Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
47 U.S.C. § 1427 — Public safety Interoperability Board
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Commission an advisory board to be known as the “Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability”.
**(b) Membership**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Voting members* — Not later than 30 days after February 22, 2012, the Chairman of the Commission shall appoint 14 voting members to the Interoperability Board, of which—
(i) 4 members shall be representatives of wireless providers, of which—
(I) 2 members shall be representatives of national wireless providers;
(II) 1 member shall be a representative of regional wireless providers; and
(III) 1 member shall be a representative of rural wireless providers;
(ii) 3 members shall be representatives of equipment manufacturers;
(iii) 4 members shall be representatives of public safety entities, of which—
(I) not less than 1 member shall be a representative of management level employees of public safety entities; and
(II) not less than 1 member shall be a representative of employees of public safety entities;
(iv) 3 members shall be representatives of State and local governments, chosen to reflect geographic and population density differences across the United States; and
(v) all members shall have specific expertise necessary to developing technical requirements under this section, such as technical expertise, public safety communications expertise, and commercial network experience.
(B) *Non-voting member* — The Assistant Secretary shall appoint 1 non-voting member to the Interoperability Board.
(2) **Period of appointment**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), members of the Interoperability Board shall be appointed for the life of the Interoperability Board.
(B) *Removal f
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 47 U.S.C. § 1427
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: ef8b11969910c5391e4af9c17244a8c5b664c48ee01fe828ad2fec87b5aec4b0. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_f98a5a9a614a0f69bc48b56e
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-47/section-1427-public-safety-interoperability-board--339460373a.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 0768be00180dbe120ef57e77a2ec7b4e376c7a21205efbf9dc5b5cbb756ed94d
Source location: Title 47, Chapter 13, § 1427; chapter-013-public-safety-communications-and-electromagnetic-spectrum-auctions.md
Stored source content
**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Commission an advisory board to be known as the “Technical Advisory Board for First Responder Interoperability”.
**(b) Membership**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Voting members* — Not later than 30 days after February 22, 2012, the Chairman of the Commission shall appoint 14 voting members to the Interoperability Board, of which—
(i) 4 members shall be representatives of wireless providers, of which—
(I) 2 members shall be representatives of national wireless providers;
(II) 1 member shall be a representative of regional wireless providers; and
(III) 1 member shall be a representative of rural wireless providers;
(ii) 3 members shall be representatives of equipment manufacturers;
(iii) 4 members shall be representatives of public safety entities, of which—
(I) not less than 1 member shall be a representative of management level employees of public safety entities; and
(II) not less than 1 member shall be a representative of employees of public safety entities;
(iv) 3 members shall be representatives of State and local governments, chosen to reflect geographic and population density differences across the United States; and
(v) all members shall have specific expertise necessary to developing technical requirements under this section, such as technical expertise, public safety communications expertise, and commercial network experience.
(B) *Non-voting member* — The Assistant Secretary shall appoint 1 non-voting member to the Interoperability Board.
(2) **Period of appointment**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), members of the Interoperability Board shall be appointed for the life of the Interoperability Board.
(B) *Removal for cause* — A member of the Interoperability Board may be removed for cause upon the determination of the Chairman of the Commission.
(3) **Vacancies** — Any vacancy in the Interoperability Board shall not affect the powers of the Interoperability Board, and shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
(4) **Chairperson and Vice Chairperson** — The Interoperability Board shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among the members of the Interoperability Board.
(5) **Quorum** — A majority of the members of the Interoperability Board shall constitute a quorum.
**(c) Duties of the Interoperability Board**
(1) **Development of technical requirements** — Not later than 90 days after February 22, 2012, the Interoperability Board, in consultation with the NTIA, NIST, and the Office of Emergency Communications of the Department of Homeland Security, shall—
(A) develop recommended minimum technical requirements to ensure a nationwide level of interoperability for the nationwide public safety broadband network; and
(B) submit to the Commission for review in accordance with paragraph (3) recommended minimum technical requirements described in subparagraph (A).
(2) **Consideration** — In developing recommended minimum technical requirements under paragraph (1), the Interoperability Board shall base the recommended minimum technical requirements on the commercial standards for Long Term Evolution (LTE) service.
(3) **Approval of recommendations**
(A) *In general* — Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Interoperability Board submits recommended minimum technical requirements under paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall approve the recommendations, with any revisions it deems necessary, and transmit such recommendations to the First Responder Network Authority.
(B) *Review* — Any actions taken under subparagraph (A) shall not be reviewable as a final agency action.
**(d) Travel expenses** The members of the Interoperability Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Interoperability Board.
**(e) Exemption from chapter 10 of title 5** Chapter 10 of title 5 shall not apply to the Interoperability Board.
**(f) Termination of authority** The Interoperability Board shall terminate 15 days after the date on which the Commission transmits the recommendations to the First Responder Network Authority under subsection (c)(3)(A).
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(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
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 47 U.S.C. § 1401
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 440
TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 1427
‘‘this title’’, meaning title VI of Pub. L. 112–96, Feb. 22,
2012, 126 Stat. 201, to reflect the probable intent of Con-
gress. Title VI enacted this chapter and section 929 of
this title, amended sections 309, 337, 614, 902, 923, 928,
and 942 of this title, and enacted provisions set out as
a note under section 1401 of this title.
§ 1427. Initial funding for the First Responder
Network Authority
(a) Borrowing authority
Prior to the deposit of proceeds into the Pub-
lic Safety Trust Fund from the incentive auc-
tions 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 bor-
row from the Treasury such sums as may be nec-
essary, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000, to imple-
ment this subchapter. The NTIA shall reimburse
the Treasury, without interest, from funds de-
posited into the Public Safety Trust Fund.
(b) Prohibition
(1) In general
Administrative expenses of the First Re-
sponder Network Authority may not exceed
$100,000,000 during the 10-year period beginning
on February 22, 2012.
(2) Definition
For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘administrative expenses’’ does not include
the costs incurred by the First Responder Net-
work Authority for oversight and audits to
protect against waste, fraud, and abuse.
(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6207, Feb. 22, 2012, 126
Stat. 215.)
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.
§ 1428. Permanent self-funding; duty to assess
and collect fees for network use
(a) In general
Notwith
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 47 U.S.C. § 1427
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.