IIB 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1345 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 26, 2023 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

and Transportation 

AN ACT 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 

Administration Organization Act to establish the Office 

of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NTIA Policy and Cy3 bersecurity Coordination Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY. 

5 (a) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER6 SECURITY.—Part A of the National Telecommunications 

7 and Information Administration Organization Act (47 

8 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 106. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER11 SECURITY. 

12 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be within the 

13 NTIA an office to be known as the Office of Policy Devel14 opment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as 

15 the ‘Office’). 

16 ‘‘(b) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the 

17 Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Policy De18 velopment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to 

19 as the ‘Associate Administrator’), who shall report to the 

20 Assistant Secretary. 

21 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis23 trator shall oversee and conduct national commu24 nications and information policy analysis and devel25 opment for the internet and communications tech26 nologies. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PARTICULAR DUTIES.—In carrying out 

2 paragraph (1), the Associate Administrator shall— 

3 ‘‘(A) develop, analyze, and advocate for 

4 market-based policies that promote innovation, 

5 competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, 

6 workforce development, and economic growth in 

7 the communications, media, and technology 

8 markets; 

9 ‘‘(B) conduct studies, as delegated by the 

10 Assistant Secretary or required by Congress, on 

11 how individuals in the United States access and 

12 use the internet, wireline and wireless teleph13 ony, mass media, other digital services, and 

14 video services; 

15 ‘‘(C) coordinate transparent, consensus16 based, multistakeholder processes to create 

17 guidance for and to support the development 

18 and implementation of cybersecurity and pri19 vacy policies with respect to the internet and 

20 other communications networks; 

21 ‘‘(D) promote increased collaboration be22 tween security researchers and providers of 

23 communications services and software system 

24 developers; 


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1 ‘‘(E) perform such duties as the Assistant 

2 Secretary considers appropriate relating to the 

3 program for preventing future vulnerabilities es4 tablished under section 8(a) of the Secure and 

5 Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 

6 (47 U.S.C. 1607(a)); 

7 ‘‘(F) advocate for policies that promote the 

8 security and resilience to cybersecurity incidents 

9 of communications networks while fostering in10 novation, including policies that promote secure 

11 communications network supply chains; 

12 ‘‘(G) at the direction of the Assistant Sec13 retary, present security of the digital economy 

14 and infrastructure and cybersecurity policy ef15 forts before the Commission, Congress, and 

16 elsewhere; 

17 ‘‘(H) provide advice and assistance to the 

18 Assistant Secretary in carrying out the policy 

19 responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to cy20 bersecurity policy matters, including the evalua21 tion of the impact of cybersecurity matters 

22 pending before the Commission, other Federal 

23 agencies, and Congress; 

24 ‘‘(I) in addition to the duties described in 

25 subparagraph (H), perform such other duties 


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1 regarding the policy responsibilities of the 

2 NTIA with respect to cybersecurity policy mat3 ters as the Assistant Secretary considers appro4 priate; 

5 ‘‘(J) develop policies to accelerate innova6 tion and commercialization with respect to ad7 vances in technological understanding of com8 munications technologies; 

9 ‘‘(K) identify barriers to trust, security, in10 novation, and commercialization with respect to 

11 communications technologies, including access 

12 to capital and other resources, and ways to 

13 overcome such barriers; 

14 ‘‘(L) provide public access to relevant data, 

15 research, and technical assistance on innovation 

16 and commercialization with respect to commu17 nications technologies, consistent with the pro18 tection of classified information; 

19 ‘‘(M) strengthen collaboration on and co20 ordination of policies relating to innovation and 

21 commercialization with respect to communica22 tions technologies, including policies focused on 

23 the needs of small businesses and rural commu24 nities— 


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1 ‘‘(i) within the Department of Com2 merce; 

3 ‘‘(ii) between the Department of Com4 merce and State government agencies, as 

5 appropriate; and 

6 ‘‘(iii) between the Department of 

7 Commerce and the Commission or any 

8 other Federal agency the Assistant Sec9 retary determines to be necessary; and 

10 ‘‘(N) solicit and consider feedback from 

11 small and rural communications service pro12 viders, as appropriate.’’. 

13 (b) TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 

14 (1) REDESIGNATION OF ASSOCIATE ADMINIS15 TRATOR; CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.— 

16 (A) REDESIGNATION.—The position of As17 sociate Administrator for Policy Analysis and 

18 Development at the NTIA is hereby redesig19 nated as the position of Associate Adminis20 trator for Policy Development and Cybersecu21 rity. 

22 (B) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—The in23 dividual serving as Associate Administrator for 

24 Policy Analysis and Development at the NTIA 

25 on the date of the enactment of this Act shall 


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1 become, as of such date, the Associate Adminis2 trator for Policy Development and Cybersecu3 rity. 

4 (2) NTIA DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 

5 term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the National Telecommuni6 cations and Information Administration. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2023. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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