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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2482

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 29, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

 To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act 
of 2025'' or the ``NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025''.

    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.
 TITLE I--REAUTHORIZATION

Sec. 101. Reauthorization of the National Telecommunications and 
 Information Administration Organization 
 Act.

Sec. 102. NTIA Consolidated Reporting Act.
 TITLE II--OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT

Sec. 201. Office of Spectrum Management.
 TITLE III--OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Sec. 301. Office of International Affairs.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

 In this Act:

    (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
 Communications Commission.

    (2) NTIA.--The term ``NTIA'' means the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration.

    (3) Under secretary.--The term ``Under Secretary'' means 
 the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information.

 TITLE I--REAUTHORIZATION

SEC. 101. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND 
 INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION ORGANIZATION ACT.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--

Section 151 of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act is 
amended by striking ``$17,600,000 for fiscal year 1992 and $17,900,000 
for fiscal year 1993'' and inserting ``$57,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 
and $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2026''.

    (b) Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
Information.--

    (1) Under secretary; deputy under secretary.--
        (A) Under secretary.--The National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration 
 Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq) is amended by 
 striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place it appears 
 and inserting ``Under Secretary''.
        (B) Deputy under secretary.--

Section 103

    (a) of the 
 National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 902

    (a) ) is 
 amended by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (3) Deputy under secretary.--The Deputy Under Secretary 
 of Commerce for Communications and Information shall--
 ``
        (A) be the principal policy advisor of the Under 
 Secretary;
 ``
        (B) perform such other functions as the Under 
 Secretary shall from time to time assign or delegate; 
 and
 ``
            (C) 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.''.

    (2) Continuation of civil actions.--This subsection, and 
 the amendments made by this subsection, shall not abate any 
 civil action commenced by or against the Assistant Secretary of 
 Commerce for Communications and Information before the date of 
 the enactment of this Act, except that the Under Secretary 
 shall be substituted as a party to the action on and after such 
 date.

    (3) Continuation in office.--The individual serving as the 
 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information and the individual serving as the Deputy Assistant 
 Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information on the 
 day before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve as 
 the Under Secretary and the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce 
 for Communications and Information, respectively, on and after 
 that date without the need for renomination or reappointment.

    (4) References.--Any reference in a law, regulation, 
 document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information shall, on and after the date of the enactment of 
 this Act, be deemed to be a reference to the Under Secretary.

    (5) Executive schedule.--
        (A) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 53 of 
 title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (i) in 

section 5314, by adding at the end 
 the following:
 ``Under Secretary of 
 Commerce for Communications and 
 Information.''; and
            (ii) in 

section 5315, in the item relating 
 to the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, by 
 striking ``

    (11) '' and inserting ``

    (10) ''.
        (B) Effective date.--The amendment made by 
 subparagraph
        (A) (establishing the annual rate of the 
 basic pay of the Under Secretary) shall take effect on 
 the first day of the first pay period beginning after 
 the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (c) Authorities and Responsibilities.--

    (1) Coordination of executive branch views on matters 
 before the federal communications commission.--

Section 105

    (a)

    (1) of the National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 904

    (a)

    (1) ) is 
 amended--
        (A) by striking ``to ensure that the conduct'' and 
 inserting the following: ``to ensure that--
 ``
        (A) the conduct'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (A) , as so designated, by 
 striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; 
 and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
        (B) the views of the executive branch on matters 
 presented to the Commission are, consistent with 
 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (J) --
 ``
            (i) appropriately coordinated; and
 ``
            (ii) reflective of executive branch 
 policy.''.

    (2) Assigned functions.--

Section 103

    (b)

    (2) of the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization 
 Act (47 U.S.C. 902

    (b)

    (2) ) is amended--
        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by 
 inserting ``, some of which were'' before ``transferred 
 to the Secretary''; and
        (B) in subparagraph
            (M) , by inserting ``, publish 
 reports,'' after ``studies''.

    (3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in the amendments made 
 by paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) may be construed to expand or 
 contract the authority of the Commission.
            (d) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) Public telecommunications financing act of 1978.--
 

Section 106
            (c) of the Public Telecommunications Financing Act 
 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5316 note; Public Law 95-567) is amended by 
 striking ``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),'' and inserting ``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 (47 U.S.C. 902

    (a) ),''.

    (2) Communications act of 1934.--

Section 344
            (d) (2) of the 
 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 344
            (d) (2) ) is amended by 
 striking ``Assistant Secretary'' and inserting ``Under 
 Secretary''.

    (3) Homeland security act of 2002.--

Section 1805
            (d) (2) of 
 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 575
            (d) (2) ) is 
 amended by striking ``Assistant Secretary for Communications 
 and Information of the Department of Commerce'' and inserting 
 ``Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information''.

    (4) Agriculture improvement act of 2018.--

Section 6212 of 
 the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 950bb-6) is 
 amended--
        (A) in subsection
            (d) (1) , in the heading, by 
 striking ``Assistant secretary'' and inserting ``Under 
 secretary''; and
        (B) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place 
 the term appears and inserting ``Under Secretary''.

    (5) Title 17, united states code.--

Section 1201

    (a)

    (1)
            (C) of 
 title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking 
 ``Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the 
 Department of Commerce'' and inserting ``Under Secretary of 
 Commerce for Communications and Information''.

    (6) Unlocking consumer choice and wireless competition 
 act.--

Section 2

    (b) of the Unlocking Consumer Choice and 
 Wireless Competition Act (17 U.S.C. 1201 note; Public Law 113-
 144) is amended by striking ``Assistant Secretary for 
 Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce'' 
 and inserting ``Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
 and Information''.

    (7) Communications satellite act of 1962.--

Section 625

    (a)

    (1) of the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 
 U.S.C. 763d

    (a)

    (1) ) is amended, in the matter preceding 
 subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under Secretary of Commerce''.

    (8) Spectrum pipeline act of 2015.--The Spectrum Pipeline 
 Act of 2015 (47 U.S.C. 921 note; title X of Public Law 114-74) 
 is amended--
        (A) in 

section 1002

    (1) , in the heading, by striking 
 ``Assistant secretary'' and inserting ``Under 
 secretary''; and
        (B) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place 
 the term appears and inserting ``Under Secretary''.

    (9) Warning, alert, and response network act.--

Section 606 
 of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act (47 U.S.C. 
 1205) is amended--
        (A) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place 
 the term appears and inserting ``Under Secretary''; and
        (B) in subsection

    (b) , in the first sentence, by 
 striking ``for7Communications'' and inserting ``for 
 Communications''.

    (10) American recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.--
 

Section 6001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
 2009 (47 U.S.C. 1305) is amended by striking ``Assistant 
 Secretary'' each place the term appears and inserting ``Under 
 Secretary''.

    (11) Middle class tax relief and job creation act of 
 2012.--Title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation 
 Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.) is amended--
        (A) in 

section 6001 (47 U.S.C. 1401)--
            (i) by striking paragraph

    (4) ;
            (ii) by redesignating paragraphs

    (5) through

    (32) as paragraphs

    (4) through

    (31) , 
 respectively; and
            (iii) by inserting after paragraph

    (31) , as 
 so redesignated, the following:
 ``

    (32) Under secretary.--The term `Under Secretary' means 
 the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and 
 Information.''; and
        (B) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place 
 the term appears and inserting ``Under Secretary''.

    (12) Ray baum's act of 2018.--The RAY BAUM'S Act of 2018 
 (division P of Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 348) is amended by 
 striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place the term appears 
 and inserting ``Under Secretary''.

    (13) Secure and trusted communications networks act of 
 2019.--

Section 8 of the Secure and Trusted Communications 
 Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607) is amended--
        (A) in subsection
            (c) (1) , in the heading, by 
 striking ``Assistant secretary'' and inserting ``Under 
 secretary''; and
        (B) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' each place 
 the term appears and inserting ``Under Secretary''.

    (14) Title 51, united states code.--

Section 50112

    (3) of 
 title 51, United States Code, is amended, in the matter 
 preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' 
 each place the term appears and inserting ``Under Secretary''.

    (15) Consolidated appropriations act, 2021.--The 
 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) is 
 amended--
        (A) in title IX of division N--
            (i) in 

section 902

    (a)

    (2) , in the heading, 
 by striking ``Assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under secretary'';
            (ii) in 

section 905--
            (I) in subsection

    (a)

    (1) , in the 
 heading, by striking ``Assistant 
 secretary'' and inserting ``Under 
 secretary'';
            (II) in subsection
            (c) (3)
        (B) , in 
 the heading, by striking ``assistant 
 secretary'' and inserting ``under 
 secretary''; and
            (III) in subsection
            (d) (2)
        (B) , in 
 the heading, by striking ``assistant 
 secretary'' and inserting ``under 
 secretary''; and
            (iii) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' 
 each place the term appears (except the place 
 such term appears in 

section 905

    (a)

    (13)
        (E) ) and 
 inserting ``Under Secretary''; and
        (B) in title IX of division FF--
            (i) in 

section 903

    (g)

    (2) , in the heading, 
 by striking ``Assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under secretary''; and
            (ii) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' 
 each place the term appears and inserting 
 ``Under Secretary''.

    (16) Infrastructure investment and jobs act.--The 
 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58) is 
 amended--
        (A) in 

section 27003, by striking ``Assistant 
 Secretary'' each place the term appears and inserting 
 ``Under Secretary'';
        (B) in division F--
            (i) in 

section 60102--
            (I) in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
        (A) , by 
 striking ``Assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under secretary'';
            (II) in subsection
            (d) (1) , by 
 striking ``Assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under secretary''; and
            (III) in subsection

    (h) --

    (aa) in paragraph

    (1)
        (B) , 
 by striking ``assistant 
 secretary'' and inserting 
 ``under secretary''; and

    (bb) in paragraph

    (5)
        (B)
            (iii) , by striking 
 ``assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``under secretary'';
            (ii) in title III--
            (I) in 

section 60302

    (5) , by 
 striking ``Assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under secretary''; and
            (II) in 

section 60305
            (d) (2)
        (B)
            (ii) , 
 by striking ``assistant secretary'' and 
 inserting ``under secretary'';
            (iii) in 

section 60401

    (a)

    (2) , by striking 
 ``Assistant secretary'' and inserting ``Under 
 secretary''; and
            (iv) by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' 
 each place the term appears and inserting 
 ``Under Secretary''; and
            (C) in division J, in title I, in the matter under 
 the heading ``distance learning, telemedicine, and 
 broadband program'' under the heading ``Rural Utilities 
 Service'' under the heading ``RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
 PROGRAMS'', by striking ``Assistant Secretary'' and 
 inserting ``Under Secretary''.

SEC. 102. NTIA CONSOLIDATED REPORTING ACT.

    (a) Elimination of Certain Outdated or Completed Reporting 
Requirements.--

    (1) BTOP quarterly report.--

Section 6001
            (d) of the American 
 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (47 U.S.C. 1305
            (d) ) is 
 amended--
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking the semicolon at 
 the end and inserting ``; and'';
        (B) in paragraph

    (3) , by striking ``; and'' and 
 inserting a period; and
            (C) by striking paragraph

    (4) .

    (2) Certain reports required by national telecommunications 
 and information administration organization act.--Sections 154, 
 155, and 156 of the National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration Organization Act are repealed.

    (3) Initial report required by 

section 9202

    (a)

    (1)
        (G) of the 
 ndaa for fiscal year 2021.--

Section 9202

    (a)

    (1)
        (G) of the 
 William M.

    (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act 
 for Fiscal Year 2021 (47 U.S.C. 906

    (a)

    (1)
        (G) ) is amended--
        (A) in clause
            (ii) , by redesignating subclauses
            (I) ,
            (II) , and
            (III) as clauses
            (i) ,
            (ii) , and
            (iii) , 
 respectively, and conforming the margins of such 
 clauses accordingly; and
        (B) by striking ``Reports to congress'' and all 
 that follows through ``For each fiscal year'' and 
 inserting ``Annual report to congress.--For each fiscal 
 year''.

    (4) Report to president.--

Section 105

    (a) of the National 
 Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization 
 Act (47 U.S.C. 904

    (a) ) is amended--
        (A) by striking paragraph

    (2) ; and
        (B) by redesignating paragraph

    (3) as paragraph

    (2) .

    (5) Effect on authority.--Nothing in this subsection or the 
 amendments made by this subsection may be construed to expand 
 or contract the authority of the Secretary, the Under 
 Secretary, the NTIA, or the Commission.

    (6) Other reports.--Nothing in this subsection or the 
 amendments made by this subsection may be construed to prohibit 
 or otherwise prevent the Secretary, the Under Secretary, the 
 NTIA, or the Commission from producing any additional reports 
 otherwise within the authority of the Secretary, the Under 
 Secretary, the NTIA, or the Commission, respectively.

    (b) Consolidated Annual Report.--

    (1) In general.--In the first quarter of each calendar 
 year, the Under Secretary shall publish on the website of the 
 NTIA and submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
 House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
 Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that 
 contains the reports described in paragraph

    (2) for the fiscal 
 year ending most recently before the beginning of such quarter.

    (2) Reports described.--The reports described in this 
 paragraph are the following:
        (A) The report required by 

section 903
            (c) (2)
            (C) of 
 division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1307
            (c) (2)
            (C) ).
        (B) If amounts in the Public Wireless Supply Chain 
 Innovation Fund established by 

section 9202

    (a)

    (1)
        (A)
            (i) of the William M.

    (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (47 U.S.C. 
 906

    (a)

    (1)
        (A)
            (i) ) were available for the fiscal year 
 described in paragraph

    (1) of this subsection, the 
 report required by 

section 9202

    (a)

    (1)
        (G) of such Act 
 (47 U.S.C. 906

    (a)

    (1)
        (G) ).
            (C) If the Under Secretary awarded grants under 
 

section 60304
            (d) (1) of the Infrastructure Investment 
 and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1723
            (d) (1) ) in the fiscal year 
 described in paragraph

    (1) of this subsection, the 
 report required by 

section 60306

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) of such Act 
 (47 U.S.C. 1725

    (a)

    (1)
        (A) ).

    (3) Timing of underlying reporting requirements.--
        (A) Report of office of internet connectivity and 
 growth.--

Section 903
            (c) (2)
            (C) of division FF of the 
 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 
 1307
            (c) (2)
            (C) ) is amended--
            (i) in the matter preceding clause
            (i) --
            (I) by striking ``Not later than 1 
 year after the date of the enactment of 
 this Act, and every year thereafter,'' 
 and inserting ``In the first quarter of 
 each calendar year,''; and
            (II) by inserting ``, for the 
 fiscal year ending most recently before 
 the beginning of such quarter,'' after 
 ``a report''; and
            (ii) in clause
            (i) , by striking ``for the 
 previous year''.
        (B) Report on digital equity grant programs.--
 

Section 60306

    (a)

    (1) of the Infrastructure Investment 
 and Jobs Act (47 U.S.C. 1725

    (a)

    (1) ) is amended--
            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``Not later than 1 year'' and 
 all that follows through ``shall--'' and 
 inserting the following: ``For the first fiscal 
 year in which the Under Secretary awards grants 
 under 

section 60304
            (d) (1) , and each fiscal year 
 thereafter in which the Under Secretary awards 
 grants under such section, the Under Secretary 
 shall--''; and
            (ii) in subparagraph
        (A) --
            (I) by inserting ``in the first 
 quarter of the first calendar year that 
 begins after the end of such fiscal 
 year,'' before ``submit''; and
            (II) by striking ``, for the year 
 covered by the report''.

    (4) Satisfaction of underlying reporting requirements.--
        (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph
        (B) , the publication and submission of a report as 
 required by paragraph

    (1) in the first quarter of a 
 calendar year shall be treated as satisfying any 
 requirement to publish or otherwise make publicly 
 available or to submit to Congress or to a committee of 
 Congress a report described in paragraph

    (2) for the 
 fiscal year ending most recently before the beginning 
 of such quarter.
        (B) Certain submission requirements.--At the time 
 when the Under Secretary submits a report required by 
 paragraph

    (1) to the committees described in such 
 paragraph, the Under Secretary shall submit any portion 
 of such report that relates to a report described in 
 paragraph

    (2)
            (C) to each committee of Congress not 
 described in paragraph

    (1) to which such report would 
 (without regard to subparagraph
        (A) of this paragraph) 
 be required to be submitted.

    (5) Applicability.--Paragraph

    (1) , and the amendments made 
 by paragraph

    (3) , shall apply beginning on January 1 of the 
 first calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment 
 of this Act.
            (c) Extension of Certain Audit and Reporting Requirements.--

Section 902
            (c) (4)
        (A) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(47 U.S.C. 1306
            (c) (4)
        (A) ) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2021 
and 2022'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024''.
            (d) === Definition. ===
-In this section, the term ``Secretary'' means the 
Secretary of Commerce.

 TITLE II--OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT

SEC. 201. OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT.

 Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``

SEC. 106. OFFICE OF SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT.

 ``

    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the NTIA an 
Office of Spectrum Management (in this section referred to as the 
`Office').
 ``

    (b) Head of Office.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The head of the Office shall be an 
 Associate Administrator for Spectrum Management (in this 
 section referred to as the `Associate Administrator').
 ``

    (2) Requirement to report.--The Associate Administrator 
 shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under 
 Secretary).
 ``
            (c) Duties.--The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction 
of the Under Secretary--
 ``

    (1) carry out responsibilities under 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (A) (relating to frequency assignments for radio stations belonging 
 to and operated by the United States), make frequency 
 allocations for frequencies that will be used by such stations, 
 and develop and maintain techniques, databases, measurements, 
 files, and procedures necessary for such allocations;
 ``

    (2) carry out responsibilities under 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (K) (relating to establishing policies concerning spectrum 
 assignments and use by radio stations belonging to and operated 
 by the United States) and provide Federal agencies with 
 guidance to ensure that the conduct of telecommunications 
 activities by such agencies is consistent with such policies;
 ``

    (3) represent the interests of Federal agencies in the 
 process through which the Commission and the NTIA jointly 
 determine the National Table of Frequency Allocations, and 
 coordinate with the Commission in the development of a 
 comprehensive long-range plan for improved management of all 
 electromagnetic spectrum resources;
 ``

    (4) appoint the chairpersons of and provide secretariat 
 functions for the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee;
 ``

    (5) carry out responsibilities under 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (B) (relating to authorizing a foreign government to construct and 
 operate a radio station at the seat of Government of the United 
 States) and assign frequencies for use by such stations;
 ``

    (6) provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary 
 and coordinate with the Associate Administrator for 
 International Affairs in carrying out spectrum management 
 aspects of the international policy responsibilities of the 
 NTIA, including spectrum-related responsibilities under 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (G) ;
 ``

    (7) carry out spectrum-related responsibilities under 
 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (H) (relating to coordination of the 
 telecommunications activities of the executive branch and 
 assistance in the formulation of policies and standards for 
 such activities);
 ``

    (8) carry out spectrum-related responsibilities under 
 

section 103

    (b)

    (2)
        (Q) (relating to certain activities with 
 respect to telecommunications resources); and
 ``

    (9) carry out any other duties of the NTIA with respect 
 to spectrum policy that the Under Secretary may designate.''.

 TITLE III--OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

SEC. 301. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

 Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), as amended by 
the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``

SEC. 107. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.

 ``

    (a) Establishment.--There is established within the NTIA an 
Office of International Affairs (in this section referred to as the 
`Office').
 ``

    (b) Head of Office.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--The head of the Office shall be an 
 Associate Administrator for International Affairs (in this 
 section referred to as the `Associate Administrator').
 ``

    (2) Requirement to report.--The Associate Administrator 
 shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under 
 Secretary).
 ``
            (c) Duties.--The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction 
of the Under Secretary--
 ``

    (1) in coordination with the Secretary of State, conduct 
 analysis of, review, and formulate international 
 telecommunications and information policy;
 ``

    (2) present on international telecommunications and 
 information 

=== policy ===
-
 ``
        (A) before the Commission, Congress, and others; 
 and
 ``
        (B) in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
 before international telecommunications bodies, 
 including the International Telecommunication Union;
 ``

    (3) conduct or obtain analysis on economic and other 
 aspects of international telecommunications and information 
 policy;
 ``

    (4) formulate, and recommend to the Under Secretary, 
 polices and plans with respect to preparation for and 
 participation in international telecommunications and 
 information policy activities;
 ``

    (5) in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
 coordinate NTIA and interdepartmental economic, technical, 
 operational, and other preparations related to participation by 
 the United States in international telecommunications and 
 information policy conferences and negotiations;
 ``

    (6) ensure NTIA representation with respect to 
 international telecommunications and information policy 
 meetings and the activities related to preparation for such 
 meetings;
 ``

    (7) in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
 coordinate with Federal agencies and private organizations 
 engaged in activities involving international 
 telecommunications and information policy matters and maintain 
 cognizance of the activities of United States signatories with 
 respect to related treaties, agreements, and other instruments;
 ``

    (8) provide advice and assistance related to 
 international telecommunications and information policy to 
 other Federal agencies charged with responsibility for 
 international negotiations, to strengthen the position and 
 serve the best interests of the United States in the conduct of 
 negotiations with foreign nations;
 ``

    (9) provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary 
 with respect to evaluating the international impact of matters 
 pending before the Commission, other Federal agencies, and 
 Congress;
 ``

    (10) carry out, at the request of the Secretary, the 
 responsibilities of the Secretary under the Communications 
 Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) and other Federal 
 laws related to international telecommunications and 
 information policy; and
 ``

    (11) carry out any other duties of the NTIA with respect 
 to international telecommunications and information policy that 
 the Under Secretary may designate.''.

 Passed the House of Representatives April 28, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.