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<dc:title>110 HR 3403 RH: Amend the title so as to read:
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<dc:date>2007-11-13</dc:date>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">IB</distribution-code>
		<calendar display="yes">Union Calendar No. 273</calendar>
		<congress display="yes">110th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session display="yes">1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>H. R. 3403</legis-num>
		<associated-doc display="yes" role="report">[Report No.
		  110–442]</associated-doc>
		<current-chamber display="yes">IN THE HOUSE OF
		  REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20070803">August 3, 2007</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000309">Mr. Gordon of
			 Tennessee</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
			 <committee-name added-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Energy and
			 Commerce</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20071113">November 13, 2007</action-date>
			<action-desc>Additional sponsors: <cosponsor name-id="E000215">Ms.
			 Eshoo</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S000364">Mr. Shimkus</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="P000323">Mr. Pickering</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="C000191">Ms. Carson</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="C001036">Mrs. Capps</cosponsor>, and
			 <cosponsor name-id="W000273">Mr. Weller of Illinois</cosponsor></action-desc>
		</action>
		<action>
			<action-date>November 13, 2007</action-date>
			<action-desc>Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of
			 the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be
			 printed</action-desc>
			<action-instruction>Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert
			 the part printed in italic</action-instruction>
			<action-instruction>For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as
			 introduced on August 3, 2007</action-instruction>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title display="yes">To promote and enhance public safety by
		  facilitating the rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E–911 services,
		  encouraging the nation’s transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network
		  and improve 911 and E–911 access to those with disabilities.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="HDB342B637B0B460AA5292F0099E69067" style="OLC" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
		<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DE4331D4C744B1CBAB2324B94C76847" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
			 <quote><short-title>911 Modernization and Public Safety
			 Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
		</section><title id="H03EAA676B440464DB9496FD74D45C5BD"><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" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
						<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 these requirements 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>.</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" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
						<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" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
						<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>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></title><title id="HB0865758B3804C9C8DE227A4AF4D895"><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" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
						<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></title><title id="H15D5E1C95E91459C872200762F093CBE"><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" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
							<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" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="HIF00">
							<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></title></legis-body><official-title-amendment>Amend the title so as to read:
	 <quote>A bill to promote and enhance public safety by facilitating the rapid
	 deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E–911 services, encourage the Nation’s
	 transition to a national IP-enabled emergency network, and improve 911 and
	 E–911 access to those with disabilities.</quote>.</official-title-amendment>
	<endorsement display="yes">
		<action-date>November 13, 2007</action-date>
		<action-desc>Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the
		  Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed</action-desc>
	</endorsement>
</bill>


