NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill renews and updates the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) through fiscal year 2026. It raises NTIA’s leader from Assistant Secretary to Under Secretary and creates a Deputy Under Secretary , with the current leaders allowed to keep serving without a new nomination if desired. It also makes two NTIA offices official in law—the Office of Spectrum Management and the Office of International Affairs—and spells out their jobs, like managing federal airwaves and handling international telecom policy .

The bill funds NTIA at $57 million for 2025 and $57 million for 2026. It cleans up and simplifies reporting by dropping some outdated reports and combining others into one annual report due in the first quarter each year, starting the first January after it becomes law . It extends required audits of the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program through 2024. The bill also updates other laws to use the new “Under Secretary” title and states that it does not change the FCC’s powers.

Key points:

• Who is affected: NTIA and its leadership; federal agencies that use radio airwaves; NTIA programs like digital equity grants and the wireless supply chain fund; the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program .
• What changes: Leader title becomes Under Secretary; two NTIA offices are written into law; simpler once-a-year reporting; funding set for 2025–2026; audits for the CMC program extended through 2024 .
• When: Funding applies in FY2025 and FY2026 ; the new combined report starts the first quarter after enactment ; the CMC audit extension runs through FY2024.