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Union Calendar No. 487 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4046 
[Report No. 117–668] 
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 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. DUNCAN (for himself, Ms. WILD, and Mr. CURTIS) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Additional sponsors: Ms. SPANBERGER and Mr. DELGADO 
DECEMBER 30, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 22, 2021] 
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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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and information policy analysis and development for 
the internet and communications technologies. 
‘‘(2) PARTICULAR
DUTIES.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Office shall— 
‘‘(A) develop, analyze, and advocate for 
market-based policies that promote innovation, 
competition, consumer access, digital inclusion, 
workforce development, and economic growth in 
the communications, media, and technology mar-
kets; 
‘‘(B) issue studies, as delegated by the As-
sistant Secretary or required by Congress, on 
how individuals in the United States access and 
use the internet, wireline and wireless telephony, 
mass media, other digital services, and video 
services; 
‘‘(C) coordinate transparent, consensus- 
based, multistakeholder processes to create guid-
ance or to support the development and imple-
mentation of cybersecurity and privacy policies 
with respect to the internet and other commu-
nications networks; 
‘‘(D) promote increased collaboration be-
tween security researchers and providers of com-
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munications services and software system devel-
opers; 
‘‘(E) perform such duties as the Assistant 
Secretary considers appropriate relating to the 
program for preventing future vulnerabilities es-
tablished under section 8(a) of the Secure and 
Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 
(47 U.S.C. 1607(a)); 
‘‘(F) advocate for policies that promote the 
security and resilience to cybersecurity incidents 
of communications networks while fostering in-
novation, including policies that promote secure 
communications network supply chains; 
‘‘(G) at the direction of the Assistant Sec-
retary, present security of the digital economy 
and infrastructure and cybersecurity policy ef-
forts before the Commission, Congress, and else-
where; 
‘‘(H) provide advice and assistance to the 
Assistant Secretary in carrying out the policy 
responsibilities of the NTIA with respect to cy-
bersecurity policy matters, including the evalua-
tion of the impact of cybersecurity matters pend-
ing before the Commission, other Federal agen-
cies, and Congress; 
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‘‘(I) in addition to the duties described in 
subparagraph (H), perform such other duties re-
garding the policy responsibilities of the NTIA 
with respect to cybersecurity policy matters as 
the Assistant Secretary considers appropriate; 
‘‘(J) develop policies to accelerate innova-
tion and commercialization with respect to ad-
vances in technological understanding of commu-
nications technologies; 
‘‘(K) identify barriers to trust, security, in-
novation, and commercialization with respect to 
communications technologies, including access to 
capital and other resources, and ways to over-
come such barriers; 
‘‘(L) provide public access to relevant data, 
research, and technical assistance on innovation 
and commercialization with respect to commu-
nications technologies, consistent with the protec-
tion of classified information; 
‘‘(M) strengthen collaboration on and co-
ordination of policies relating to innovation and 
commercialization with respect to communica-
tions technologies, including policies focused on 
the needs of small businesses and rural commu-
nities— 
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‘‘(i) within the Department of Com-
merce; 
‘‘(ii) between the Department of Com-
merce and State government agencies, as 
appropriate; and 
‘‘(iii) between the Department of Com-
merce and the Commission or any other 
Federal agency the Assistant Secretary de-
termines to be necessary; and 
‘‘(N) solicit and consider feedback from 
small and rural communications service pro-
viders, as appropriate.’’. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL RULES.— 
(1) REDESIGNATION
OF
ASSOCIATE
ADMINIS-
TRATOR; CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.— 
(A) REDESIGNATION.—The position of Asso-
ciate Administrator for Policy Analysis and De-
velopment at the NTIA is hereby redesignated as 
the position of Associate Administrator for Pol-
icy Development and Cybersecurity. 
(B) CONTINUATION OF SERVICE.—The indi-
vidual serving as Associate Administrator for 
Policy Analysis and Development at the NTIA 
on the date of the enactment of this Act shall be-
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come, as of such date, the Associate Adminis-
trator for Policy Development and Cybersecurity. 
(2) NTIA DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘NTIA’’ means the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration. 
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