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§1427 Initial Funding for the First Responder Network Authority

Title 47 › CHAPTER 13 — PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AUCTIONS › SUBCHAPTER II — GOVERNANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM › § 1427

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

NTIA may borrow up to $2,000,000,000 from the Treasury to get the program started before auction proceeds go into the Public Safety Trust Fund, and must repay that loan, without interest, from those Fund deposits. The First Responder Network Authority’s administrative costs are limited to $100,000,000 for the 10 years starting February 22, 2012; oversight and audit costs to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse are not counted toward that limit.

Full Legal Text

Title 47, §1427

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(a)Borrowing authority

Prior to the deposit of proceeds into the Public Safety Trust Fund from the incentive auctions 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 borrow from the Treasury such sums as may be necessary, but not to exceed $2,000,000,000, to implement this subchapter. The NTIA shall reimburse the Treasury, without interest, from funds deposited into the Public Safety Trust Fund.

(b)Prohibition

(1)In general

Administrative expenses of the First Responder 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 Network Authority for oversight and audits to protect against waste, fraud, and abuse.

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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.

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Citation

47 U.S.C. § 1427

Title 47, Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110