Sec. 102. Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information

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Section 103(a)(2) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 902(a)(2) ) is amended by striking Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and inserting Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information . Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in section 5314, by striking and Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism and inserting Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism, and Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information ; and in section 5315, by striking

(11)after Assistant Secretaries of Commerce and inserting

(10). Section 103(a) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 902(a) ), as amended by subsection

(a)of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following: The Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information— shall be the principal policy advisor of the Under Secretary; shall perform such other functions as the Under Secretary shall from time to time assign or delegate; and shall 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. . 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) ), 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 effective date under section 301 of this Act may serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, respectively, on and after that effective date without the need for renomination or reappointment. Section 344(d)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (as added by section 60602(a) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 )) is amended by striking Assistant Secretary and inserting 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 the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . 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 . Section 6212 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 ( 7 U.S.C. 950bb–6 ) is amended— in subsection (d)(1), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant secretary ; and Under Secretary by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . Section 303 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 ( 8 U.S.C. 1721 note; Public Law 109–13 ) is repealed. Section 214 of the Broadband Data Improvement Act ( 15 U.S.C. 6554 ) is amended— in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking Assistant Secretary and inserting Under Secretary ; by striking subsection (b); and by redesignating subsection

(c)as subsection (b). Section 103(c) of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7003(c) ) is amended— by striking and all that follows through Exceptions .— and inserting Determinations .—If ; and Exceptions .—If by striking such exceptions and inserting of the exceptions in subsections

(a)and

(b). Section 1201 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)(1)(C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce and inserting Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information ; and in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (5). 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 . Section 2201(d) of the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 ( 42 U.S.C. 247d–3 note; Public Law 110–53 ) is repealed. 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 . The Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2015 ( 47 U.S.C. 921 note; title X of Public Law 114–74 ) is amended— in section 1002(1), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant secretary ; and Under Secretary by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . Section 606 of the Warning, Alert, and Response Network Act ( 47 U.S.C. 1205 ) is amended— in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and inserting Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information ; and by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . 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 . Title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq. ) is amended— in section 6001 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 )— by striking paragraph (4); by redesignating paragraphs

(5)through

(31)as paragraphs

(4)through (30), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph (30), as so redesignated, the following: The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. ; in subtitle D ( 47 U.S.C. 1451 et seq. )— in section 6406 ( 47 U.S.C. 1453 )— by striking subsections

(b)and (c); and by inserting after subsection

(a)the following: In this section, the term 5350-5470 MHz band means the portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies from 5350 megahertz to 5470 megahertz. ; and by striking section 6408; and by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . 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 . Section 8 of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 47 U.S.C. 1607 ) is amended— in subsection (c)(1), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant secretary ; and Under Secretary by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . 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 . The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ) is amended— in title IX of division N— in section 902(a)(2), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; Under Secretary in section 905— in subsection (a)(1), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; Under Secretary in subsection (c)(3)(B), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary in subsection (d)(2)(B), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary ; and in title IX of division FF— in section 903(g)(2), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary . The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( Public Law 117–58 ) is amended— in section 27003, by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary ; in division F— in section 60102— in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; Under Secretary in subsection (d)(1), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary in subsection (h)— in paragraph (1)(B), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary in paragraph (5)(B)(iii), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; Under Secretary in title III— in section 60302(5), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary in section 60305(d)(2)(B)(ii), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; Under Secretary in section 60401(a)(2), by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary ; and Under Secretary by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary ; in section 90008(b)(3), by striking Assistant Secretary and inserting Under Secretary ; and in division J, in the matter under the heading under the heading distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program under the heading Rural Utilities Service , by striking Rural development programs Assistant Secretary and inserting Under Secretary .

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