Title 47 — Telecommunications
Chapter 13 — Public Safety Communications and Electromagnetic Spectrum Auctions
§ 1427. Initial funding for the First Responder Network Authority
Statutory text
Borrowing authority
Prior to the deposit of proceeds into the Public Safety Trust Fund from the incentive auctions to be carried out under section 309(j)(8)(G) of this title or the auction of spectrum pursuant to section 1451 of this title, the NTIA may borrow from the Treasury such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000, to implement this subchapter. The NTIA shall reimburse the Treasury, without interest, from funds deposited into the Public Safety Trust Fund.
Prohibition
In general
Administrative expenses of the First Responder Network Authority may not exceed $100,000,000 during the 10-year period beginning on .
Definition
For purposes of this subsection, the term “administrative expenses” does not include the costs incurred by the First Responder Network Authority for oversight and audits to protect against waste, fraud, and abuse.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
Pub. L. 112–96 title VI § 6207 · 126 Stat. 156
Enacted · 47 U.S.C. § 1427
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6207, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 215.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6207, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 215.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6207. INITIAL FUNDING FOR THE FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHORITY. (a) Borrowing Authority.— Prior to the deposit of proceeds into the Public Safety Trust Fund from the incentive auctions to be carried out under section 309(j)(8)(G) of the Communications Act of 1934 or the auction of spectrum pursuant to section 6401, the NTIA may borrow from the Treasury such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000, to implement this subtitle. Reimbursement. The NTIA shall reimburse the Treasury, without interest, from funds deposited into the Public Safety Trust Fund. (b) Prohibition.— (1) In general.— Administrative expenses of the First Responder Network Authority may not exceed $100,000,000 during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this title. (2) Definition.— For purposes of this subsection, the term “administrative expenses” does not include the costs incurred by the First Responder Network Authority for oversight and audits to protect against waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 1451, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “section 6401” and means section 6401 of Pub. L. 112–96, which enacted section 1451 of this title and amended section 309 of this title.