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47 U.S.C. § 1426 — Public safety broadband network
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**(a) Establishment** The First Responder Network Authority shall ensure the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.
**(b) Network components** The nationwide public safety broadband network shall be based on a single, national network architecture that evolves with technological advancements and initially consists of—
(1) a core network that—
(A) consists of national and regional data centers, and other elements and functions that may be distributed geographically, all of which shall be based on commercial standards; and
(B) provides the connectivity between—
(i) the radio access network; and
(ii) the public Internet or the public switched network, or both; and
(2) a radio access network that—
(A) consists of all cell site equipment, antennas, and backhaul equipment, based on commercial standards, that are required to enable wireless communications with devices using the public safety broadband spectrum; and
(B) shall be developed, constructed, managed, maintained, and operated taking into account the plans developed in the State, local, and tribal planning and implementation grant program under [section 1442(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1442/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment** The First Responder Network Authority shall ensure the establishment of a nationwide, interoperable public safety broadband network.
**(b) Network components** The nationwide public safety broadband network shall be based on a single, national network architecture that evolves with technological advancements and initially consists of—
(1) a core network that—
(A) consists of national and regional data centers, and other elements and functions that may be distributed geographically, all of which shall be based on commercial standards; and
(B) provides the connectivity between—
(i) the radio access network; and
(ii) the public Internet or the public switched network, or both; and
(2) a radio access network that—
(A) consists of all cell site equipment, antennas, and backhaul equipment, based on commercial standards, that are required to enable wireless communications with devices using the public safety broadband spectrum; and
(B) shall be developed, constructed, managed, maintained, and operated taking into account the plans developed in the State, local, and tribal planning and implementation grant program under [section 1442(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1442/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Establishment of Public Safety Trust Fund**
(1) **In general** — There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Public Safety Trust Fund.
(2) **Availability** — Amounts deposited in the Public Safety Trust Fund shall remain available through fiscal year 2022. Any amounts remaining in the Fund after the end of such fiscal year shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
**(b) Use of Fund** As amounts are deposited in the Public Safety Trust Fund, such amounts shall be used to make the following deposits or payments in the following order of priority:
(1) **Repayment of amount borrowed for First Responder Network Authority** — An amount not to exceed $2,000,000,000 shall be available to the NTIA to reimburse the general fund of the Treasury for any amounts borrowed under [section 1427 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1427&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **State and Local Implementation Fund** — $135,000,000 shall be deposited in the State and Local Implementation Fund established by [section 1441 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1441&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Buildout by First Responder Network Authority** — $7,000,000,000, reduced by the amount borrowed under [section 1427 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1427&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be deposited in the Network Construction Fund established by [section 1426 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1426&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Public safety researc
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**(a) Advisory committees** The First Responder Network Authority—
(1) shall establish a standing public safety advisory committee to assist the First Responder Network Authority in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this subchapter; and
(2) may establish additional standing or ad hoc committees, panels, or councils as the First Responder Network Authority determines are necessary.
**(b) Selection of agents, consultants, and experts**
(1) **In general** — The First Responder Network Authority shall select parties to serve as its agents, consultants, or experts in a fair, transparent, and objective manner, and such agents may include a program manager to carry out certain of the duties and responsibilities of deploying and operating the nationwide public safety broadband network described in subsections (b) and (c) of [section 1426 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1426&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Binding and final** — If the selection of an agent, consultant, or expert satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1), the selection of that agent, consultant, or expert shall be final and binding.
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TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 1426
(i) 4 members shall serve for a term of 3
years;
(ii) 4 members shall serve for a term of 2
years; and
(iii) 4 members shall serve for a term of
1 year.
(3) Vacancies
A vacancy in the membership of the Board
shall not affect the Board’s powers, and shall
be filled in the same manner as the original
member was appointed.
(d) Chair
(1) Selection
The Secretary of Commerce shall select,
from among the members of the Board ap-
pointed under subsection (b)(1)(D), an indi-
vidual to serve for a 2-year term as Chair of
the Board.
(2) Consecutive terms
An individual may not serve for more than 2
consecutive terms as Chair of the Board.
(e) Meetings
(1) Frequency
The Board shall meet—
(A) at the call of the Chair; and
(B) not less frequently than once each
quarter.
(2) Transparency
Meetings of the Board, including any com-
mittee of the Board, shall be open to the pub-
lic. The Board may, by majority vote, close
any such meeting only for the time necessary
to preserve the confidentiality of commercial
or financial information that is privileged or
confidential, to discuss personnel matters, or
to discuss legal matters affecting the First Re-
sponder Network Authority, including pending
or potential litigation.
(f) Quorum
Eight members of the Board shall constitute a
quorum, including at least 6 of the members ap-
pointed under subsection (b)(1)(D).
(g) Compensation
(1) In general
The members of the Board appointed under
subsection (b)(1)(D) shall be compensated at
the daily rate of basic pay for level IV of the
Executive Schedule for each day during which
such members are engaged in performing a
function of the Board.
(2) Prohibition on compensation
A member of the Board appointed under sub-
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