NTIA gets new groups and a higher leader.

What it does

This bill gives $57 million per year to NTIA for two years. It moves the Assistant Secretary job up to Under Secretary. The bill creates two new groups. One handles Spectrum Management. One handles World Affairs. It combines many old reports into one report each year. It also updates the name of this role in 16 laws.

Who it affects

The NTIA will have a clearer structure inside. The group will have less work reporting to the public. Companies and people who work with radio waves may see changes in how choices get made.

One thing to notice

The bill combines many separate reports into one report per year. The public will get less detail about what each part of NTIA does.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.

• Mar 31, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Mar 31, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
• Apr 8, 2025 — Markup held in committee · Congress.gov: “Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held”
• Apr 8, 2025 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote”
• Apr 28, 2025 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1657-1660)”
• Apr 28, 2025 — Floor vote scheduled · Congress.gov: “Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

3 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 5 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $10,000,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 26 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 61% of bills with any report.

Robert Latta, who sponsored the bill, received $856,126 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• Ncta - the Internet & Television Association — $6,870,000 in 2 reports
• Verizon Communications Inc and Various Subsidiaries — $3,050,000 in 1 report
• Turncommerce, Inc. — $80,000 in 2 reports

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• Under Secretary — A top official who runs a big part of a group.
• Spectrum Management — The work of controlling radio waves used by phones and radios.
• World Affairs — Work that deals with phone and internet rules between countries.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
• sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.