110 HR 5806 IH: School Emergency Notification U.S. House of Representatives 2008-04-15 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5806 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 A BILL 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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Short title

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

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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.