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

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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 $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 and $62,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 . 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 . Section 103(a) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 902(a) ), as amended by 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; perform such other functions as the Under Secretary shall from time to time assign or delegate; and 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. . 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.

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. 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.

Subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— in section 5314, by adding at the end the following: Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. ; and in section 5315, in the item relating to the Assistant Secretaries of Commerce, by striking

(11)and inserting

(10). 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. Section 105(a)(1) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 904(a)(1) ) is amended— by striking to ensure that the conduct and inserting the following: to ensure that— the conduct ; in subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: the views of the executive branch on matters presented to the Commission are, consistent with section 103(b)(2)(J)— appropriately coordinated; and reflective of executive branch policy. . Section 102(c) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 901(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Fostering the digital economy of the United States in order to ensure the competitiveness, future economic growth, and security of the United States. Working to ensure that global communications networks remain open and innovative, including without inappropriate barriers to entry or operation. With respect to the United States, in coordination with the Commission, achieving the universal availability of and access to telecommunications service and information service (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934) and any technology related to such service. . Section 103(b)(2) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2) ) is amended— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , some of which were before transferred to the Secretary ; in subparagraph (H)— by inserting and information after telecommunications ; and by striking and emergency readiness and inserting emergency readiness, the flow of information, and with respect to the United States, in coordination with the Commission, the universal availability of and access to telecommunications service and information service (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934) and any technology related to such service ; in subparagraph (M), by inserting , publish reports, after studies ; and by inserting at the end the following: The authority to conduct studies, publish reports, and make recommendations— on any Federal, State, local, or private policy or practice relating to communications, information, or the digital economy of the United States; and that consider interoperability, privacy, security, spectrum use, emergency readiness, the flow of information, and with respect to the United States, in coordination with the Commission, the universal availability of and access to telecommunications service and information service (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934) and any technology related to such service. . The Under Secretary is hereby authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts and bequests of property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the NTIA. Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds from sales of other property received as gifts or bequests shall be deposited in the Treasury in a separate fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Under Secretary. Property accepted pursuant to this provision, and the proceeds thereof, shall be used as nearly as possible in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest. 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) ), 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 . 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 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 . 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 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— by striking Assistant Secretary each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary ; and in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking for7Communications and inserting for Communications . 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 ; and in subsection (d), in the heading, by striking and inserting Assistant Secretary . 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

(32)as paragraphs

(4)through (31), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph (31), as so redesignated, the following: The term Under Secretary means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. ; 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 ; and 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 .

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