(2) The term ‘‘Office’’ means the Office of
Telecommunications Policy established in section 3.
(3) The term ‘‘Deputy Director’’ means the
Deputy Director of the Office appointed under sec-
tion 5(b).
(4) The term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of
the Office appointed under section 5(a).
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT.
There is hereby established in the Executive Office
of the President the Office of Telecommunications Policy.
SEC. 4. FUNCTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Office, acting through the
Director, shall—
(1) take such action as may be necessary to
provide for the preparation of national telecommuni-
cations policy options;
(2) serve as the principal advisor to the Presi-
dent in matters relating to telecommunications is-
sues and policies;
(3) act as the arbiter of disputes and dif-
ferences which may arise between or among Govern-
ment agencies in connection with the development
and implementation of national telecommunications
policies;
(4) communicate the views of Government
agencies, as well as the views of the President, with
respect to telecommunications matters to the Fed-
eral Communications Commission, and communicate
the views of the President and Government agencies
(other than the Commission) to the Congress;
(5) monitor the development of new tele-
communications technologies, study the effects of
new telecommunications facilities, services, and sys-
tems, and make recommendations to the President
and to the Congress with respect to the introduction
of new technologies into the national economy; and
(6) perform such other functions vested in the
President relating to telecommunications as the
President may delegate to the Office.
(b) EFFECT ON FCC AUTHORITY.—The authority of
the Office under this Act shall not affect the authority
of the Federal Communications Commission under the
Communications Act of 1934 or the Satellite Communica-
tions Act of 1962.
(c) PRESIDENTIAL REGULATIONS.—The functions of
the Office under subsection (a) (3) and (4), and the cor-
responding obligations of other agencies affected there-
under, shall be in accordance with regulations which the
President shall prescribe.
SEC. 5. DIRECTOR AND STAFF; ORGANIZATION OF OFFICE.
(a) DIRECTOR.—The head of the Office shall be the
Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director
shall be paid at a rate equal to the rate of basic pay which
is payable from time to time for level II of the Executive
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States
Code.
(b) DEPUTY DIRECTOR.—The Office shall have a
Deputy Director, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Deputy Director shall be paid at a rate equal to the rate
of basic pay which is payable from time to time for level
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5, United States Code. The Deputy Director shall perform
such duties and exercise such powers as the Director may
prescribe. The Deputy Director shall act for, and exercise
the powers of, the Director during any absence or disabil-
ity of the Director or during any vacancy in the office of
Director.
(c) STAFF.—(1)(A) The Director may appoint not
more than two full-time professional staff members who
shall perform such duties as the Director may direct. The
Deputy Director may appoint not more than one such
staff member who shall perform such duties as the Deputy
Director may direct.
(B) The appointments specified in subparagraph (A)
may be made without regard to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the com-
petitive service. Such staff member may be paid without
regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III
of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates. The Direc-
tor may fix the compensation of not more than one such
staff member at a rate not in excess of the maximum rate
payable from time to time for grade GS–18 of the General
Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States
Code. The remaining staff members appointed under sub-
paragraph (A) may be compensated at a rate fixed by the
Director or the Deputy Director, as the case may be, not
in excess of the maximum rate payable from time to time
for grade GS–16 of the General Schedule under section
5332 of title 5, United States Code.
(2) The Director may appoint and fix the pay of such
clerical and other support personnel as the Director con-
siders desirable. Such personnel shall be appointed subject
to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointments in the competitive service, and shall be paid
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classi-
fication and General Schedule pay rates.
(d) ORGANIZATION.—The Director may organize the
personnel of the Office into such bureaus, divisions, or of-
fices as the Director may consider necessary.
SEC. 6. AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall exercise all the
executive and administrative functions of the Office.
(b) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.—The Director—
(1) may obtain services as authorized in section
3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to
exceed the daily rate prescribed for GS–18 of the
General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5,
United States Code, for persons employed intermit-
tently in Federal Government service;
(2) may delegate to the Deputy Director, or to
any other employee of the Office, any authority of
the Director established in this Act;
(3) shall prescribe such rules as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this Act;
(4) shall distribute business among any person-
nel appointed under section 5(c)(2), and among any
bureaus, divisions, or offices established under sec-
tion 5(d);
(5) shall administer the use and expenditure of
funds available to the Office;
(6) shall coordinate and organize the work of
the Office in order to promote prompt and efficient
disposition of all matters within the jurisdiction of
the Office; and
(7) shall assure appropriate consumer represen-
tation in connection with the development of policy
by the Office.
SEC. 7. ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director shall establish
an advisory committee to be known as the Advisory Com-
mittee on Telecommunications Policy.
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall consist of
members appointed by the Director from the general pub-
lic, including representatives of—
(1) various segments of the telecommunications
industry,
(2) labor organizations involved in such indus-
try, and
(3) public interest and consumer organizations.
(c) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee shall provide ad-
vice and recommendations to the Director on matters re-
ferred to it by the Director and on such other matters
relating to the functions of the Director as it considers
appropriate. Consistent with otherwise applicable law, the