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Union Calendar No. 50 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1345 

[Report No. 118–70] 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

Organization Act to establish the Office of Policy Development and 

Cybersecurity, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 3, 2023 

Mr. CURTIS (for himself and Ms. WILD) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

MAY 18, 2023 

Additional sponsor: Ms. LEE of Nevada 

MAY 18, 2023 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 

Administration Organization Act to establish the Office 

of Policy Development and Cybersecurity, and for other 

purposes. 


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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘NTIA Policy and Cy5 bersecurity Coordination Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY. 

7 (a) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER8 SECURITY.—Part A of the National Telecommunications 

9 and Information Administration Organization Act (47 

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

11 following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 106. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER13 SECURITY. 

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

15 NTIA an office to be known as the Office of Policy Devel16 opment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as 

17 the ‘Office’). 

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

19 Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Policy De20 velopment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to 

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

22 Assistant Secretary. 

23 ‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis25 trator shall oversee and conduct national commuVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 May 18, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1345.RH H1345

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1 nications and information policy analysis and devel2 opment for the internet and communications tech3 nologies. 

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

5 paragraph (1), the Associate Administrator shall— 

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

7 market-based policies that promote innovation, 

8 competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, 

9 workforce development, and economic growth in 

10 the communications, media, and technology 

11 markets; 

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

13 Assistant Secretary or required by Congress, on 

14 how individuals in the United States access and 

15 use the internet, wireline and wireless teleph16 ony, mass media, other digital services, and 

17 video services; 

18 ‘‘(C) coordinate transparent, consensus19 based, multistakeholder processes to create 

20 guidance for and to support the development 

21 and implementation of cybersecurity and pri22 vacy policies with respect to the internet and 

23 other communications networks; 

24 ‘‘(D) promote increased collaboration be25 tween security researchers and providers of 


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1 communications services and software system 

2 developers; 

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

4 Secretary considers appropriate relating to the 

5 program for preventing future vulnerabilities es6 tablished under section 8(a) of the Secure and 

7 Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 

8 (47 U.S.C. 1607(a)); 

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

10 security and resilience to cybersecurity incidents 

11 of communications networks while fostering in12 novation, including policies that promote secure 

13 communications network supply chains; 

14 ‘‘(G) at the direction of the Assistant Sec15 retary, present security of the digital economy 

16 and infrastructure and cybersecurity policy ef17 forts before the Commission, Congress, and 

18 elsewhere; 

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

20 Assistant Secretary in carrying out the policy 

21 responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to cy22 bersecurity policy matters, including the evalua23 tion of the impact of cybersecurity matters 

24 pending before the Commission, other Federal 

25 agencies, and Congress; 


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

2 subparagraph (H), perform such other duties 

3 regarding the policy responsibilities of the 

4 NTIA with respect to cybersecurity policy mat5 ters as the Assistant Secretary considers appro6 priate; 

7 ‘‘(J) develop policies to accelerate innova8 tion and commercialization with respect to ad9 vances in technological understanding of com10 munications technologies; 

11 ‘‘(K) identify barriers to trust, security, in12 novation, and commercialization with respect to 

13 communications technologies, including access 

14 to capital and other resources, and ways to 

15 overcome such barriers; 

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

17 research, and technical assistance on innovation 

18 and commercialization with respect to commu19 nications technologies, consistent with the pro20 tection of classified information; 

21 ‘‘(M) strengthen collaboration on and co22 ordination of policies relating to innovation and 

23 commercialization with respect to communica24 tions technologies, including policies focused on 


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1 the needs of small businesses and rural commu2 nities— 

3 ‘‘(i) within the Department of Com4 merce; 

5 ‘‘(ii) between the Department of Com6 merce and State government agencies, as 

7 appropriate; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) between the Department of 

9 Commerce and the Commission or any 

10 other Federal agency the Assistant Sec11 retary determines to be necessary; and 

12 ‘‘(N) solicit and consider feedback from 

13 small and rural communications service pro14 viders, as appropriate.’’. 

15 (b) TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 

16 (1) REDESIGNATION OF ASSOCIATE ADMINIS17 TRATOR; CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.— 

18 (A) REDESIGNATION.—The position of As19 sociate Administrator for Policy Analysis and 

20 Development at the NTIA is hereby redesig21 nated as the position of Associate Adminis22 trator for Policy Development and Cybersecu23 rity. 

24 (B) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—The in25 dividual serving as Associate Administrator for 


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1 Policy Analysis and Development at the NTIA 

2 on the date of the enactment of this Act shall 

3 become, as of such date, the Associate Adminis4 trator for Policy Development and Cybersecu5 rity. 

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

7 term ‘‘NTIA’’ means the National Telecommuni8 cations and Information Administration. 


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Union Calendar No. 50 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1345 

[Report No. 118–70] 

A BILL 

To amend the National Telecommunications and 

Cybersecurity, and for other purposes. establish the Office of Policy Development and Information Administration Organization Act to 

MAY 18, 2023 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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