HR 2482
NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025
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Bill overview
This bill reauthorizes the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) through FY2026 and makes several changes to its leadership structure. Specifically, it elevates the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to the role of Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary to Deputy Under Secretary. The bill also consolidates and streamlines reporting requirements for the NTIA, repeals outdated reporting requirements, and extends the audit obligation for the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program. Finally, it clarifies the NTIA’s role in coordinating executive branch views on matters before the Federal Communications Commission.
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- Promotes the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
- Promotes the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
- Consolidates and streamlines NTIA reporting requirements into a single annual report to Congress.
- Repeals certain outdated and expired NTIA reporting requirements.
- Extends the Office of the Inspector General’s audit authority for the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program.
- Clarifies the NTIA’s role in coordinating executive branch views before the Federal Communications Commission.
- Establishes an Office of Spectrum Management within the NTIA.
- Establishes an Office of International Affairs within the NTIA.
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119th CONGRESS — 1st Session
H. R. 2482
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and for other purposes.
or theNational Telecommunications and Information Administration Reauthorization Act of 2025
.NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
In this Act:
The term Commission
means the Federal Communications Commission.
The term NTIA
means the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.
The term Under Secretary
means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.
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 $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $57,000,000 for fiscal year 2026
.
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)) 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.
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:
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—
in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
by adding at the end the following:
appropriately coordinated; and
reflective of executive branch policy.
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
; and
in subparagraph (M), by inserting , publish reports,
after studies
.
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 Assistant secretary
and inserting Under secretary
; and
by striking Assistant Secretary
each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary
.
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerceand 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 Assistant secretary
and inserting Under secretary
; and
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
.
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.
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—
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary; and
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—
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary;
in section 905—
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary;
assistant secretaryand inserting
under secretary; and
assistant secretaryand inserting
under secretary; and
by striking Assistant Secretary
each place the term appears and inserting Under Secretary
; and
in title IX of division FF—
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary; and
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—
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary;
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary; and
in subsection (h)—
assistant secretaryand inserting
under secretary; and
assistant secretaryand inserting
under secretary;
in title III—
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary; and
assistant secretaryand inserting
under secretary;
Assistant secretaryand inserting
Under secretary; and
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
.
in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ; and
;
in paragraph (3), by striking ; and
and inserting a period; and
by striking paragraph (4).
Reports to Congressand all that follows through
For each fiscal yearand inserting
Annual report to Congress.—For each fiscal year.
Section 105(a) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 904(a)) is amended—
by striking paragraph (2); and
by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
The reports described in this paragraph are the following:
The report required by section 903(c)(2)(C) of division FF of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1307(c)(2)(C)).
in the matter preceding clause (i)—
by striking Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter,
and inserting In the first quarter of each calendar year,
; and
by inserting , for the fiscal year ending most recently before the beginning of such quarter,
after a report
; and
in clause (i), by striking for the previous year
.
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Not later than 1 year
and all that follows through shall—
and inserting the following: For the first fiscal year in which the Under Secretary awards grants under section 60304(d)(1), and each fiscal year thereafter in which the Under Secretary awards grants under such section, the Under Secretary shall—
; and
in subparagraph (A)—
by inserting in the first quarter of the first calendar year that begins after the end of such fiscal year,
before submit
; and
by striking , for the year covered by the report
.
At the time when the Under Secretary submits a report required by paragraph (1) to the committees described in such paragraph, the Under Secretary shall submit any portion of such report that relates to a report described in paragraph (2)(C) to each committee of Congress not described in paragraph (1) to which such report would (without regard to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) be required to be submitted.
Paragraph (1), and the amendments made by paragraph (3), shall apply beginning on January 1 of the first calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Section 902(c)(4)(A) of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (47 U.S.C. 1306(c)(4)(A)) is amended by striking fiscal years 2021 and 2022
and inserting fiscal years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024
.
Secretarymeans the Secretary of Commerce.
Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
There is established within the NTIA an Office of Spectrum Management (in this section referred to as the Office
).
The head of the Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Spectrum Management (in this section referred to as the Associate Administrator
).
The Associate Administrator shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under Secretary).
The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Under Secretary—
carry out responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(A) (relating to frequency assignments for radio stations belonging to and operated by the United States), make frequency allocations for frequencies that will be used by such stations, and develop and maintain techniques, databases, measurements, files, and procedures necessary for such allocations;
carry out responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(K) (relating to establishing policies concerning spectrum assignments and use by radio stations belonging to and operated by the United States) and provide Federal agencies with guidance to ensure that the conduct of telecommunications activities by such agencies is consistent with such policies;
represent the interests of Federal agencies in the process through which the Commission and the NTIA jointly determine the National Table of Frequency Allocations, and coordinate with the Commission in the development of a comprehensive long-range plan for improved management of all electromagnetic spectrum resources;
appoint the chairpersons of and provide secretariat functions for the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee;
carry out responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(B) (relating to authorizing a foreign government to construct and operate a radio station at the seat of Government of the United States) and assign frequencies for use by such stations;
provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary and coordinate with the Associate Administrator for International Affairs in carrying out spectrum management aspects of the international policy responsibilities of the NTIA, including spectrum-related responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(G);
carry out spectrum-related responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(H) (relating to coordination of the telecommunications activities of the executive branch and assistance in the formulation of policies and standards for such activities);
carry out spectrum-related responsibilities under section 103(b)(2)(Q) (relating to certain activities with respect to telecommunications resources); and
carry out any other duties of the NTIA with respect to spectrum policy that the Under Secretary may designate.
Part A of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
There is established within the NTIA an Office of International Affairs (in this section referred to as the Office
).
The head of the Office shall be an Associate Administrator for International Affairs (in this section referred to as the Associate Administrator
).
The Associate Administrator shall report to the Under Secretary (or a designee of the Under Secretary).
The Associate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Under Secretary—
in coordination with the Secretary of State, conduct analysis of, review, and formulate international telecommunications and information policy;
present on international telecommunications and information policy—
before the Commission, Congress, and others; and
in coordination with the Secretary of State, before international telecommunications bodies, including the International Telecommunication Union;
conduct or obtain analysis on economic and other aspects of international telecommunications and information policy;
formulate, and recommend to the Under Secretary, polices and plans with respect to preparation for and participation in international telecommunications and information policy activities;
in coordination with the Secretary of State, coordinate NTIA and interdepartmental economic, technical, operational, and other preparations related to participation by the United States in international telecommunications and information policy conferences and negotiations;
ensure NTIA representation with respect to international telecommunications and information policy meetings and the activities related to preparation for such meetings;
in coordination with the Secretary of State, coordinate with Federal agencies and private organizations engaged in activities involving international telecommunications and information policy matters and maintain cognizance of the activities of United States signatories with respect to related treaties, agreements, and other instruments;
provide advice and assistance related to international telecommunications and information policy to other Federal agencies charged with responsibility for international negotiations, to strengthen the position and serve the best interests of the United States in the conduct of negotiations with foreign nations;
provide advice and assistance to the Under Secretary with respect to evaluating the international impact of matters pending before the Commission, other Federal agencies, and Congress;
carry out, at the request of the Secretary, the responsibilities of the Secretary under the Communications Satellite Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) and other Federal laws related to international telecommunications and information policy; and
carry out any other duties of the NTIA with respect to international telecommunications and information policy that the Under Secretary may designate.