[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5806 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5806

To permit universal service support to schools under the Communications 
  Act of 1934 to be used for enhanced emergency notification services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2008

  Mr. Rush (for himself and Mr. Upton) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit universal service support to schools under the Communications 
  Act of 1934 to be used for enhanced emergency notification services.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``School Emergency Notification 
Deployment Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR ENHANCED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 254) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (A);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
                    ``(C) to permit universal service support to public 
                and nonprofit elementary and secondary schools to be 
                used for enhanced emergency notification services.''; 
                and
            (2) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G), (H), and 
                (I) as subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J), respectively; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
                following new subparagraph:
                    ``(G) Enhanced emergency notification service.--The 
                term `enhanced emergency notification service' means a 
                communications service or system that--
                            ``(i) meets or exceeds prevailing industry 
                        practices, as periodically determined by the 
                        Commission; and
                            ``(ii) can be utilized by school 
                        administrators and other public officials to 
                        deliver emergency messages to members of the 
                        school community (including students and their 
                        parents, faculty, and staff), and their 
                        designated emergency contacts, via messages 
                        carried over telecommunications and information 
                        services, including those transmitted by 
                        providers of commercial mobile service (as such 
                        term is defined in section 332(d)).''.
    (b) Implementation.--
            (1) Deadline.--Within 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
        prescribe such changes to its rules, regulations, and orders as 
        may be necessary--
                    (A) to implement the amendments made by subsection 
                (a); and
                    (B) allow universal service support provided to 
                public and nonprofit elementary and secondary schools 
                to be used for enhanced emergency notification 
                services.
            (2) Implementation conditions.--In prescribing such 
        changes, the Commission shall--
                    (A) ensure that such regulations do not result in 
                any increase in the total amount of--
                            (i) support provided under section 254(h) 
                        of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
                        254(h)); or
                            (ii) the contributions collected to provide 
                        such support;
                    (B) ensure that priority is given to schools that 
                currently do not, on the date of enactment of this Act, 
                have an emergency notification system in place; and
                    (C) shall create and institute performance measures 
                with respect to support provided for enhanced emergency 
                notification services to make sure the notification 
                services are effective.
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