# Scope of NTIA's Authority Regarding FirstNet Fees
> **National Telecommunications and Information Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2017-08-29 · Effective 2017-08-29 · 82 FR 40958
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-18221
- **Category:** spectrum
- **Sub-agency:** National Telecommunications and Information Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 40958
- **Publication date:** 2017-08-29
- **Effective date:** 2017-08-29
- **Commerce docket:** Docket No. 151209999-7323-02
## Abstract

Congress authorized the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), an independent authority within the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to assess and collect, among other funds, three specific types of fees. By law, NTIA must review and approve these fees on an annual basis. This final rule describes NTIA's overarching scope, boundaries, and guidelines for its FirstNet fee review and approval process as mandated by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (the Act).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/08/29/2017-18221/scope-of-ntias-authority-regarding-firstnet-fees)
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