<enum>I</enum><header>911 Services and IP–Enabled Voice Service Providers</header> <section id="H722E14A269064C02B266516C31E366F7"><enum>101.</enum><header>Duty to provide 911 and E–911 service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H334EF3B81FD346F0A611DF384959673E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/615b">47 U.S.C. 615b</external-xref>) as section 7;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C8890B6EC1B4B479B9CFF608DD5F234"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 5 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HB9B744344FC447D800F9231750CF1272"> <section id="H440BC983277245C68DF5282B007601E8"><enum>6.</enum><header>Duty to provide 911 and E–911 service</header> <subsection id="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>It shall be the duty of each IP-enabled voice service provider to provide 911 service and E–911 service to its subscribers in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (in this section referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>), as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title> and as such requirements may be modified by the Commission from time to time.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0CD4E987412B478500437F09254CC3B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Parity for IP-Enabled Voice Service Providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An IP-enabled voice service provider that seeks capabilities from an entity with ownership or control over such capabilities to comply with its obligations under <internal-xref idref="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall, for the exclusive purpose of complying with such obligations, have the same rights, including rights of interconnection, and on the same rates, terms, and conditions, as apply to a provider of commercial mobile service (as such term is defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/332">47 U.S.C. 332(d)</external-xref>)), subject to such regulations as the Commission prescribes under <internal-xref idref="H7C3173A6B13C40E19BA7891F1F00B793" legis-path="6.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7C3173A6B13C40E19BA7891F1F00B793"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission—</text> <paragraph id="H36032BC9644F47DCBF1D10E48F07D164"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>, shall issue regulations implementing such Act, including regulations that—</text> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37F2D6EC5A7B4B348B72978690D1D7AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that IP-enabled voice service providers have the ability to exercise their rights under <internal-xref idref="H0CD4E987412B478500437F09254CC3B3" legis-path="6.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0472E36A8BC447AB917B8F40783FD937"><enum>(B)</enum><text>take into account any technical, network security, or information privacy requirements that are specific to IP-enabled voice services; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E8958226F3F4C62B8EEA8C44BF79B12"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, with respect to any capabilities that are not required to be made available to a commercial mobile service provider but that the Commission determines under <internal-xref idref="H0472E36A8BC447AB917B8F40783FD937" legis-path="6.(c)(1)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref> of this paragraph or <internal-xref idref="HA19720FB48B84FEF9DD359A979AC4B3" legis-path="6.(c)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> are necessary for an IP-enabled voice service provider to comply with its obligations under <internal-xref idref="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>, that such capabilities shall be available at the same rates, terms, and conditions as would apply if such capabilities were made available to a commercial mobile service provider; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA19720FB48B84FEF9DD359A979AC4B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may modify such regulations from time to time, as necessitated by changes in the market or technology, to ensure the ability of an IP-enabled voice service provider to comply with its obligations under <internal-xref idref="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> and to exercise its rights under <internal-xref idref="H0CD4E987412B478500437F09254CC3B3" legis-path="6.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F66C38E7EDB43779252C145F7EA928B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation of enforcement to State commissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may delegate authority to enforce the regulations issued under <internal-xref idref="H7C3173A6B13C40E19BA7891F1F00B793" legis-path="6.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> to State commissions or other State agencies or programs with jurisdiction over emergency communications. Nothing in this section is intended to alter the authority of State commissions or other State agencies with jurisdiction over emergency communications, provided that the exercise of such authority is not inconsistent with Federal law or Commission requirements.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H07575FE0F921471AAD48F384A9356D00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation</header> <paragraph id="H0379706876E8421CA321CA0988B44800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the Commission to issue regulations that require or impose a specific technology or technology standard.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF0D4FD563BFE4568939EDE50370014F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall enforce this section as if this section was a part of the Communications Act of 1934. For purposes of this section, any violations of this section, or any regulations promulgated under this section, shall be considered to be a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 or a regulation promulgated under that Act, respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9E88190E567400A8B5E7DA7F3BD9528"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State authority over fees</header> <paragraph id="HAB670DAC050D4903BBFE8704272F39BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act, the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/151">47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.</external-xref>), the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, or any Commission regulation or order shall prevent the imposition and collection of a fee or charge applicable to commercial mobile services or IP-enabled voice services specifically designated by a State, political subdivision thereof, or Indian tribe for the support or implementation of 911 or E–911 services, provided that the fee or charge is obligated or expended only in support of 911 and E–911 services, or enhancements of such services, as specified in the provision of State or local law adopting the fee or charge. For each class of subscribers to IP-enabled voice services, the fee or charge may not exceed the amount of any such fee or charge applicable to the same class of subscribers to telecommunications services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD0D98339E8874065BBB6FF014B2716F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fee accountability report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the collection and expenditure of fees for the support or implementation of 911 or E–911 services, the Commission shall submit a report within 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>, and annually thereafter, to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives detailing the status in each State of the collection and distribution of 911 fees, and including findings on the amount of revenues obligated or expended by each State or political subdivision thereof for any purpose other than the purpose for which any fee or charges are presented.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7A43441FA1D47BB8D885586AF2EDE3F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability of PSAP Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may compile a list of public safety answering point contact information, contact information for providers of selective routers, testing procedures, classes and types of services supported by public safety answering points, and other information concerning 911 elements, for the purpose of assisting IP-enabled voice service providers in complying with this section, and may make any portion of such information available to telecommunications carriers, wireless carriers, IP-enabled voice service providers, other emergency service providers, or the vendors to or agents of any such carriers or providers, if such availability would improve public safety.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD03C414F9F754863B3C1CB2C6CED4EAF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007 shall be construed as altering, delaying, or otherwise limiting the ability of the Commission to enforce the rules adopted in the Commission’s First Report and Order in WC Docket Nos. 04–36 and 05–196, as in effect on the date of enactment of the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, except as such rules may be modified by the Commission from time to time.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB2CAE256484A4D62AE0779A05464FD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 7 (as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H334EF3B81FD346F0A611DF384959673E" legis-path="101.(1)">paragraph (1) of this section</internal-xref>) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3DDC394C7E9463F8537FFE94221D477" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H30CE2B9084B04EC79F84829E81F3BB9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>IP-enabled voice service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>IP-enabled voice service</term> has the meaning given the term <term>interconnected VoIP service</term> by section 9.3 of the Federal Communications Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 9.3).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HDC29AB8FE2C647FEA515979FBCA6C694"><enum>102.</enum><header>Migration to IP-enabled emergency network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 158 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 942) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H86E5E751ECC7400EAC7978E3E390F3F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and for migration to an IP-enabled emergency network</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4F9CFAE623BA43C7A44D3081C495B023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC92FCB39C3D54839A77814C38697B1D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1A9400013134CC782FC7997727CE1D5" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9E93DB91E2DE4523BD007FE96452281D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Migration Plan Required</header> <paragraph id="HA4AF6D803CD74F17804C1524C02D4122"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National plan required</header><text>No more than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>, the Office shall develop and report to Congress on a national plan for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen-activated emergency communications and improving information sharing among all emergency response entities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3D32F6E8B4AC491AA45509B8ECB676BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of plan</header><text>The plan required by <internal-xref idref="HA4AF6D803CD74F17804C1524C02D4122" legis-path="(d)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H31874F43515E4ABE8593B79110E91F00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>outline the potential benefits of such a migration;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H379918EF4EBA4AC28328CE93588EEC3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify barriers that must be overcome and funding mechanisms to address those barriers;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE70DFA3018084FD7B3C1342C62BDB8BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a proposed timetable, an outline of costs, and potential savings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E443629AC1D433F832FBD4EDAEC05C2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide specific legislative language, if necessary, for achieving the plan;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32E2858743D64580B2F56E4F527D5E43"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide recommendations on any legislative changes, including updating definitions, to facilitate a national IP-enabled emergency network;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE11EFF1A9BCA405A833E189FE1F4A56C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>assess, collect, and analyze the experiences of the public safety answering points and related public safety authorities who are conducting trial deployments of IP-enabled emergency networks as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F56070943D5430DB808B6DE7530917"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify solutions for providing 911 and E–911 access to those with disabilities and needed steps to implement such solutions, including a recommended timeline; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DE243D31429483E009613D3B1FFC8F6"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze efforts to provide automatic location for E–911 purposes and recommendations on regulatory or legislative changes that are necessary to achieve automatic location for E–911 purposes.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DDF735C2D734A01ABBD003396363500"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the plan required by <internal-xref idref="HA4AF6D803CD74F17804C1524C02D4122" legis-path="(d)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, the Office shall consult with representatives of the public safety community, groups representing those with disabilities, technology and telecommunications providers, IP-enabled voice service providers, Telecommunications Relay Service providers, and other emergency communications providers and others it deems appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE89E597C132E4F14852C135DECEA4C8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3011(b) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/309">47 U.S.C. 309</external-xref> note), and section 158(b)(4) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 942(b)(4)) are each amended by striking <quote>the 911 Modernization Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</quote>.</text> </section>

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<enum>I</enum><header>911 Services and IP–Enabled Voice Service Providers</header> <section id="H722E14A269064C02B266516C31E366F7"><enum>101.</enum><header>Duty to provide 911 and E–911 service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H334EF3B81FD346F0A611DF384959673E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 6 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/615b">47 U.S.C. 615b</external-xref>) as section 7;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C8890B6EC1B4B479B9CFF608DD5F234"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after section 5 the following new section:</text> <quoted-block id="HB9B744344FC447D800F9231750CF1272"> <section id="H440BC983277245C68DF5282B007601E8"><enum>6.</enum><header>Duty to provide 911 and E–911 service</header> <subsection id="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>It shall be the duty of each IP-enabled voice service provider to provide 911 service and E–911 service to its subscribers in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (in this section referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>), as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title> and as such requirements may be modified by the Commission from time to time.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0CD4E987412B478500437F09254CC3B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Parity for IP-Enabled Voice Service Providers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An IP-enabled voice service provider that seeks capabilities from an entity with ownership or control over such capabilities to comply with its obligations under <internal-xref idref="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall, for the exclusive purpose of complying with such obligations, have the same rights, including rights of interconnection, and on the same rates, terms, and conditions, as apply to a provider of commercial mobile service (as such term is defined in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/332">47 U.S.C. 332(d)</external-xref>)), subject to such regulations as the Commission prescribes under <internal-xref idref="H7C3173A6B13C40E19BA7891F1F00B793" legis-path="6.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7C3173A6B13C40E19BA7891F1F00B793"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission—</text> <paragraph id="H36032BC9644F47DCBF1D10E48F07D164"><enum>(1)</enum><text>within 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>, shall issue regulations implementing such Act, including regulations that—</text> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37F2D6EC5A7B4B348B72978690D1D7AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that IP-enabled voice service providers have the ability to exercise their rights under <internal-xref idref="H0CD4E987412B478500437F09254CC3B3" legis-path="6.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0472E36A8BC447AB917B8F40783FD937"><enum>(B)</enum><text>take into account any technical, network security, or information privacy requirements that are specific to IP-enabled voice services; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E8958226F3F4C62B8EEA8C44BF79B12"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide, with respect to any capabilities that are not required to be made available to a commercial mobile service provider but that the Commission determines under <internal-xref idref="H0472E36A8BC447AB917B8F40783FD937" legis-path="6.(c)(1)(B)">subparagraph (B)</internal-xref> of this paragraph or <internal-xref idref="HA19720FB48B84FEF9DD359A979AC4B3" legis-path="6.(c)(2)">paragraph (2)</internal-xref> are necessary for an IP-enabled voice service provider to comply with its obligations under <internal-xref idref="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref>, that such capabilities shall be available at the same rates, terms, and conditions as would apply if such capabilities were made available to a commercial mobile service provider; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA19720FB48B84FEF9DD359A979AC4B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may modify such regulations from time to time, as necessitated by changes in the market or technology, to ensure the ability of an IP-enabled voice service provider to comply with its obligations under <internal-xref idref="H67F816C55BE04F94902D19F7B4A91B15" legis-path="6.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> and to exercise its rights under <internal-xref idref="H0CD4E987412B478500437F09254CC3B3" legis-path="6.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F66C38E7EDB43779252C145F7EA928B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation of enforcement to State commissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may delegate authority to enforce the regulations issued under <internal-xref idref="H7C3173A6B13C40E19BA7891F1F00B793" legis-path="6.(c)">subsection (c)</internal-xref> to State commissions or other State agencies or programs with jurisdiction over emergency communications. Nothing in this section is intended to alter the authority of State commissions or other State agencies with jurisdiction over emergency communications, provided that the exercise of such authority is not inconsistent with Federal law or Commission requirements.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H07575FE0F921471AAD48F384A9356D00"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Implementation</header> <paragraph id="H0379706876E8421CA321CA0988B44800"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the Commission to issue regulations that require or impose a specific technology or technology standard.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF0D4FD563BFE4568939EDE50370014F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall enforce this section as if this section was a part of the Communications Act of 1934. For purposes of this section, any violations of this section, or any regulations promulgated under this section, shall be considered to be a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 or a regulation promulgated under that Act, respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9E88190E567400A8B5E7DA7F3BD9528"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State authority over fees</header> <paragraph id="HAB670DAC050D4903BBFE8704272F39BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act, the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/151">47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.</external-xref>), the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, or any Commission regulation or order shall prevent the imposition and collection of a fee or charge applicable to commercial mobile services or IP-enabled voice services specifically designated by a State, political subdivision thereof, or Indian tribe for the support or implementation of 911 or E–911 services, provided that the fee or charge is obligated or expended only in support of 911 and E–911 services, or enhancements of such services, as specified in the provision of State or local law adopting the fee or charge. For each class of subscribers to IP-enabled voice services, the fee or charge may not exceed the amount of any such fee or charge applicable to the same class of subscribers to telecommunications services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD0D98339E8874065BBB6FF014B2716F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fee accountability report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To ensure efficiency, transparency, and accountability in the collection and expenditure of fees for the support or implementation of 911 or E–911 services, the Commission shall submit a report within 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>, and annually thereafter, to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives detailing the status in each State of the collection and distribution of 911 fees, and including findings on the amount of revenues obligated or expended by each State or political subdivision thereof for any purpose other than the purpose for which any fee or charges are presented.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7A43441FA1D47BB8D885586AF2EDE3F"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability of PSAP Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may compile a list of public safety answering point contact information, contact information for providers of selective routers, testing procedures, classes and types of services supported by public safety answering points, and other information concerning 911 elements, for the purpose of assisting IP-enabled voice service providers in complying with this section, and may make any portion of such information available to telecommunications carriers, wireless carriers, IP-enabled voice service providers, other emergency service providers, or the vendors to or agents of any such carriers or providers, if such availability would improve public safety.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD03C414F9F754863B3C1CB2C6CED4EAF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007 shall be construed as altering, delaying, or otherwise limiting the ability of the Commission to enforce the rules adopted in the Commission’s First Report and Order in WC Docket Nos. 04–36 and 05–196, as in effect on the date of enactment of the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, except as such rules may be modified by the Commission from time to time.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB2CAE256484A4D62AE0779A05464FD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 7 (as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H334EF3B81FD346F0A611DF384959673E" legis-path="101.(1)">paragraph (1) of this section</internal-xref>) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3DDC394C7E9463F8537FFE94221D477" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H30CE2B9084B04EC79F84829E81F3BB9"><enum>(8)</enum><header>IP-enabled voice service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>IP-enabled voice service</term> has the meaning given the term <term>interconnected VoIP service</term> by section 9.3 of the Federal Communications Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 9.3).</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HDC29AB8FE2C647FEA515979FBCA6C694"><enum>102.</enum><header>Migration to IP-enabled emergency network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 158 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 942) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H86E5E751ECC7400EAC7978E3E390F3F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and for migration to an IP-enabled emergency network</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4F9CFAE623BA43C7A44D3081C495B023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC92FCB39C3D54839A77814C38697B1D1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1A9400013134CC782FC7997727CE1D5" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H9E93DB91E2DE4523BD007FE96452281D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Migration Plan Required</header> <paragraph id="HA4AF6D803CD74F17804C1524C02D4122"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National plan required</header><text>No more than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>, the Office shall develop and report to Congress on a national plan for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen-activated emergency communications and improving information sharing among all emergency response entities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3D32F6E8B4AC491AA45509B8ECB676BC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents of plan</header><text>The plan required by <internal-xref idref="HA4AF6D803CD74F17804C1524C02D4122" legis-path="(d)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref> shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H31874F43515E4ABE8593B79110E91F00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>outline the potential benefits of such a migration;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H379918EF4EBA4AC28328CE93588EEC3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify barriers that must be overcome and funding mechanisms to address those barriers;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE70DFA3018084FD7B3C1342C62BDB8BC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>include a proposed timetable, an outline of costs, and potential savings;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E443629AC1D433F832FBD4EDAEC05C2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide specific legislative language, if necessary, for achieving the plan;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32E2858743D64580B2F56E4F527D5E43"><enum>(E)</enum><text>provide recommendations on any legislative changes, including updating definitions, to facilitate a national IP-enabled emergency network;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE11EFF1A9BCA405A833E189FE1F4A56C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>assess, collect, and analyze the experiences of the public safety answering points and related public safety authorities who are conducting trial deployments of IP-enabled emergency networks as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</short-title>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F56070943D5430DB808B6DE7530917"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify solutions for providing 911 and E–911 access to those with disabilities and needed steps to implement such solutions, including a recommended timeline; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DE243D31429483E009613D3B1FFC8F6"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze efforts to provide automatic location for E–911 purposes and recommendations on regulatory or legislative changes that are necessary to achieve automatic location for E–911 purposes.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DDF735C2D734A01ABBD003396363500"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the plan required by <internal-xref idref="HA4AF6D803CD74F17804C1524C02D4122" legis-path="(d)(1)">paragraph (1)</internal-xref>, the Office shall consult with representatives of the public safety community, groups representing those with disabilities, technology and telecommunications providers, IP-enabled voice service providers, Telecommunications Relay Service providers, and other emergency communications providers and others it deems appropriate.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE89E597C132E4F14852C135DECEA4C8B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3011(b) of the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/309">47 U.S.C. 309</external-xref> note), and section 158(b)(4) of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 942(b)(4)) are each amended by striking <quote>the 911 Modernization Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007</quote>.</text> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Parity of Protection</header> <section id="HE107A3D092FD4D8C9212006C29294F56"><enum>201.</enum><header>Liability</header> <subsection id="H0A2C20D28C6248529032187E54FDE5A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 4 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/615a">47 U.S.C. 615a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0C9EF55B14324DA18DBEBC3B11F46D44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Parity of protection for provision or use of wireless service</header-in-text></quote> in the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Service provider parity of protection</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4833AE4CEB5A4BC698FDC173D6F9A4A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE5411FF408EF4BC6B9E3FC44E55658D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>wireless carrier,</quote> and inserting <quote>wireless carrier, IP-enabled voice service provider, or other emergency communications provider,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB152A61C53DB44AC86F33B4020EE90FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>its officers</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>their officers</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D92B13192AC42E18E71C3DD077B041E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>emergency calls or emergency services</quote> and inserting <quote>emergency calls, emergency services, or other emergency communications services</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9663B919F70547B6B720D7065CD96831"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H17B5919EEA0F415C88EBA18BD2E575A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using wireless 9–1–1 service shall</quote> and inserting <quote>using wireless 9–1–1 service, or making 9–1–1 communications via IP-enabled voice service or other emergency communications service, shall</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D5B0C2ECF6B41138F41F93303657DB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>that is not wireless</quote> and inserting <quote>that is not via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE58D3152151849BBBE68814932DAF6B9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4468C161938A443AB61027639980BD9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>wireless 9–1–1 communications, a PSAP</quote> and inserting <quote>9–1–1 communications via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service, a PSAP</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H11304144E2FF4DC7994BDA75FD9A546"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that are not wireless</quote> and inserting <quote>that are not via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-enabled voice service, or other emergency communications service</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H579AD9067FE44FE088BB0359CCA21ED3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>Section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (as redesignated by <internal-xref idref="H334EF3B81FD346F0A611DF384959673E" legis-path="z:101.(1)">section 101(1) of this Act</internal-xref>) is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21E1CA24B4464F4BA293C5E3C5007E26" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9F2E71B9241547CFA454497109F42751"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Other emergency communications service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>other emergency communications service</term> means the provision of emergency information to a public safety answering point via wire or radio communications, and may include 911 and enhanced 911 services.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02BF74989A27411D9EE700A50082DB35"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Other emergency communications service provider</header><text>The term <term>other emergency communications service provider</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H16CC446C2000465BB597C7F900373568"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an entity other than a local exchange carrier, wireless carrier, or an IP-enabled voice service provider that is required by the Federal Communications Commission consistent with the Commission’s authority under the Communications Act of 1934 to provide other emergency communications services; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA1FDD468B1A4490A522F6D5227FB4FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the absence of a Commission requirement as described in <internal-xref idref="H16CC446C2000465BB597C7F900373568" legis-path="(10)(A)">subparagraph (A)</internal-xref>, an entity that voluntarily elects to provide other emergency communications services and is specifically authorized by the appropriate local or State 911 governing authority to provide other emergency communications services.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Authority to Provide Customer Information for 911 Purposes</header> <section id="HA47EFAC192E6464E829DB46479025ED8"><enum>301.</enum><header>Authority to provide customer information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/222">47 U.S.C. 222</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H855F099727564C1F803D338F9B256100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or the user of an IP-enabled voice service (as such term is defined in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615b))</quote> after <quote>section 332(d))</quote> each place it appears in subsections (d)(4) and (f)(1);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC2593FF8703A4C52A93D39D1420085C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">wireless</header-in-text></quote> in the heading of subsection (f); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF1FA18B0DA48F7ACD3041FB58C7E63"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF6B651BA86FF4640B9DB93A4C53761EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or a provider of IP-enabled voice service (as such term is defined in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615b))</quote> after <quote>telephone exchange service</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABAD0EB578904C0F009D80A100E7EA04"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding subsections (b)</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AEF9D876E5B4E7C00D2099F2583AB87" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H390FC373AE1A48E7A6BD9312C0BB3260"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (b)</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08ED6C47886F436092F2CB7C00998DC6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE68E6A00C9DA488CB15F793F8294304C" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9D50B8257A04464D83B2EADC691BE37"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibited use of location information databases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No administrator of any database used for the purpose of facilitating the provision of emergency services may use for any competitive purpose data obtained from unaffiliated telecommunications carriers or IP-enabled voice service providers in the course of maintaining and operating that database. Nothing in this section is intended to prohibit government agencies otherwise authorized under law from requesting information contained in any such database.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>

Passed the House of Representatives November 13, 2007.

Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk.