**(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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**(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 research** — $100,000,000 shall be available to the Director of NIST to carry out [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Deficit reduction** — $20,400,000,000 shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury, where such amount shall be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
(6) **9–1–1, E9–1–1, and Next Generation 9–1–1 implementation grants** — $115,000,000 shall be available to the Assistant Secretary and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to carry out the grant program under [section 942 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section942&num=0&edition=prelim).
(7) **Additional public safety research** — $200,000,000 shall be available to the Director of NIST to carry out [section 1443 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section1443&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **Additional deficit reduction** — Any remaining amounts deposited in the Public Safety Trust Fund shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury, where such amounts shall be dedicated for the sole purpose of deficit reduction.
**(c) Investment** Amounts in the Public Safety Trust Fund shall be invested in accordance with [section 9702 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section9702&num=0&edition=prelim), and any interest on, and proceeds from, any such investment shall be credited to, and become a part of, the Fund.
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§ 1401. Definitions
In this chapter:
(1) 700 MHz band
The term ‘‘700 MHz band’’ means the portion
of the electromagnetic spectrum between the
frequencies from 698 megahertz to 806 mega-
hertz.
(2) 700 MHz D block spectrum
The term ‘‘700 MHz D block spectrum’’
means the portion of the electromagnetic
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spectrum between the frequencies from 758
megahertz to 763 megahertz and between the
frequencies from 788 megahertz to 793 mega-
hertz.
(3) Appropriate committees of Congress
Except as otherwise specifically provided,
the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means—
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives.
(4) Assistant Secretary
The term ‘‘Assistant Secretary’’ means the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Commu-
nications and Information.
(5) Board
The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Board of the
First Responder Network Authority estab-
lished under section 1424(b) of this title.
(6) Broadcast television licensee
The term ‘‘broadcast television licensee’’
means the licensee of—
(A) a full-power television station; or
(B) a low-power television station that has
been accorded primary status as a Class A
television licensee under section 73.6001(a) of
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations.
(7) Broadcast television spectrum
The term ‘‘broadcast television spectrum’’
means the portions of the electromagnetic
spectrum between the frequencies from 54
megahertz to 72 megahertz, from 76 megahertz
to 88 megahertz, from 174 megahertz to 216
megahertz, and from 470 megahertz to 698
megahertz.
(8) Commercial mobile data service
The term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’
means any mobile s