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47 USC § 1425 - Advisory committees of the First Responder Network Authority 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t47/s1425"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "47 USC § 1425 - Advisory committees of the First Responder Network Authority"
title_number: 47
title_name: "TELECOMMUNICATIONS"
section_number: "1425"
section_name: "Advisory committees of the First Responder Network Authority"
chapter_number: 13
chapter_name: "PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AUCTIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "GOVERNANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY SPECTRUM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-08-11"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6205, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 211.)"
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# § 1425. Advisory committees of the First Responder Network Authority

**(a)** **Advisory committees** The First Responder Network Authority—

**(1)** shall establish a standing public safety advisory committee to assist the First Responder Network Authority in carrying out its duties and responsibilities under this subchapter; and

**(2)** may establish additional standing or ad hoc committees, panels, or councils as the First Responder Network Authority determines are necessary.

**(b)** **Selection of agents, consultants, and experts**

**(1)** **In general** section 1426 of this title

The First Responder Network Authority shall select parties to serve as its agents, consultants, or experts in a fair, transparent, and objective manner, and such agents may include a program manager to carry out certain of the duties and responsibilities of deploying and operating the nationwide public safety broadband network described in subsections (b) and (c) of .

**(2)** **Binding and final** If the selection of an agent, consultant, or expert satisfies the requirements under paragraph (1), the selection of that agent, consultant, or expert shall be final and binding.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 112–96, title VI, § 6205, Feb. 22, 2012, 126 Stat. 211.)