Sec. 3. Authority of NTIA over First Responder Network Authority
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Subtitle B of title VI of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1421 et seq. ) is amended— in section 6204(a), by striking as an independent authority ; in section 6206— by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and
(g)as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: Any action taken by the First Responder Network Authority shall be subject to the approval of the NTIA. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the First Responder Network Authority may not take an action unless the NTIA has provided prior approval for such action. The First Responder Network Authority may take any of the following actions without prior approval by the NTIA: Deploying emergency response capabilities and resources to emergencies and disasters. Setting strategic priorities and conducting planning activities with respect to the nationwide public safety broadband network. Maintaining and updating the First Responder Network Authority Strategic Plan and Roadmap or a similar document with respect to the growth, evolution, and advancement of the nationwide public safety broadband network. Establishing performance expectations and investment priorities with respect to the nationwide public safety broadband network. Developing and adopting the annual budget of the First Responder Network Authority and outlining all network reinvestment decisions and task orders with respect to the nationwide public safety broadband network. Making written recommendations to the NTIA for action upon network reinvestment decisions and task orders with respect to the nationwide public safety broadband network. Managing the device and application ecosystem with respect to the nationwide public safety broadband network. Receiving reports from the Public Safety Advisory Committee or other advisory committees established by the First Responder Network Authority. Communicating with and conducting outreach to public safety entities and public safety professionals. Reporting to and briefing Congress, in accordance with this subtitle. Such other actions as the NTIA may specify. Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to alter the requirement of subsection
(c)of section 6208 that fees may only be assessed under such section if approved by the NTIA. ; and in subsection
(h)(as so redesignated), by striking subsection
(f)and inserting subsection
(g); and in section 6208(d)— by striking The First Responder Network Authority and inserting the following: The First Responder Network Authority ; and by adding at the end the following: Not later than 60 days after the date on which the NTIA receives a written recommendation from the First Responder Network Authority for action upon a network reinvestment decision or task order with respect to the nationwide public safety broadband network, the NTIA shall take action upon such network reinvestment decision or task order. . Section 6205(b)(2) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1425(b)(2) ) is amended by striking If and inserting Subject to section 6206(d), if . The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to— except as provided in paragraph
(2)of this subsection, actions taken by the First Responder Network Authority on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; and in the case of paragraph
(2)of section 6208(d) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1428(d) ), as added by this section, written recommendations received by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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