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47 U.S.C. § 1443 — Prohibition on direct offering of commercial telecommunications service directly to consumers

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47 U.S.C. § 1443 — Prohibition on direct offering of commercial telecommunications service directly to consumers

**(a) In general** The First Responder Network Authority shall not offer, provide, or market commercial telecommunications or information services directly to consumers. **(b) Rule of construction** Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the First Responder Network Authority and a secondary user from entering into a covered leasing agreement pursuant to [section 1428(a)(2)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1428/a/2/B&num=0&edition=prelim). Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the First Responder Network Authority from collecting lease fees related to network equipment and infrastructure pursuant to [section 1428(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1428/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim).

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47 U.S.C. § 1401 — Public Safety Trust Fund

**(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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47 U.S.C. § 1443 — Public safety wireless communications re-

Page 443 TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS § 1443 (B) State request for proposals Not later than 180 days after the date on which a Governor provides notice under sub- paragraph (A), the Governor shall develop and complete requests for proposals for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the radio access network within the State. (C) Submission and approval of alternative plan (i) In general The State shall submit an alternative plan for the construction, maintenance, operation, and improvements of the radio access network within the State to the Commission, and such plan shall dem- onstrate— (I) that the State will be in compliance with the minimum technical interoper- ability requirements developed under section 1423 of this title; and (II) interoperability with the nation- wide public safety broadband network. (ii) Commission approval or disapproval Upon submission of a State plan under clause (i), the Commission shall either ap- prove or disapprove the plan. (iii) Approval If the Commission approves a plan under this subparagraph, the State— (I) may apply to the NTIA for a grant to construct the radio access network within the State that includes the show- ing described in subparagraph (D); and (II) shall apply to the NTIA to lease spectrum capacity from the First Re- sponder Network Authority. (iv) Disapproval If the Commission disapproves a plan under this subparagraph, the construction, maintenance, operation, and improve- ments of the network within the State shall proceed in accordance with the plan proposed by the First Responder Network Authority. (D) Funding requirements In order to obtain grant funds and spec- trum capacity leasing rights under subpara- graph (C)(iii), a State shall demonstrate— (i) that the State ha

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