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Renames the top leader of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, creates a Deputy Under Secretary, and updates laws to reflect the new titles. It authorizes $57 million for NTIA for each of fiscal years 2025 and 2026 and consolidates many reports into one annual report due in the first quarter each year. Creates two new NTIA offices: an Office of Spectrum Management to handle federal spectrum assignments and coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, and an Office of International Affairs to lead U.S. international telecom and information policy in coordination with the Secretary of State. The bill makes technical fixes, preserves ongoing legal actions, keeps current officials in place without renomination, adjusts pay placement, and does not expand or reduce existing agency authorities.
Defines the term "Commission" to mean the Federal Communications Commission.
Defines the term "NTIA" to mean the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
Defines the term "Under Secretary" to mean the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
Authorizes $57,000,000 for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration for fiscal year 2025 and $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2026 by amending section 151 of the NTIA Organization Act.
Replaces references to the 'Assistant Secretary' with 'Under Secretary' throughout the NTIA Organization Act and numerous other statutes listed in the section (multiple named Acts and U.S. Code sections are amended to substitute the new title).
Adds a new section (titled 'Office of Spectrum Management', labeled 106) to Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), establishing an Office of Spectrum Management within NTIA, creating an Associate Administrator for Spectrum Management who reports to the Under Secretary, and enumerating the Office's duties.
Revises authorization of appropriations amounts in Section 151 of the NTIA Organization Act, replacing prior fiscal year amounts with specified amounts for FY2025 and FY2026.
Changes references to the title for the head of NTIA from 'Assistant Secretary' to 'Under Secretary' throughout and adds a Deputy Under Secretary role with specified duties.
Modifies assigned functions language by inserting text before a clause and adjusting subparagraph (M) as indicated.
Amends reporting/coordination provision to require executive branch views to be appropriately coordinated and reflective of executive branch policy when presented to the Commission, consistent with a specific section reference.
Adds pay-related amendments in sections 5314 and 5315 to establish the annual rate of basic pay for the Under Secretary and adjust numbering related to Assistant Secretaries of Commerce.
Replaces references to 'Assistant Secretary' with 'Under Secretary' in Communications Act provision.
Replaces 'Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce' with 'Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information' in the Homeland Security Act provision.
Updates references in the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 to 'Under Secretary' including heading change in subsection (d)(1).
Replaces references to 'Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce' with 'Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information' in title 17 provision.
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On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1657-1660)
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced March 31, 2025 by Robert E. Latta · Last progress April 29, 2025
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1657-1660)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2482.