency allocation with the Commission, consistent with section 103(b) 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)</external-xref>); and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA4D3F28506546A7B63B421711E6B62E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the representation by the NTIA described in subparagraph (A) should involve the expertise of the NTIA in technical, engineering, and policy matters;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3a8f79b36184ab59c0b353fa05e9443"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensure that scientific analyses and testing are considered in actions involving spectrum allocation and standards;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id07e649c014024f39a594407c95805ae8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that short-, medium-, and long-term implications of spectrum policy and strategy are considered;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d132f603e4143e899a3064ae9232339"><enum>(6)</enum><text>outline general processes for how the Commission and the NTIA will form staff standing working groups with regular meetings to discuss spectrum planning by the Commission and the NTIA;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf94c4fa53cf447b39aeac4e10a1c136f"><enum>(7)</enum><text>outline general processes for how the Commission and the NTIA will jointly interact and consult with the Department of State in matters regarding international spectrum coordination proceedings; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcff3e24cc0f84ca3b944080e337dc87e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>endeavor to ensure—</text><subparagraph id="id8CAB19B41C1740C78ADACBFA3D6460EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the efficient use of frequencies assigned to Federal agencies, consistent with the responsibilities of the NTIA under section 103(b)(2)(U) 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)(U)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id174DCF9F550B4639AF75D79CC1009B4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that frequencies not required for the present or identifiable future needs of the Federal Government are reallocated to non-Federal Government users wherever possible.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd0b6e30c86604f99b3e8b2aef956030d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Periodic updates</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date on which the Commission and the NTIA update the Memorandum under subsection (b), and every 4 years thereafter, the Commission and the NTIA shall update the Memorandum to reflect changing technological, procedural, and policy circumstances.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb5ca40c0f8c74902aa258507549062db" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Commission and the NTIA shall submit to Congress a report on joint spectrum planning activities.</text></subsection></section><section id="idf27cc3ef370c40c5a5449610d6b14b6b"><enum>203.</enum><header>World Radiocommunication Conference ambassador</header><subsection id="idd6214588028349649ec91b149a339074"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 103(b)(3) 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)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id82ddddc1834849f1b455781cc6e24529"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id75b29f5b76234986ad7e0daceec350cf"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b4f561342cd4e14a8c31c38cb39cf53"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idade17636e3474361b64b5057dca55258"><subparagraph id="ida815f062ffb74ad69beeb4e8e5a328ca"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall assign to the NTIA responsibility for providing advice and recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding candidates to serve as United States head of delegation and ambassador to the quadrennial World Radiocommunication Conference of the International Telecommunication Union, not later than 30 months before the first plenary meeting of a conference.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0c770c86c6004b9f91a46cc18547ad91"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rank</header><text>Section 302(a)(2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/3942">22 U.S.C. 3942(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb121e08abd2841cda7642c8e9b4e1100"><subparagraph id="id2d758a1f22324878bdcc9aaf401fe677" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (B)(i), the President may confer the personal rank of ambassador to the United States head of delegation to the quadrennial World Radiocommunication Conference for a temporary term not exceeding 2 years in duration.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Effective date</header><section id="idCC5795A1C4024A209B038CC88FFB29EB"><enum>301.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the first day of the first pay period applicable to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information (as so redesignated by section 102(a)) beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></section>