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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2482 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information |
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| 6 | 6 | | Administration, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. L |
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| 10 | 10 | | ATTA(for himself and Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 11 | 11 | | was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Information Administration, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) S |
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| 19 | 19 | | HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | ‘‘National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tration Reauthorization Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘NTIA Reau-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | thorization Act of 2025’’. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) T |
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| 24 | 24 | | ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | this Act is as follows: 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 2. Definitions. |
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| 31 | 31 | | TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 101. Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and Information |
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| 33 | 33 | | Administration Organization Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Sec. 102. NTIA Consolidated Reporting Act. |
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| 35 | 35 | | TITLE II—OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT |
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| 36 | 36 | | Sec. 201. Office of Spectrum Management. |
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| 37 | 37 | | TITLE III—OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sec. 301. Office of International Affairs. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1 |
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| 41 | 41 | | In this Act: 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (1) C |
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| 43 | 43 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | means the Federal Communications Commission. 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) NTIA.—The term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the Na-5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tional Telecommunications and Information Admin-6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | istration. 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) U |
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| 49 | 49 | | NDER SECRETARY .—The term ‘‘Under 8 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Secretary’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 9 |
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| 51 | 51 | | for Communications and Information. 10 |
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| 52 | 52 | | TITLE I—REAUTHORIZATION 11 |
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| 53 | 53 | | SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL TELE-12 |
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| 54 | 54 | | COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AD-13 |
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| 55 | 55 | | MINISTRATION ORGANIZATION ACT. 14 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) A |
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| 57 | 57 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 15 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 151 of the National Telecommunications and Information 16 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Administration Organization Act is amended by striking 17 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘$17,600,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $17,900,000 for 18 |
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| 61 | 61 | | fiscal year 1993’’ and inserting ‘‘$57,000,000 for fiscal 19 |
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| 62 | 62 | | year 2025 and $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2026’’. 20 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) UNDERSECRETARY OFCOMMERCE FORCOMMU-1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | NICATIONS ANDINFORMATION.— 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) U |
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| 69 | 69 | | NDER SECRETARY; DEPUTY UNDER SEC -3 |
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| 70 | 70 | | RETARY.— 4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (A) U |
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| 72 | 72 | | NDER SECRETARY .—The National 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Telecommunications and Information Adminis-6 |
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| 74 | 74 | | tration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq) 7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Under Sec-9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | retary’’. 10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (B) D |
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| 79 | 79 | | EPUTY UNDER SECRETARY .—Section 11 |
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| 80 | 80 | | 103(a) of the National Telecommunications and 12 |
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| 81 | 81 | | Information Administration Organization Act 13 |
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| 82 | 82 | | (47 U.S.C. 902(a)) is amended by adding at the 14 |
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| 83 | 83 | | end the following: 15 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 85 | 85 | | EPUTY UNDER SECRETARY .—The Dep-16 |
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| 86 | 86 | | uty Under Secretary of Commerce for Communica-17 |
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| 87 | 87 | | tions and Information shall— 18 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(A) be the principal policy advisor of the 19 |
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| 89 | 89 | | Under Secretary; 20 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(B) perform such other functions as the 21 |
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| 91 | 91 | | Under Secretary shall from time to time assign 22 |
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| 92 | 92 | | or delegate; and 23 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(C) act as Under Secretary during the 24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | absence or disability of the Under Secretary or 25 |
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| 98 | 98 | | in the event of a vacancy in the office of the 1 |
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| 99 | 99 | | Under Secretary.’’. 2 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (2) C |
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| 101 | 101 | | ONTINUATION OF CIVIL ACTIONS .—This 3 |
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| 102 | 102 | | subsection, and the amendments made by this sub-4 |
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| 103 | 103 | | section, shall not abate any civil action commenced 5 |
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| 104 | 104 | | by or against the Assistant Secretary of Commerce 6 |
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| 105 | 105 | | for Communications and Information before the date 7 |
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| 106 | 106 | | of the enactment of this Act, except that the Under 8 |
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| 107 | 107 | | Secretary shall be substituted as a party to the ac-9 |
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| 108 | 108 | | tion on and after such date. 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (3) C |
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| 110 | 110 | | ONTINUATION IN OFFICE .—The individual 11 |
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| 111 | 111 | | serving as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 12 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Communications and Information and the individual 13 |
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| 113 | 113 | | serving as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Com-14 |
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| 114 | 114 | | merce for Communications and Information on the 15 |
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| 115 | 115 | | day before the date of the enactment of this Act may 16 |
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| 116 | 116 | | serve as the Under Secretary and the Deputy Under 17 |
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| 117 | 117 | | Secretary of Commerce for Communications and In-18 |
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| 118 | 118 | | formation, respectively, on and after that date with-19 |
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| 119 | 119 | | out the need for renomination or reappointment. 20 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (4) R |
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| 121 | 121 | | EFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, reg-21 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ulation, document, paper, or other record of the 22 |
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| 123 | 123 | | United States to the Assistant Secretary of Com-23 |
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| 124 | 124 | | merce for Communications and Information shall, on 24 |
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| 128 | 128 | | and after the date of the enactment of this Act, be 1 |
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| 129 | 129 | | deemed to be a reference to the Under Secretary. 2 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (5) E |
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| 131 | 131 | | XECUTIVE SCHEDULE .— 3 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (A) I |
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| 133 | 133 | | N GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chap-4 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-5 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ed— 6 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (i) in section 5314, by adding at the 7 |
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| 137 | 137 | | end the following: 8 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for Commu-9 |
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| 139 | 139 | | nications and Information.’’; and 10 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (ii) in section 5315, in the item relat-11 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ing to the Assistant Secretaries of Com-12 |
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| 142 | 142 | | merce, by striking ‘‘(11)’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 143 | 143 | | ‘‘(10)’’. 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (B) E |
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| 145 | 145 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment 15 |
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| 146 | 146 | | made by subparagraph (A) (establishing the an-16 |
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| 147 | 147 | | nual rate of the basic pay of the Under Sec-17 |
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| 148 | 148 | | retary) shall take effect on the first day of the 18 |
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| 149 | 149 | | first pay period beginning after the date of the 19 |
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| 150 | 150 | | enactment of this Act. 20 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (c) A |
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| 152 | 152 | | UTHORITIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES.— 21 |
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| 153 | 153 | | (1) C |
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| 154 | 154 | | OORDINATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH 22 |
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| 155 | 155 | | VIEWS ON MATTERS BEFORE THE FEDERAL COMMU -23 |
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| 156 | 156 | | NICATIONS COMMISSION .—Section 105(a)(1) of the 24 |
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| 157 | 157 | | National Telecommunications and Information Ad-25 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 904(a)(1)) 1 |
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| 162 | 162 | | is amended— 2 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (A) by striking ‘‘to ensure that the con-3 |
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| 164 | 164 | | duct’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘to ensure 4 |
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| 165 | 165 | | that— 5 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(A) the conduct’’; 6 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (B) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, 7 |
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| 168 | 168 | | by striking the period at the end and inserting 8 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘; and’’; and 9 |
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| 170 | 170 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(B) the views of the executive branch on 11 |
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| 172 | 172 | | matters presented to the Commission are, con-12 |
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| 173 | 173 | | sistent with section 103(b)(2)(J)— 13 |
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| 174 | 174 | | ‘‘(i) appropriately coordinated; and 14 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(ii) reflective of executive branch pol-15 |
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| 176 | 176 | | icy.’’. 16 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (2) A |
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| 178 | 178 | | SSIGNED FUNCTIONS.—Section 103(b)(2) 17 |
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| 179 | 179 | | of the National Telecommunications and Informa-18 |
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| 180 | 180 | | tion Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 181 | 181 | | 902(b)(2)) is amended— 20 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 21 |
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| 183 | 183 | | (A), by inserting ‘‘, some of which were’’ before 22 |
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| 184 | 184 | | ‘‘transferred to the Secretary’’; and 23 |
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| 185 | 185 | | (B) in subparagraph (M), by inserting ‘‘, 24 |
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| 186 | 186 | | publish reports,’’ after ‘‘studies’’. 25 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in the 1 |
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| 191 | 191 | | amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) may 2 |
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| 192 | 192 | | be construed to expand or contract the authority of 3 |
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| 193 | 193 | | the Commission. 4 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (d) T |
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| 195 | 195 | | ECHNICAL ANDCONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (1) P |
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| 197 | 197 | | UBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FINANCING 6 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ACT OF 1978.—Section 106(c) of the Public Tele-7 |
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| 199 | 199 | | communications Financing Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 200 | 200 | | 5316 note; Public Law 95–567) is amended by strik-9 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ing ‘‘The position of Deputy Assistant Secretary of 10 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Commerce for Communications and Information, es-11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | tablished in Department of Commerce Organization 12 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Order Numbered 10–10 (effective March 26, 13 |
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| 205 | 205 | | 1978),’’ and inserting ‘‘The position of Deputy 14 |
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| 206 | 206 | | Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications 15 |
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| 207 | 207 | | and Information, established under section 103(a) of 16 |
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| 208 | 208 | | the National Telecommunications and Information 17 |
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| 209 | 209 | | Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 210 | 210 | | 902(a)),’’. 19 |
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| 211 | 211 | | (2) C |
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| 212 | 212 | | OMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934 .—Section 20 |
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| 213 | 213 | | 344(d)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 21 |
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| 214 | 214 | | U.S.C. 344(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant 22 |
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| 215 | 215 | | Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 23 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (3) H |
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| 217 | 217 | | OMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 .—Sec-24 |
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| 218 | 218 | | tion 1805(d)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 25 |
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| 222 | 222 | | 2002 (6 U.S.C. 575(d)(2)) is amended by striking 1 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Communications and Infor-2 |
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| 224 | 224 | | mation of the Department of Commerce’’ and insert-3 |
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| 225 | 225 | | ing ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce for Communica-4 |
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| 226 | 226 | | tions and Information’’. 5 |
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| 227 | 227 | | (4) A |
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| 228 | 228 | | GRICULTURE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 6 |
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| 229 | 229 | | 2018.—Section 6212 of the Agriculture Improvement 7 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 950bb–6) is amended— 8 |
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| 231 | 231 | | (A) in subsection (d)(1), in the heading, by 9 |
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| 232 | 232 | | striking ‘‘A |
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| 233 | 233 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY’’ and inserting 10 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘U |
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| 235 | 235 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; and 11 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 12 |
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| 237 | 237 | | place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Under 13 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Secretary’’. 14 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (5) T |
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| 240 | 240 | | ITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE .—Section 15 |
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| 241 | 241 | | 1201(a)(1)(C) of title 17, United States Code, is 16 |
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| 242 | 242 | | amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary for Com-17 |
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| 243 | 243 | | munications and Information of the Department of 18 |
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| 244 | 244 | | Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary of Com-19 |
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| 245 | 245 | | merce for Communications and Information’’. 20 |
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| 246 | 246 | | (6) U |
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| 247 | 247 | | NLOCKING CONSUMER CHOICE AND WIRE -21 |
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| 248 | 248 | | LESS COMPETITION ACT .—Section 2(b) of the 22 |
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| 249 | 249 | | Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competi-23 |
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| 250 | 250 | | tion Act (17 U.S.C. 1201 note; Public Law 113– 24 |
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| 251 | 251 | | 144) is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary 25 |
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| 256 | 256 | | ment of Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary 2 |
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| 257 | 257 | | of Commerce for Communications and Information’’. 3 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (7) C |
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| 259 | 259 | | OMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE ACT OF 4 |
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| 260 | 260 | | 1962.—Section 625(a)(1) of the Communications 5 |
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| 261 | 261 | | Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 763d(a)(1)) is 6 |
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| 262 | 262 | | amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 7 |
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| 263 | 263 | | by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ and inserting 8 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘Under Secretary of Commerce’’. 9 |
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| 265 | 265 | | (8) S |
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| 266 | 266 | | PECTRUM PIPELINE ACT OF 2015 .—The 10 |
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| 267 | 267 | | Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015 (47 U.S.C. 921 note; 11 |
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| 268 | 268 | | title X of Public Law 114–74) is amended— 12 |
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| 269 | 269 | | (A) in section 1002(1), in the heading, by 13 |
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| 270 | 270 | | striking ‘‘A |
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| 271 | 271 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY’’ and inserting 14 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘U |
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| 273 | 273 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; and 15 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 16 |
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| 275 | 275 | | place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Under 17 |
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| 276 | 276 | | Secretary’’. 18 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (9) W |
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| 278 | 278 | | ARNING, ALERT, AND RESPONSE NET -19 |
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| 279 | 279 | | WORK ACT.—Section 606 of the Warning, Alert, and 20 |
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| 280 | 280 | | Response Network Act (47 U.S.C. 1205) is amend-21 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ed— 22 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (A) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 23 |
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| 283 | 283 | | place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Under 24 |
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| 284 | 284 | | Secretary’’; and 25 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (B) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, 1 |
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| 289 | 289 | | by striking ‘‘for7Communications’’ and insert-2 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ing ‘‘for Communications’’. 3 |
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| 291 | 291 | | (10) A |
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| 292 | 292 | | MERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT 4 |
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| 293 | 293 | | ACT OF 2009.—Section 6001 of the American Recov-5 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (47 U.S.C. 1305) 6 |
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| 295 | 295 | | is amended by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 7 |
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| 296 | 296 | | place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Under Sec-8 |
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| 297 | 297 | | retary’’. 9 |
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| 298 | 298 | | (11) M |
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| 299 | 299 | | IDDLE CLASS TAX RELIEF AND JOB CRE -10 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ATION ACT OF 2012.—Title VI of the Middle Class 11 |
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| 301 | 301 | | Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 302 | 302 | | 1401 et seq.) is amended— 13 |
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| 303 | 303 | | (A) in section 6001 (47 U.S.C. 1401)— 14 |
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| 304 | 304 | | (i) by striking paragraph (4); 15 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 16 |
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| 306 | 306 | | through (32) as paragraphs (4) through 17 |
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| 307 | 307 | | (31), respectively; and 18 |
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| 308 | 308 | | (iii) by inserting after paragraph (31), 19 |
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| 309 | 309 | | as so redesignated, the following: 20 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(32) U |
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| 311 | 311 | | NDER SECRETARY .—The term ‘Under 21 |
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| 312 | 312 | | Secretary’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce 22 |
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| 313 | 313 | | for Communications and Information.’’; and 23 |
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| 318 | 318 | | place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Under 2 |
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| 319 | 319 | | Secretary’’. 3 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (12) R |
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| 321 | 321 | | AY BAUM’S ACT OF 2018.—The RAY 4 |
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| 322 | 322 | | BAUM’S Act of 2018 (division P of Public Law 5 |
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| 323 | 323 | | 115–141; 132 Stat. 348) is amended by striking 6 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each place the term appears 7 |
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| 325 | 325 | | and inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 8 |
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| 326 | 326 | | (13) S |
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| 327 | 327 | | ECURE AND TRUSTED COMMUNICATIONS 9 |
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| 328 | 328 | | NETWORKS ACT OF 2019 .—Section 8 of the Secure 10 |
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| 329 | 329 | | and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 11 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (47 U.S.C. 1607) is amended— 12 |
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| 331 | 331 | | (A) in subsection (c)(1), in the heading, by 13 |
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| 332 | 332 | | striking ‘‘A |
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| 333 | 333 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY’’ and inserting 14 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (B) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ each 16 |
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| 337 | 337 | | place the term appears and inserting ‘‘Under 17 |
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| 338 | 338 | | Secretary’’. 18 |
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| 349 | 349 | | 2021.—The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 2 |
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| 350 | 350 | | (Public Law 116–260) is amended— 3 |
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| 351 | 351 | | (A) in title IX of division N— 4 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (i) in section 902(a)(2), in the head-5 |
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| 356 | 356 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; 7 |
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| 357 | 357 | | (ii) in section 905— 8 |
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| 358 | 358 | | (I) in subsection (a)(1), in the 9 |
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| 362 | 362 | | RETARY’’; 12 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (II) in subsection (c)(3)(B), in 13 |
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| 364 | 364 | | the heading, by striking ‘‘ |
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| 365 | 365 | | ASSISTANT 14 |
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| 366 | 366 | | SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘UNDER 15 |
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| 367 | 367 | | SECRETARY’’; and 16 |
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| 368 | 368 | | (III) in subsection (d)(2)(B), in 17 |
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| 369 | 369 | | the heading, by striking ‘‘ |
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| 370 | 370 | | ASSISTANT 18 |
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| 371 | 371 | | SECRETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘UNDER 19 |
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| 372 | 372 | | SECRETARY’’; and 20 |
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| 373 | 373 | | (iii) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 21 |
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| 374 | 374 | | each place the term appears and inserting 22 |
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| 375 | 375 | | ‘‘Under Secretary’’; and 23 |
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| 380 | 380 | | (i) in section 903(g)(2), in the head-1 |
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| 382 | 382 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY’’ 2 |
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| 383 | 383 | | and inserting ‘‘U |
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| 384 | 384 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; and 3 |
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| 385 | 385 | | (ii) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 4 |
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| 386 | 386 | | each place the term appears and inserting 5 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 6 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (16) I |
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| 389 | 389 | | NFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS 7 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ACT.—The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 8 |
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| 391 | 391 | | (Public Law 117–58) is amended— 9 |
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| 392 | 392 | | (A) in section 27003, by striking ‘‘Assist-10 |
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| 393 | 393 | | ant Secretary’’ each place the term appears and 11 |
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| 394 | 394 | | inserting ‘‘Under Secretary’’; 12 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (B) in division F— 13 |
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| 396 | 396 | | (i) in section 60102— 14 |
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| 397 | 397 | | (I) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by 15 |
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| 399 | 399 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY ’’ 16 |
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| 400 | 400 | | and inserting ‘‘U |
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| 401 | 401 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; 17 |
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| 402 | 402 | | (II) in subsection (d)(1), by 18 |
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| 404 | 404 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY ’’ 19 |
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| 405 | 405 | | and inserting ‘‘U |
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| 406 | 406 | | NDER SECRETARY ’’; 20 |
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| 407 | 407 | | and 21 |
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| 408 | 408 | | (III) in subsection (h)— 22 |
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| 415 | 415 | | RETARY’’ and inserting ‘‘UNDER 1 |
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| 416 | 416 | | SECRETARY’’; and 2 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (bb) in paragraph 3 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (5)(B)(iii), by striking ‘‘ |
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| 419 | 419 | | ASSIST-4 |
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| 420 | 420 | | ANT SECRETARY’’ and inserting 5 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ‘‘ |
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| 422 | 422 | | UNDER SECRETARY’’; 6 |
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| 423 | 423 | | (ii) in title III— 7 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (I) in section 60302(5), by strik-8 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ing ‘‘A |
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| 426 | 426 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY’’ and in-9 |
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| 428 | 428 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; and 10 |
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| 429 | 429 | | (II) in section 11 |
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| 430 | 430 | | 60305(d)(2)(B)(ii), by striking ‘‘ |
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| 431 | 431 | | AS-12 |
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| 432 | 432 | | SISTANT SECRETARY ’’ and inserting 13 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ‘‘ |
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| 434 | 434 | | UNDER SECRETARY’’; 14 |
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| 435 | 435 | | (iii) in section 60401(a)(2), by strik-15 |
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| 436 | 436 | | ing ‘‘A |
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| 437 | 437 | | SSISTANT SECRETARY ’’ and insert-16 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ing ‘‘U |
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| 439 | 439 | | NDER SECRETARY’’; and 17 |
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| 440 | 440 | | (iv) by striking ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ 18 |
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| 441 | 441 | | each place the term appears and inserting 19 |
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| 442 | 442 | | ‘‘Under Secretary’’; and 20 |
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| 443 | 443 | | (C) in division J, in title I, in the matter 21 |
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| 444 | 444 | | under the heading ‘‘distance learning, telemedi-22 |
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| 445 | 445 | | cine, and broadband program’’ under the head-23 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ing ‘‘Rural Utilities Service’’ under the heading 24 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ‘‘RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS’’, by 25 |
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| 452 | 452 | | ‘‘Under Secretary’’. 2 |
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| 453 | 453 | | SEC. 102. NTIA CONSOLIDATED REPORTING ACT. 3 |
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| 454 | 454 | | (a) E |
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| 455 | 455 | | LIMINATION OFCERTAINOUTDATED ORCOM-4 |
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| 456 | 456 | | PLETEDREPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 5 |
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| 457 | 457 | | (1) BTOP |
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| 458 | 458 | | QUARTERLY REPORT .—Section 6 |
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| 459 | 459 | | 6001(d) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 7 |
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| 460 | 460 | | Act of 2009 (47 U.S.C. 1305(d)) is amended— 8 |
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| 461 | 461 | | (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the semi-9 |
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| 462 | 462 | | colon at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 10 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 11 |
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| 464 | 464 | | and inserting a period; and 12 |
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| 465 | 465 | | (C) by striking paragraph (4). 13 |
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| 466 | 466 | | (2) C |
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| 467 | 467 | | ERTAIN REPORTS REQUIRED BY NATIONAL 14 |
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| 468 | 468 | | TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINIS -15 |
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| 469 | 469 | | TRATION ORGANIZATION ACT .—Sections 154, 155, 16 |
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| 470 | 470 | | and 156 of the National Telecommunications and 17 |
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| 471 | 471 | | Information Administration Organization Act are re-18 |
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| 472 | 472 | | pealed. 19 |
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| 473 | 473 | | (3) I |
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| 474 | 474 | | NITIAL REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 20 |
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| 475 | 475 | | 9202(a)(1)(G) OF THE NDAA FOR FISCAL YEAR 21 |
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| 476 | 476 | | 2021.—Section 9202(a)(1)(G) of the William M. 22 |
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| 477 | 477 | | (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization 23 |
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| 478 | 478 | | Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (47 U.S.C. 906(a)(1)(G)) 24 |
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| 479 | 479 | | is amended— 25 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (A) in clause (ii), by redesignating sub-1 |
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| 484 | 484 | | clauses (I), (II), and (III) as clauses (i), (ii), 2 |
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| 485 | 485 | | and (iii), respectively, and conforming the mar-3 |
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| 486 | 486 | | gins of such clauses accordingly; and 4 |
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| 487 | 487 | | (B) by striking ‘‘R |
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| 488 | 488 | | EPORTS TO CONGRESS ’’ 5 |
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| 489 | 489 | | and all that follows through ‘‘For each fiscal 6 |
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| 490 | 490 | | year’’ and inserting ‘‘A |
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| 491 | 491 | | NNUAL REPORT TO CON -7 |
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| 492 | 492 | | GRESS.—For each fiscal year’’. 8 |
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| 493 | 493 | | (4) R |
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| 494 | 494 | | EPORT TO PRESIDENT.—Section 105(a) of 9 |
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| 495 | 495 | | the National Telecommunications and Information 10 |
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| 496 | 496 | | Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 904(a)) 11 |
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| 497 | 497 | | is amended— 12 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (A) by striking paragraph (2); and 13 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 14 |
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| 500 | 500 | | paragraph (2). 15 |
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| 501 | 501 | | (5) E |
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| 502 | 502 | | FFECT ON AUTHORITY .—Nothing in this 16 |
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| 503 | 503 | | subsection or the amendments made by this sub-17 |
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| 504 | 504 | | section may be construed to expand or contract the 18 |
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| 505 | 505 | | authority of the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the 19 |
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| 506 | 506 | | NTIA, or the Commission. 20 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (6) O |
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| 508 | 508 | | THER REPORTS.—Nothing in this sub-21 |
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| 509 | 509 | | section or the amendments made by this subsection 22 |
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| 510 | 510 | | may be construed to prohibit or otherwise prevent 23 |
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| 511 | 511 | | the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the NTIA, or 24 |
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| 512 | 512 | | the Commission from producing any additional re-25 |
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| 517 | 517 | | retary, the Under Secretary, the NTIA, or the Com-2 |
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| 518 | 518 | | mission, respectively. 3 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (b) C |
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| 520 | 520 | | ONSOLIDATEDANNUALREPORT.— 4 |
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| 521 | 521 | | (1) I |
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| 522 | 522 | | N GENERAL.—In the first quarter of each 5 |
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| 523 | 523 | | calendar year, the Under Secretary shall publish on 6 |
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| 524 | 524 | | the website of the NTIA and submit to the Com-7 |
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| 525 | 525 | | mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 8 |
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| 526 | 526 | | Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 9 |
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| 527 | 527 | | Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 10 |
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| 528 | 528 | | that contains the reports described in paragraph (2) 11 |
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| 529 | 529 | | for the fiscal year ending most recently before the 12 |
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| 530 | 530 | | beginning of such quarter. 13 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (2) R |
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| 533 | 533 | | scribed in this paragraph are the following: 15 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (A) The report required by section 16 |
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| 535 | 535 | | 903(c)(2)(C) of division FF of the Consolidated 17 |
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| 536 | 536 | | Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 18 |
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| 537 | 537 | | 1307(c)(2)(C)). 19 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (B) If amounts in the Public Wireless Sup-20 |
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| 539 | 539 | | ply Chain Innovation Fund established by sec-21 |
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| 540 | 540 | | tion 9202(a)(1)(A)(i) of the William M. (Mac) 22 |
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| 541 | 541 | | Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 23 |
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| 542 | 542 | | for Fiscal Year 2021 (47 U.S.C. 24 |
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| 543 | 543 | | 906(a)(1)(A)(i)) were available for the fiscal 25 |
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| 548 | 548 | | section, the report required by section 2 |
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| 549 | 549 | | 9202(a)(1)(G) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 3 |
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| 550 | 550 | | 906(a)(1)(G)). 4 |
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| 551 | 551 | | (C) If the Under Secretary awarded grants 5 |
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| 552 | 552 | | under section 60304(d)(1) of the Infrastructure 6 |
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| 553 | 553 | | Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 554 | 554 | | 1723(d)(1)) in the fiscal year described in para-8 |
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| 555 | 555 | | graph (1) of this subsection, the report required 9 |
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| 556 | 556 | | by section 60306(a)(1)(A) of such Act (47 10 |
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| 557 | 557 | | U.S.C. 1725(a)(1)(A)). 11 |
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| 560 | 560 | | QUIREMENTS.— 13 |
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| 561 | 561 | | (A) R |
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| 562 | 562 | | EPORT OF OFFICE OF INTERNET 14 |
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| 563 | 563 | | CONNECTIVITY AND GROWTH .—Section 15 |
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| 564 | 564 | | 903(c)(2)(C) of division FF of the Consolidated 16 |
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| 565 | 565 | | Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 17 |
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| 566 | 566 | | 1307(c)(2)(C)) is amended— 18 |
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| 567 | 567 | | (i) in the matter preceding clause 19 |
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| 568 | 568 | | (i)— 20 |
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| 569 | 569 | | (I) by striking ‘‘Not later than 1 21 |
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| 570 | 570 | | year after the date of the enactment 22 |
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| 571 | 571 | | of this Act, and every year there-23 |
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| 572 | 572 | | after,’’ and inserting ‘‘In the first 24 |
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| 573 | 573 | | quarter of each calendar year,’’; and 25 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (II) by inserting ‘‘, for the fiscal 1 |
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| 578 | 578 | | year ending most recently before the 2 |
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| 579 | 579 | | beginning of such quarter,’’ after ‘‘a 3 |
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| 580 | 580 | | report’’; and 4 |
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| 581 | 581 | | (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for the 5 |
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| 582 | 582 | | previous year’’. 6 |
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| 583 | 583 | | (B) R |
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| 584 | 584 | | EPORT ON DIGITAL EQUITY GRANT 7 |
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| 585 | 585 | | PROGRAMS.—Section 60306(a)(1) of the Infra-8 |
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| 586 | 586 | | structure Investment and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 587 | 587 | | 1725(a)(1)) is amended— 10 |
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| 588 | 588 | | (i) in the matter preceding subpara-11 |
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| 589 | 589 | | graph (A), by striking ‘‘Not later than 1 12 |
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| 590 | 590 | | year’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall— 13 |
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| 591 | 591 | | ’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘For the 14 |
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| 592 | 592 | | first fiscal year in which the Under Sec-15 |
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| 593 | 593 | | retary awards grants under section 16 |
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| 594 | 594 | | 60304(d)(1), and each fiscal year there-17 |
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| 595 | 595 | | after in which the Under Secretary awards 18 |
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| 596 | 596 | | grants under such section, the Under Sec-19 |
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| 597 | 597 | | retary shall—’’; and 20 |
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| 598 | 598 | | (ii) in subparagraph (A)— 21 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (I) by inserting ‘‘in the first 22 |
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| 600 | 600 | | quarter of the first calendar year that 23 |
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| 601 | 601 | | begins after the end of such fiscal 24 |
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| 606 | 606 | | (II) by striking ‘‘, for the year 1 |
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| 607 | 607 | | covered by the report’’. 2 |
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| 608 | 608 | | (4) S |
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| 609 | 609 | | ATISFACTION OF UNDERLYING REPORTING 3 |
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| 610 | 610 | | REQUIREMENTS.— 4 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (A) I |
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| 612 | 612 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 5 |
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| 613 | 613 | | subparagraph (B), the publication and submis-6 |
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| 614 | 614 | | sion of a report as required by paragraph (1) 7 |
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| 615 | 615 | | in the first quarter of a calendar year shall be 8 |
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| 616 | 616 | | treated as satisfying any requirement to publish 9 |
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| 617 | 617 | | or otherwise make publicly available or to sub-10 |
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| 618 | 618 | | mit to Congress or to a committee of Congress 11 |
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| 619 | 619 | | a report described in paragraph (2) for the fis-12 |
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| 620 | 620 | | cal year ending most recently before the begin-13 |
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| 621 | 621 | | ning of such quarter. 14 |
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| 622 | 622 | | (B) C |
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| 624 | 624 | | MENTS.—At the time when the Under Secretary 16 |
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| 625 | 625 | | submits a report required by paragraph (1) to 17 |
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| 626 | 626 | | the committees described in such paragraph, 18 |
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| 627 | 627 | | the Under Secretary shall submit any portion of 19 |
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| 628 | 628 | | such report that relates to a report described in 20 |
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| 629 | 629 | | paragraph (2)(C) to each committee of Con-21 |
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| 630 | 630 | | gress not described in paragraph (1) to which 22 |
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| 631 | 631 | | such report would (without regard to subpara-23 |
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| 632 | 632 | | graph (A) of this paragraph) be required to be 24 |
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| 633 | 633 | | submitted. 25 |
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| 637 | 637 | | (5) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1), and the 1 |
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| 638 | 638 | | amendments made by paragraph (3), shall apply be-2 |
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| 639 | 639 | | ginning on January 1 of the first calendar year that 3 |
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| 640 | 640 | | begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4 |
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| 641 | 641 | | (c) E |
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| 642 | 642 | | XTENSION OFCERTAINAUDIT ANDREPORTING 5 |
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| 643 | 643 | | R |
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| 644 | 644 | | EQUIREMENTS.—Section 902(c)(4)(A) of division N of 6 |
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| 645 | 645 | | the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 646 | 646 | | 1306(c)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal years 2021 8 |
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| 647 | 647 | | and 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, 9 |
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| 648 | 648 | | and 2024’’. 10 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (d) D |
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| 650 | 650 | | EFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Sec-11 |
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| 651 | 651 | | retary’’ means the Secretary of Commerce. 12 |
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| 652 | 652 | | TITLE II—OFFICE OF SPECTRUM 13 |
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| 653 | 653 | | MANAGEMENT 14 |
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| 654 | 654 | | SEC. 201. OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT. 15 |
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| 655 | 655 | | Part A of the National Telecommunications and In-16 |
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| 656 | 656 | | formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 17 |
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| 657 | 657 | | 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-18 |
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| 658 | 658 | | lowing: 19 |
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| 659 | 659 | | ‘‘SEC. 106. OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT. 20 |
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| 660 | 660 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 661 | 661 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 21 |
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| 662 | 662 | | the NTIA an Office of Spectrum Management (in this sec-22 |
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| 663 | 663 | | tion referred to as the ‘Office’). 23 |
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| 669 | 669 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Office 1 |
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| 670 | 670 | | shall be an Associate Administrator for Spectrum 2 |
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| 671 | 671 | | Management (in this section referred to as the ‘As-3 |
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| 672 | 672 | | sociate Administrator’). 4 |
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| 673 | 673 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 674 | 674 | | EQUIREMENT TO REPORT .—The Asso-5 |
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| 675 | 675 | | ciate Administrator shall report to the Under Sec-6 |
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| 676 | 676 | | retary (or a designee of the Under Secretary). 7 |
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| 677 | 677 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 678 | 678 | | UTIES.—The Associate Administrator shall, at 8 |
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| 679 | 679 | | the direction of the Under Secretary— 9 |
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| 680 | 680 | | ‘‘(1) carry out responsibilities under section 10 |
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| 681 | 681 | | 103(b)(2)(A) (relating to frequency assignments for 11 |
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| 682 | 682 | | radio stations belonging to and operated by the 12 |
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| 683 | 683 | | United States), make frequency allocations for fre-13 |
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| 684 | 684 | | quencies that will be used by such stations, and de-14 |
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| 685 | 685 | | velop and maintain techniques, databases, measure-15 |
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| 686 | 686 | | ments, files, and procedures necessary for such allo-16 |
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| 687 | 687 | | cations; 17 |
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| 688 | 688 | | ‘‘(2) carry out responsibilities under section 18 |
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| 689 | 689 | | 103(b)(2)(K) (relating to establishing policies con-19 |
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| 690 | 690 | | cerning spectrum assignments and use by radio sta-20 |
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| 691 | 691 | | tions belonging to and operated by the United 21 |
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| 692 | 692 | | States) and provide Federal agencies with guidance 22 |
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| 693 | 693 | | to ensure that the conduct of telecommunications ac-23 |
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| 694 | 694 | | tivities by such agencies is consistent with such poli-24 |
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| 695 | 695 | | cies; 25 |
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| 699 | 699 | | ‘‘(3) represent the interests of Federal agencies 1 |
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| 700 | 700 | | in the process through which the Commission and 2 |
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| 701 | 701 | | the NTIA jointly determine the National Table of 3 |
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| 702 | 702 | | Frequency Allocations, and coordinate with the 4 |
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| 703 | 703 | | Commission in the development of a comprehensive 5 |
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| 704 | 704 | | long-range plan for improved management of all 6 |
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| 705 | 705 | | electromagnetic spectrum resources; 7 |
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| 706 | 706 | | ‘‘(4) appoint the chairpersons of and provide 8 |
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| 707 | 707 | | secretariat functions for the Interdepartmental 9 |
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| 708 | 708 | | Radio Advisory Committee; 10 |
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| 709 | 709 | | ‘‘(5) carry out responsibilities under section 11 |
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| 710 | 710 | | 103(b)(2)(B) (relating to authorizing a foreign gov-12 |
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| 711 | 711 | | ernment to construct and operate a radio station at 13 |
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| 712 | 712 | | the seat of Government of the United States) and 14 |
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| 713 | 713 | | assign frequencies for use by such stations; 15 |
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| 714 | 714 | | ‘‘(6) provide advice and assistance to the Under 16 |
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| 715 | 715 | | Secretary and coordinate with the Associate Admin-17 |
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| 716 | 716 | | istrator for International Affairs in carrying out 18 |
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| 717 | 717 | | spectrum management aspects of the international 19 |
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| 718 | 718 | | policy responsibilities of the NTIA, including spec-20 |
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| 719 | 719 | | trum-related responsibilities under section 21 |
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| 720 | 720 | | 103(b)(2)(G); 22 |
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| 721 | 721 | | ‘‘(7) carry out spectrum-related responsibilities 23 |
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| 722 | 722 | | under section 103(b)(2)(H) (relating to coordination 24 |
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| 723 | 723 | | of the telecommunications activities of the executive 25 |
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| 727 | 727 | | branch and assistance in the formulation of policies 1 |
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| 728 | 728 | | and standards for such activities); 2 |
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| 729 | 729 | | ‘‘(8) carry out spectrum-related responsibilities 3 |
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| 730 | 730 | | under section 103(b)(2)(Q) (relating to certain ac-4 |
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| 731 | 731 | | tivities with respect to telecommunications re-5 |
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| 732 | 732 | | sources); and 6 |
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| 733 | 733 | | ‘‘(9) carry out any other duties of the NTIA 7 |
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| 734 | 734 | | with respect to spectrum policy that the Under Sec-8 |
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| 735 | 735 | | retary may designate.’’. 9 |
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| 736 | 736 | | TITLE III—OFFICE OF 10 |
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| 737 | 737 | | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 11 |
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| 738 | 738 | | SEC. 301. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 12 |
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| 739 | 739 | | Part A of the National Telecommunications and In-13 |
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| 740 | 740 | | formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 14 |
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| 741 | 741 | | 901 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of 15 |
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| 742 | 742 | | this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-16 |
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| 743 | 743 | | lowing: 17 |
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| 744 | 744 | | ‘‘SEC. 107. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 18 |
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| 745 | 745 | | ‘‘(a) E |
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| 746 | 746 | | STABLISHMENT.—There is established within 19 |
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| 747 | 747 | | the NTIA an Office of International Affairs (in this sec-20 |
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| 748 | 748 | | tion referred to as the ‘Office’). 21 |
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| 749 | 749 | | ‘‘(b) H |
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| 750 | 750 | | EAD OFOFFICE.— 22 |
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| 751 | 751 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 752 | 752 | | N GENERAL.—The head of the Office 23 |
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| 753 | 753 | | shall be an Associate Administrator for International 24 |
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| 757 | 757 | | Affairs (in this section referred to as the ‘Associate 1 |
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| 758 | 758 | | Administrator’). 2 |
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| 759 | 759 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 760 | 760 | | EQUIREMENT TO REPORT .—The Asso-3 |
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| 761 | 761 | | ciate Administrator shall report to the Under Sec-4 |
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| 762 | 762 | | retary (or a designee of the Under Secretary). 5 |
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| 763 | 763 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 764 | 764 | | UTIES.—The Associate Administrator shall, at 6 |
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| 765 | 765 | | the direction of the Under Secretary— 7 |
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| 766 | 766 | | ‘‘(1) in coordination with the Secretary of 8 |
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| 767 | 767 | | State, conduct analysis of, review, and formulate 9 |
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| 768 | 768 | | international telecommunications and information 10 |
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| 769 | 769 | | policy; 11 |
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| 770 | 770 | | ‘‘(2) present on international telecommuni-12 |
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| 771 | 771 | | cations and information policy— 13 |
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| 772 | 772 | | ‘‘(A) before the Commission, Congress, 14 |
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| 773 | 773 | | and others; and 15 |
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| 774 | 774 | | ‘‘(B) in coordination with the Secretary of 16 |
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| 775 | 775 | | State, before international telecommunications 17 |
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| 776 | 776 | | bodies, including the International Tele-18 |
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| 777 | 777 | | communication Union; 19 |
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| 778 | 778 | | ‘‘(3) conduct or obtain analysis on economic 20 |
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| 779 | 779 | | and other aspects of international telecommuni-21 |
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| 780 | 780 | | cations and information policy; 22 |
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| 781 | 781 | | ‘‘(4) formulate, and recommend to the Under 23 |
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| 782 | 782 | | Secretary, polices and plans with respect to prepara-24 |
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| 786 | 786 | | tion for and participation in international tele-1 |
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| 787 | 787 | | communications and information policy activities; 2 |
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| 788 | 788 | | ‘‘(5) in coordination with the Secretary of 3 |
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| 789 | 789 | | State, coordinate NTIA and interdepartmental eco-4 |
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| 790 | 790 | | nomic, technical, operational, and other preparations 5 |
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| 791 | 791 | | related to participation by the United States in 6 |
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| 792 | 792 | | international telecommunications and information 7 |
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| 793 | 793 | | policy conferences and negotiations; 8 |
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| 794 | 794 | | ‘‘(6) ensure NTIA representation with respect 9 |
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| 795 | 795 | | to international telecommunications and information 10 |
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| 796 | 796 | | policy meetings and the activities related to prepara-11 |
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| 797 | 797 | | tion for such meetings; 12 |
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| 798 | 798 | | ‘‘(7) in coordination with the Secretary of 13 |
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| 799 | 799 | | State, coordinate with Federal agencies and private 14 |
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| 800 | 800 | | organizations engaged in activities involving inter-15 |
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| 801 | 801 | | national telecommunications and information policy 16 |
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| 802 | 802 | | matters and maintain cognizance of the activities of 17 |
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| 803 | 803 | | United States signatories with respect to related 18 |
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| 804 | 804 | | treaties, agreements, and other instruments; 19 |
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| 805 | 805 | | ‘‘(8) provide advice and assistance related to 20 |
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| 806 | 806 | | international telecommunications and information 21 |
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| 807 | 807 | | policy to other Federal agencies charged with re-22 |
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| 808 | 808 | | sponsibility for international negotiations, to 23 |
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| 809 | 809 | | strengthen the position and serve the best interests 24 |
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| 813 | 813 | | of the United States in the conduct of negotiations 1 |
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| 814 | 814 | | with foreign nations; 2 |
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| 815 | 815 | | ‘‘(9) provide advice and assistance to the Under 3 |
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| 816 | 816 | | Secretary with respect to evaluating the inter-4 |
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| 817 | 817 | | national impact of matters pending before the Com-5 |
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| 818 | 818 | | mission, other Federal agencies, and Congress; 6 |
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| 819 | 819 | | ‘‘(10) carry out, at the request of the Secretary, 7 |
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| 820 | 820 | | the responsibilities of the Secretary under the Com-8 |
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| 821 | 821 | | munications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 701 et 9 |
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| 822 | 822 | | seq.) and other Federal laws related to international 10 |
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| 823 | 823 | | telecommunications and information policy; and 11 |
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| 824 | 824 | | ‘‘(11) carry out any other duties of the NTIA 12 |
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| 825 | 825 | | with respect to international telecommunications and 13 |
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| 826 | 826 | | information policy that the Under Secretary may 14 |
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| 827 | 827 | | designate.’’. 15 |
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