HR 2482 Introduced – NTIA Reauthorization

Last month Rep Latta (R,OH) introduced HR 2482, the NTIA Reauthorization Act of 2025. This bill is the latest attempt to reauthorization process for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The bill would authorize $57 million in spending (down from $62 million in last year’s bill) for NTIA for FY 2025 and FY 2026. The House Energy and Commerce Committee considered the bill in a business meeting (along with 23 other bills) and approved the bill by a voice vote without amendments.

Last session Latta also introduced an NTIA reauthorization bill, HR 4510. That bill was considered in a business meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and adopted the bill by a vote of 48 to 0. The Committee Report was published on October 25^th, 2023. The full House took up HR 4510 on May 14^th, 2024 and passed the legislation by a vote of 374 to 36. No action was taken on this legislation in Senate the 118^th Congress.

HR 2482 is very different from last session’s bill. Whole titles are missing, and titles that are included are missing a substantial number of sections. Of importance here, Title IV that would have established within NTIA an Office of Policy Development and Cybersecurity has not been included in this bill. This means that there are no cybersecurity provisions within the current legislation.