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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4511 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to establish the Office of Public Safety Communica-
tions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2023 
Mrs. CAMMACK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to establish the Office 
of Public Safety Communications, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Public Safety Commu-
nications Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFE-
TY COMMUNICATIONS. 
Part A of the National Telecommunications and In-
formation Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 106. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC 
SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the NTIA the Office of Public Safety Communications (in 
this section referred to as ‘the Office’). 
‘‘(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The head of the Office 
shall be the Associate Administrator for Public Safe-
ty Communications. 
‘‘(2) CAREER POSITION.—The position of Asso-
ciate Administrator shall be a career position in the 
Senior Executive Service occupied by a career ap-
pointee (as that term is defined in section 
3132(a)(4) of title 5, United States Code). 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT
TO
REPORT.—The Asso-
ciate Administrator shall report to the Assistant 
Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.—The Associate Administrator shall— 
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‘‘(B) the prototyping (including leading 
edge prototyping) and deployment by the Fed-
eral Government of advanced communications 
technologies that enhance public safety commu-
nications, 
including 
through 
test-protocol, 
model, or simulation tool for the testing and 
validation of such technologies; 
‘‘(6) manage the First Responder Network Au-
thority established under section 6206 of the Middle 
Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 
U.S.C. 1426), including by being responsible for the 
oversight of the duties and responsibilities carried 
out by the First Responder Network Authority; 
‘‘(7) at the direction of the Assistant Secretary, 
communicate public safety communications policies 
to public entities, including the Commission and 
Congress, or private entities; and 
‘‘(8) carry out any duties regarding the respon-
sibilities of the NTIA with respect to public safety 
communications policy as the Assistant Secretary 
may designate. 
‘‘(d) AUDIT.—The Associate Administrator— 
‘‘(1) shall annually conduct an audit of the ac-
tivities of the First Responder Network Authority in 
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accordance with general accounting principles and 
procedures; and 
‘‘(2) may conduct such audit (or parts thereof) 
through a contractor whose services were procured 
in accordance with title 41, United States Code.’’. 
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