119-s2049

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2049 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2049

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
 Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and 
 Cybersecurity, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 12, 2025

 Mr. Hickenlooper (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Curtis, and Ms. Blunt 
 Rochester) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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 A BILL

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
 Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and 
 Cybersecurity, 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.

 This Act may be cited as the ``NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity 
Coordination Act''.

SEC. 2. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY.

    (a) Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity.--Part A of 
title I 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:

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SEC. 106. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY.

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    (a) Establishment.--There shall be within the NTIA an office to 
be known as the Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity (in this 
section referred to as the `Office').
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    (b) Associate Administrator.--The head of the Office shall be an 
Associate Administrator for Policy Development and Cybersecurity (in 
this section referred to as the `Associate Administrator'), who shall 
report to the Assistant Secretary.
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            (c) Duties.--
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    (1) In general.--The Associate Administrator shall 
 oversee and conduct national communications and information 
 policy analysis and development for the internet and 
 communications technologies.
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    (2) Particular duties.--In carrying out paragraph

    (1) , 
 the Office shall--
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        (A) develop, analyze, and advocate for market-
 based policies that promote innovation, competition, 
 consumer access, digital inclusion, workforce 
 development, and economic growth in the communications, 
 media, and technology markets;
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        (B) conduct studies, as delegated by the 
 Assistant Secretary or required by Congress, on how 
 individuals in the United States access and use the 
 internet, wireline and wireless telephony, mass media, 
 other digital services, and video services;
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            (C) coordinate transparent, consensus-based, 
 multistakeholder processes to create guidance for and 
 to support the development and implementation of 
 cybersecurity and privacy policies with respect to the 
 internet and other communications networks;
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            (D) promote increased collaboration between 
 security researchers and providers of communications 
 services and software system developers;
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        (E) perform such duties as the Assistant 
 Secretary considers appropriate relating to the program 
 for preventing future vulnerabilities established under 
 

section 8

    (a) of the Secure and Trusted Communications 
 Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607

    (a) );
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        (F) advocate for policies that promote the 
 security and resilience to cybersecurity incidents of 
 communications networks while fostering innovation, 
 including policies that promote secure communications 
 network supply chains;
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        (G) at the direction of the Assistant Secretary, 
 present security of the digital economy and 
 infrastructure and cybersecurity policy efforts before 
 the Commission, Congress, and elsewhere;
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        (H) provide advice and assistance to the 
 Assistant Secretary in carrying out the policy 
 responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to 
 cybersecurity policy matters, including the evaluation 
 of the impact of cybersecurity matters pending before 
 the Commission, other Federal agencies, and Congress;
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            (I) in addition to the duties described in 
 subparagraph
        (H) , perform such other duties regarding 
 the policy responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to 
 cybersecurity policy matters as the Assistant Secretary 
 considers appropriate;
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        (J) develop policies to accelerate innovation and 
 commercialization with respect to advances in 
 technological understanding of communications 
 technologies;
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        (K) identify barriers to trust, security, 
 innovation, and commercialization with respect to 
 communications technologies, including access to 
 capital and other resources, and ways to overcome such 
 barriers;
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            (L) provide public access to relevant data, 
 research, and technical assistance on innovation and 
 commercialization with respect to communications 
 technologies, consistent with the protection of 
 classified information;
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            (M) strengthen collaboration on and coordination 
 of policies relating to innovation and 
 commercialization with respect to communications 
 technologies, including policies focused on the needs 
 of small businesses and rural communities--
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            (i) within the Department of Commerce;
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            (ii) between the Department of Commerce 
 and State government agencies, as appropriate; 
 and
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            (iii) between the Department of Commerce 
 and the Commission or any other Federal agency 
 the Assistant Secretary determines to be 
 necessary; and
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        (N) solicit and consider feedback from small and 
 rural communications service providers, as 
 appropriate.''.

    (b) Transitional Rules.--

    (1) Redesignation of associate administrator; continuation 
 of service.--
        (A) Redesignation.--The position of Associate 
 Administrator for Policy Analysis and Development at 
 the NTIA is redesignated as the position of Associate 
 Administrator for Policy Development and Cybersecurity.
        (B) Continuation of service.--The individual 
 serving as Associate Administrator for Policy Analysis 
 and Development at the NTIA on the day before the date 
 of enactment of this Act shall become, as of such date 
 of enactment, the Associate Administrator for Policy 
 Development and Cybersecurity.

    (2) NTIA defined.--In this subsection, the term ``NTIA'' 
 means the National Telecommunications and Information 
 Administration.
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