[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1011 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1011

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a comprehensive 
 program to assist States in adopting a nationwide emergency telephone 
      number for cellular telephone users, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 1997

  Ms. Danner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a comprehensive 
 program to assist States in adopting a nationwide emergency telephone 
      number for cellular telephone users, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) almost one-third of the pedestrian deaths on highways 
        on the Interstate System involve stranded motorists who leave 
        their vehicles;
            (2) States have adopted different emergency telephone 
        numbers for cellular telephone users seeking emergency roadside 
        assistance; and
            (3) the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the 
        Federal Communications Commission, and the Cellular 
        Telecommunications Industry Association recently announced a 
        partnership to support a nationwide emergency telephone number 
        for cellular telephone users.

SEC. 2. ADOPTION OF NATIONWIDE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR CELLULAR 
              TELEPHONE USERS.

    The Secretary of Transportation shall--
            (1) carry out a comprehensive program to assist States in 
        adopting a nationwide emergency telephone number for cellular 
        telephone users; and
            (2) ensure that activities of the Department of 
        Transportation are coordinated with and do not adversely affect 
        existing emergency response and communications systems.
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