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 106 STAT. 3534 PUBLIC LAW 102-538—OCT. 27, 1992 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 mtuiner 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 poUcies, and for carrying out the related functions it currently performs, as reflected in Executive Order 12046. (c) PouCY. — 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 tiirough 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. 47 USC 902. SEC. 103. ESTABLISHBfENT; ASSIGNED FUNCTIONS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— (1) ADMlNiSTRATiON.There shall be within the Department of Commerce an administration to be known as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. (2) HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION. —The head of the NTIA shall be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) ASSIGNED FUNCTIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to section 105(d), the Secretary shall assign to the Assistant Secretary and the NTIA responsibility for the performance of the Secretary's communications and information functions. (2) COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION FUNCTIONS.— Subject to section 105(d), the functions to be assigned by the Secretary under paragraph (1) include (but are not limited to) the following functions transferred to the Secretary by Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1977 and Executive Order 12046: (A) The authority delegated by the President to the Secretary to assign frequencies to radio stations or classes of radio stations belonging to and operated by the United States, including the authority to amend, modify, or revoke

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