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[CITE: 47USC901]

 
          TITLE 47--TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, AND RADIOTELEGRAPHS
 
  CHAPTER 8--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
 
                SUBCHAPTER I--ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 901. Definitions; findings; policy


(a) Definitions

    In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
        (1) The term ``NTIA'' means the National Telecommunications and 
    Information Administration.
        (2) The term ``Assistant Secretary'' means the Assistant 
    Secretary for Communications and Information.
        (3) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
        (4) The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Communications 
    Commission.
        (5) The term ``Corporation'' means the Communications Satellite 
    Corporation authorized in title III of the Communications Satellite 
    Act of 1962 (47 U.S.C. 731 et seq.).

(b) Findings

    The Congress finds the following:
        (1) Telecommunications and information are vital to the public 
    welfare, national security, and competitiveness of the United 
    States.
        (2) Rapid technological advances being made in the 
    telecommunications and information fields make it imperative that 
    the United States maintain effective national and international 
    policies and programs capable of taking advantage of continued 
    advancements.
        (3) Telecommunications and information policies and 
    recommendations advancing the strategic interests and the 
    international competitiveness of the United States are essential 
    aspects of the Nation's involvement in international commerce.
        (4) There is a critical need for competent and effective 
    telecommunications and information research and analysis and 
    national and international policy development, advice, and advocacy 
    by the executive branch of the Federal Government.
        (5) As one of the largest users of the Nation's 
    telecommunications facilities and resources, the Federal Government 
    must manage its radio spectrum use and other internal communications 
    operations in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
        (6) It is in the national interest to codify the authority of 
    the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an 
    agency in the Department of Commerce, as the executive branch agency 
    principally responsible for advising the President on 
    telecommunications and information policies, and for carrying out 
    the related functions it currently performs, as reflected in 
    Executive Order 12046.

(c) Policy

    The NTIA shall seek to advance the following policies:
        (1) Promoting the benefits of technological development in the 
    United States for all users of telecommunications and information 
    facilities.
        (2) Fostering national safety and security, economic prosperity, 
    and the delivery of critical social services through 
    telecommunications.
        (3) Facilitating and contributing to the full development of 
    competition, efficiency, and the free flow of commerce in domestic 
    and international telecommunications markets.
        (4) Fostering full and efficient use of telecommunications 
    resources, including effective use of the radio spectrum by the 
    Federal Government, in a manner which encourages the most beneficial 
    uses thereof in the public interest.
        (5) Furthering scientific knowledge about telecommunications and 
    information.

(Pub. L. 102-538, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3533.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original, 
``this title'', meaning title I of Pub. L. 102-538, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 
Stat. 3533, which is classified principally to this chapter. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
below and Tables.
    The Communications Satellite Act of 1962, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(5), is Pub. L. 87-624, Aug. 31, 1962, 76 Stat. 419, as amended. 
Title III of the Act is classified generally to subchapter III (Sec. 731 
et seq.) of chapter 6 of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 701 of this 
title and Tables.
    Executive Order 12046, referred to in subsec. (b)(6), is set out as 
a note under section 305 of this title.


                               Short Title

    Section 101 of title I of Pub. L. 102-538 provided that: ``This 
title [enacting this chapter, amending section 394 of this title, and 
enacting provisions set out as a note under section 254r of Title 42, 
The Public Health and Welfare] may be cited as the `National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act'.''
