[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 93 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 93

To authorize NTIA to borrow against anticipated receipts of the Digital 
Television Transition and Public Safety Fund to initiate migration to a 
    national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and 
     responding to all citizen activated emergency communications.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 4, 2007

  Mr. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize NTIA to borrow against anticipated receipts of the Digital 
Television Transition and Public Safety Fund to initiate migration to a 
    national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and 
     responding to all citizen activated emergency communications.

    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 ``911 Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING FOR PROGRAM.

    Section 3011 of Public Law 109-171 (47 U.S.C. 309 note) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting:
    ``(a) In General--The''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Credit.--The Assistant Secretary may borrow from the 
Treasury, upon enactment of this provision, such sums as necessary, but 
not to exceed $43,500,000 to implement this section. The Assistant 
Secretary shall reimburse the Treasury, without interest, as funds are 
deposited into the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety 
Fund.''.

SEC. 3. NTIA COORDINATION OF E-911 IMPLEMENTATION.

    Section 158(b)(4) of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 942(b)(4)) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following: ``Within 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the 911 Modernization Act, the Assistant 
Secretary and the Administrator shall jointly issue regulations 
updating the criteria to provide priority for public safety answering 
points not capable, as of the date of enactment of that Act, of 
receiving 911 calls.''.D23/
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