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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2165 

To amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, 

to clarify acceptable 9–1–1 obligations or expenditures, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2019 

Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Ms. ESHOO, and Ms. PINGREE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety 

Act of 1999, to clarify acceptable 9–1–1 obligations or 

expenditures, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘9–1–1 Fee Integrity 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CLARIFYING ACCEPTABLE 9–1–1 OBLIGATIONS OR 

2 EXPENDITURES. 

3 Section 6(f) of the Wireless Communications and 

4 Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615a–1(f)) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as specified 

7 in the provision of State or local law adopting the 

8 fee or charge’’ and inserting ‘‘consistent with accept9 able obligations or expenditures in the final rules 

10 issued pursuant to paragraph (3)’’; and 

11 (2) after paragraph (2), by inserting the fol12 lowing new paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) ACCEPTABLE OBLIGATION OR EXPENDI14 TURE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—In order 

16 to prevent diversion of 9–1–1 taxes, fees, or 

17 charges, the Commission shall, within 180 days 

18 after date of the enactment of this paragraph, 

19 issue final rules designating purposes and func20 tions that are acceptable obligations or expendi21 tures by any State or taxing jurisdiction au22 thorized to impose a tax, fee, or charge. 

23 ‘‘(B) PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS.—The 

24 purposes and functions described in subpara25 graph (A) include only those used solely for the 

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1 ing jurisdiction 9–1–1 services and operational 

2 expenses of public safety answering points with3 in a State or taxing jurisdiction. 

4 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The 

5 Commission shall consult with public safety or6 ganizations and State, local, and Tribal govern7 ments as part of any proceeding under this 

8 paragraph. 

9 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(i) 9–1–1 SERVICES; E9–1–1 SERV11 ICES; NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 SERV12 ICES.—The terms ‘9–1–1 services’, ‘E9–1– 

13 1 services’, and ‘Next Generation 9–1–1 

14 services’ have the meaning given those 

15 terms in section 158(e) of the National 

16 Telecommunications and Information Ad17 ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 

18 942(e)). 

19 ‘‘(ii) STATE OR TAXING JURISDIC20 TION.—The term ‘State or taxing jurisdic21 tion’ means a State, political subdivision 

22 thereof, Indian Tribe, or village or regional 

23 corporation serving a region established 


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1 pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set2 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’. 

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