§  500.2   General definitions.

   Expenses means incursions of costs by FirstNet in the course of
   executing its statutory powers, duties, and responsibilities under 47
   U.S.C. 1401 et seq., including but not limited to:

   (1) Salaries and Benefits;

   (2) Travel;

   (3) Services: Federal Sources;

   (4) Services: Non-Federal Sources;

   (5) Facilities Rental;

   (6) Supplies, Materials, and Printing;

   (7) Equipment; and

   (8) Other Expenses incurred for future contract award, necessary
   reserve funds, including for all other permitted purposes under the
   Act, or other authorized expenses as identified in FirstNet's standard
   financial documentation.

   Fee means:

   (1) FirstNet's receipt of money from:

   (i) Network User Fees, including User Fees Associated with State Use of
   Elements of the Core Network;

   (ii) Lease Fees Related To Network Capacity; or

   (iii) Lease Fees Related To Network Equipment And Infrastructure, as
   those terms are defined under 47 U.S.C. 1428(a) and 47 U.S.C. 1442(f).

   (2) Income received by FirstNet other than from fees authorized under
   47 U.S.C. 1428(a) is not directly subject to NTIA review. However, NTIA
   will consider such non-fee-based income as part of its determination of
   whether such income, when combined in aggregate with the fees
   authorized under 47 U.S.C. 1428(a), will be sufficient to recoup
   FirstNet's total expenses, but not exceed the amount necessary to carry
   out its statutory powers, duties, and responsibilities under 47 U.S.C.
   1401 et seq. for the fiscal year involved.

   FirstNet means the First Responder Network Authority.

   Fiscal Year means the 12-month accounting period for the federal
   government, which begins on October 1 of a given year and ends on
   September 30 of the subsequent year.

   Necessary reserve funds means any amount of money identified by
   FirstNet in its standard financial documentation to meet expected and
   unexpected future expenses that may arise in the course of FirstNet
   executing its statutory powers, duties, and responsibilities under 47
   U.S.C. 1401 et seq., including but not limited to capital reserve
   funds, operating reserve funds, maintenance reserve funds, and
   improvement reserve funds.

   Non-fee-based income received by FirstNet means FirstNet's receipt of
   money from any source, transaction, entity, or any other means allowed
   under 47 U.S.C. 1401 et seq., other than those receipts described above
   in the definition of “fee.”

   NTIA means the National Telecommunications and Information
   Administration.

   NTIA's fee review and approval process means the process by which NTIA
   executes its duties under 47 U.S.C. 1428(c).

   Standard financial documentation means documents developed by FirstNet
   in its ordinary course of business that detail FirstNet's current and
   projected financial condition, which may include but is not limited to:

   (1) FirstNet's budget documents produced in the normal course of its
   business;

   (2) FirstNet's financial statements produced in the normal course of
   its business;

   (3) FirstNet's annual financial audit documents, which detail
   FirstNet's revenue categories and statutory authority for such
   categories;

   (4) FirstNet's annual budget reports submitted as part of the
   President's Budget; and

   (5) FirstNet's annual report to Congress.