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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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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 ‘‘NTIA Policy and Cy-
bersecurity Coordination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBERSECURITY. 
(a) OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER-
SECURITY.—Part A of the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration Organization Act (47 
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 106. OFFICE OF POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND CYBER-
SECURITY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be within the 
NTIA an office to be known as the Office of Policy Devel-
opment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to as 
the ‘Office’). 
‘‘(b) ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.—The head of the 
Office shall be an Associate Administrator for Policy De-
velopment and Cybersecurity (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Associate Administrator’), who shall report to the 
Assistant Secretary. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Associate Adminis-
trator shall oversee and conduct national commu-
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nications and information policy analysis and devel-
opment for the internet and communications tech-
nologies. 
‘‘(2) PARTICULAR
DUTIES.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Associate Administrator 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 
markets; 
‘‘(B) conduct studies, as delegated by the 
Assistant Secretary or required by Congress, on 
how individuals in the United States access and 
use the internet, wireline and wireless teleph-
ony, mass media, other digital services, and 
video services; 
‘‘(C) coordinate transparent, consensus- 
based, multistakeholder processes to create 
guidance for and to support the development 
and implementation of cybersecurity and pri-
vacy policies with respect to the internet and 
other communications networks; 
‘‘(D) promote increased collaboration be-
tween security researchers and providers of 
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