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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1784 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 

Organization Act to provide for further deployment and coordination 

of Next Generation 9–1–1, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2023 

Mr. HUDSON (for himself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 

Administration Organization Act to provide for further 

deployment and coordination of Next Generation 9–1– 

1, 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 ‘‘Next Generation 9– 

5 1–1 Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FURTHER DEPLOYMENT AND COORDINATION OF 

2 NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1. 

3 Part C of the National Telecommunications and In4 formation Administration Organization Act is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 159. COORDINATION OF NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 IM7 PLEMENTATION. 

8 ‘‘(a) DUTIES OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY WITH RE9 SPECT TO NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Assistant Secretary, 

11 after consulting with the Administrator, shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) take actions, in coordination with 

13 State points of contact described under sub14 section (c)(3)(A)(ii) as applicable, to improve 

15 coordination and communication with respect to 

16 the implementation of Next Generation 9–1–1; 

17 ‘‘(B) develop, collect, and disseminate in18 formation concerning the practices, procedures, 

19 and technology used in the implementation of 

20 Next Generation 9–1–1; 

21 ‘‘(C) advise and assist eligible entities in 

22 the preparation of implementation plans re23 quired under subsection (c)(3)(A)(iii); 

24 ‘‘(D) provide technical assistance to eligible 

25 entities provided a grant under subsection (c) in 


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1 support of efforts to explore efficiencies related 

2 to Next Generation 9–1–1; 

3 ‘‘(E) review and approve or disapprove ap4 plications for grants under subsection (c); and 

5 ‘‘(F) oversee the use of funds provided by 

6 such grants in fulfilling such implementation 

7 plans. 

8 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than Octo9 ber 1, 2024, and each year thereafter until funds 

10 made available to make grants under subsection (c) 

11 are no longer available to be expended, the Assistant 

12 Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 

13 activities conducted by the Assistant Secretary under 

14 paragraph (1) in the year preceding the submission 

15 of the report. 

16 ‘‘(3) ASSISTANCE.—The Assistant Secretary 

17 may seek the assistance of the Administrator in car18 rying out the duties described in subparagraphs (A) 

19 through (D) of paragraph (1) as the Assistant Sec20 retary determines necessary. 

21 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.— 

22 ‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT PLAN.— 

23 ‘‘(A) DEVELOPMENT.—The Assistant Sec24 retary, after consulting with the Administrator, 

25 shall develop a management plan for the grant 


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1 program established under this section, includ2 ing by developing— 

3 ‘‘(i) plans related to the organiza4 tional structure of such program; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) funding profiles for each fiscal 

6 year of the duration of such program. 

7 ‘‘(B) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not 

8 later than 180 days after the date of the enact9 ment of this section, the Assistant Secretary 

10 shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) submit the management plan de12 veloped under subparagraph (A) to— 

13 ‘‘(I) the Committees on Energy 

14 and Commerce and Appropriations of 

15 the House of Representatives; and 

16 ‘‘(II) the Committees on Com17 merce, Science, and Transportation 

18 and Appropriations of the Senate; 

19 ‘‘(ii) publish the management plan on 

20 the website of the National Telecommuni21 cations and Information Administration; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(iii) provide the management plan to 

24 the Administrator for the purpose of pub25 lishing the management plan on the 


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1 website of the National Highway Traffic 

2 Safety Administration. 

3 ‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OF PLAN.— 

4 ‘‘(A) MODIFICATION.—The Assistant Sec5 retary, after consulting with the Administrator, 

6 may modify the management plan developed 

7 under paragraph (1)(A). 

8 ‘‘(B) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 90 

9 days after the plan is modified under subpara10 graph (A), the Assistant Secretary shall— 

11 ‘‘(i) submit the modified plan to— 

12 ‘‘(I) the Committees on Energy 

13 and Commerce and Appropriations of 

14 the House of Representatives; and 

15 ‘‘(II) the Committees on Com16 merce, Science, and Transportation 

17 and Appropriations of the Senate; 

18 ‘‘(ii) publish the modified plan on the 

19 website of the National Telecommuni20 cations and Information Administration; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(iii) provide the modified plan to the 

23 Administrator for the purpose of pub24 lishing the modified plan on the website of 


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1 the National Highway Traffic and Safety 

2 Administration. 

3 ‘‘(c) NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 IMPLEMENTATION

4 GRANTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) GRANTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall 

6 provide grants to eligible entities for— 

7 ‘‘(A) implementing Next Generation 9–1– 

8 1; 

9 ‘‘(B) maintaining Next Generation 9–1–1; 

10 ‘‘(C) training directly related to imple11 menting, maintaining, and operating Next Gen12 eration 9–1–1 if the cost related to the training 

13 does not exceed— 

14 ‘‘(i) 3 percent of the total grant 

15 award for eligible entities that are not 

16 Tribes; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) 5 percent of the total grant 

18 award for eligible entities that are Tribes; 

19 ‘‘(D) public outreach and education on how 

20 the public can best use Next Generation 9–1– 

21 1 and the capabilities and usefulness of Next 

22 Generation 9–1–1; 

23 ‘‘(E) administrative costs associated with 

24 planning of Next Generation 9–1–1, including 

25 any cost related to planning for and preparing 


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1 an application and related materials as required 

2 by this subsection, if— 

3 ‘‘(i) the cost is fully documented in 

4 materials submitted to the Assistant Sec5 retary; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the cost is reasonable, necessary, 

7 and does not exceed— 

8 ‘‘(I) 1 percent of the total grant 

9 award for eligible entities that are not 

10 Tribes; and 

11 ‘‘(II) 2 percent of the total grant 

12 award for eligible entities that are 

13 Tribes; and 

14 ‘‘(F) costs associated with implementing 

15 cybersecurity measures at emergency commu16 nications centers or with respect to Next Gen17 eration 9–1–1. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—In providing grants under 

19 paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary, after con20 sulting with the Administrator, shall require an eligi21 ble entity to submit to the Assistant Secretary an 

22 application, at the time and in the manner deter23 mined by the Assistant Secretary, and containing 

24 the certification required by paragraph (3). 


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1 ‘‘(3) COORDINATION REQUIRED.—Each eligible 

2 entity shall include in the application required by 

3 paragraph (2) a certification that— 

4 ‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity that 

5 is a State, the entity— 

6 ‘‘(i) has coordinated the application 

7 with the emergency communications cen8 ters located within the jurisdiction of the 

9 entity; 

10 ‘‘(ii) has designated a single officer or 

11 governmental body to serve as the State 

12 point of contact to coordinate the imple13 mentation of Next Generation 9–1–1 for 

14 that State, except that such designation 

15 need not vest such officer or governmental 

16 body with direct legal authority to imple17 ment Next Generation 9–1–1 or to manage 

18 emergency communications operations; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) has developed and submitted a 

20 plan for the coordination and implementa21 tion of Next Generation 9–1–1 that— 

22 ‘‘(I) ensures interoperability by 

23 requiring the use of commonly accept24 ed standards; 

25 ‘‘(II) ensures reliability; 


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1 ‘‘(III) enables emergency commu2 nications centers to process, analyze, 

3 and store multimedia, data, and other 

4 information; 

5 ‘‘(IV) incorporates cybersecurity 

6 tools, including intrusion detection 

7 and prevention measures; 

8 ‘‘(V) includes strategies for co9 ordinating cybersecurity information 

10 sharing between Federal, State, Trib11 al, and local government partners; 

12 ‘‘(VI) uses open and competitive 

13 request for proposal processes, includ14 ing through shared government pro15 curement vehicles, for deployment of 

16 Next Generation 9–1–1; 

17 ‘‘(VII) documents how input was 

18 received and accounted for from rel19 evant rural and urban emergency 

20 communications centers, regional au21 thorities, local authorities, and Tribal 

22 authorities; 

23 ‘‘(VIII) includes a governance 

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1 ies, for the development and deploy2 ment of Next Generation 9–1–1 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(aa) ensures full notice and 

5 opportunity for participation by 

6 relevant stakeholders; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) consults and coordi8 nates with the State point of con9 tact required by clause (ii); 

10 ‘‘(IX) creates efficiencies related 

11 to Next Generation 9–1–1 functions, 

12 including cybersecurity and the 

13 virtualization and sharing of infra14 structure, equipment, and services; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(X) utilizes an effective, com17 petitive approach to establishing au18 thentication, credentialing, secure con19 nections, and access in deploying Next 

20 Generation 9–1–1, including by— 

21 ‘‘(aa) requiring certificate 

22 authorities to be capable of cross23 certification with other authori24 ties; 


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1 ‘‘(bb) avoiding risk of a sin2 gle point of failure or vulner3 ability; and 

4 ‘‘(cc) adhering to Federal 

5 agency best practices such as 

6 those promulgated by the Na7 tional Institute of Standards and 

8 Technology; and 

9 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 

10 is a Tribe, the Tribe has complied with clauses 

11 (i) and (iii) of subparagraph (A). 

12 ‘‘(4) CRITERIA.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

14 after the date of the enactment of this section, 

15 the Assistant Secretary, after consulting with 

16 the Administrator, shall issue rules, after pro17 viding the public with notice and an opportunity 

18 to comment, prescribing the criteria for select19 ing eligible entities for grants under this sub20 section. 

21 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The criteria 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(i) include performance requirements 

24 and a schedule for completion of any 


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1 project to be financed by a grant under 

2 this subsection; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) specifically permit regional or 

4 multi-State applications for funds. 

5 ‘‘(C) UPDATES.—The Assistant Secretary 

6 shall update such rules as necessary. 

7 ‘‘(5) GRANT CERTIFICATIONS.—Each eligible 

8 entity shall certify to the Assistant Secretary at the 

9 time of application for a grant under this subsection, 

10 and each eligible entity that receives such a grant 

11 shall certify to the Assistant Secretary annually 

12 thereafter during any period of time the funds from 

13 the grant are available to the eligible entity, that— 

14 ‘‘(A) beginning on the date that is 180 

15 days before the date on which the application is 

16 filed, no portion of any 9–1–1 fee or charge im17 posed by the eligible entity (or in the case that 

18 the eligible entity is not a State or Tribe, any 

19 State or taxing jurisdiction within which the eli20 gible entity will carry out, or is carrying out, 

21 activities using grant funds) are obligated or 

22 expended for a purpose or function not des23 ignated under the rules issued pursuant to sec24 tion 6(f)(3) of the Wireless Communications 

25 and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 


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1 615a–1(f)(3)) (as such rules are in effect on the 

2 date on which the eligible entity makes the cer3 tification) as acceptable; 

4 ‘‘(B) any funds received by the eligible en5 tity will be used, consistent with paragraph (1), 

6 to support the deployment of Next Generation 

7 9–1–1 that ensures reliability and interoper8 ability, by requiring the use of commonly ac9 cepted standards; 

10 ‘‘(C) the eligible entity (or in the case that 

11 the eligible entity is not a State or Tribe, any 

12 State or taxing jurisdiction within which the eli13 gible entity will carry out or is carrying out ac14 tivities using grant funds) has established, or 

15 has committed to establish not later than 3 

16 years following the date on which the grant 

17 funds are distributed to the eligible entity— 

18 ‘‘(i) a sustainable funding mechanism 

19 for Next Generation 9–1–1; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) effective cybersecurity resources 

21 for Next Generation 9–1–1; 

22 ‘‘(D) the eligible entity will promote inter23 operability between emergency communications 

24 centers deploying Next Generation 9–1–1 and 

25 emergency response providers, including users 


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1 of the nationwide public safety broadband net2 work; 

3 ‘‘(E) the eligible entity has or will take 

4 steps to coordinate with adjoining States and 

5 Tribes to establish and maintain Next Genera6 tion 9–1–1; and 

7 ‘‘(F) the eligible entity has developed a 

8 plan for public outreach and education on how 

9 the public can best use Next Generation 9–1– 

10 1 and on the capabilities and usefulness of Next 

11 Generation 9–1–1. 

12 ‘‘(6) CONDITION OF GRANT.—Each eligible en13 tity shall agree, as a condition of receipt of a grant 

14 under this subsection, that if any State or taxing ju15 risdiction within which the eligible entity will carry 

16 out activities using grant funds fails to comply with 

17 a certification required under paragraph (5), during 

18 any period of time during which the funds from the 

19 grant are available to the eligible entity, all of the 

20 funds from such grant shall be returned to the As21 sistant Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(7) PENALTY FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFOR23 MATION.—Any eligible entity that provides a certifi24 cation under paragraph (5) knowing that the infor25 mation provided in the certification was false shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) not be eligible to receive the grant 

2 under this subsection; 

3 ‘‘(B) return any grant awarded under this 

4 subsection; and 

5 ‘‘(C) not be eligible to receive any subse6 quent grants under this subsection. 

7 ‘‘(8) PROHIBITION.—Grant funds provided 

8 under this subsection may not be used— 

9 ‘‘(A) to support any activity of the First 

10 Responder Network Authority; or 

11 ‘‘(B) to make any payments to a person 

12 who has been, for reasons of national security, 

13 prohibited by any entity of the Federal Govern14 ment from bidding on a contract, participating 

15 in an auction, or receiving a grant. 

16 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and sections 160 

17 and 161: 

18 ‘‘(1) 9–1–1 FEE OR CHARGE.—The term ‘9–1– 

19 1 fee or charge’ has the meaning given such term in 

20 section 6(f)(3)(D) of the Wireless Communications 

21 and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615a– 

22 1(f)(3)(D)). 

23 ‘‘(2) 9–1–1 REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY ASSIST24 ANCE.—The term ‘9–1–1 request for emergency as25 sistance’ means a communication, such as voice, 


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1 text, picture, multimedia, or any other type of data 

2 that is sent to an emergency communications center 

3 for the purpose of requesting emergency assistance. 

4 ‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis5 trator’ means the Administrator of the National 

6 Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 

7 ‘‘(4) COMMONLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS.—The 

8 term ‘commonly accepted standards’ means the tech9 nical standards followed by the communications in10 dustry for network, device, and Internet Protocol 

11 connectivity that— 

12 ‘‘(A) enable interoperability; and 

13 ‘‘(B) are— 

14 ‘‘(i) developed and approved by a 

15 standards development organization that is 

16 accredited by an American standards body 

17 (such as the American National Standards 

18 Institute) or an equivalent international 

19 standards body in a process— 

20 ‘‘(I) that is open to the public, 

21 including open for participation by 

22 any person; and 

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1 ‘‘(ii) subject to an open comment and 

2 input process before being finalized by the 

3 standards development organization; 

4 ‘‘(iii) consensus-based; and 

5 ‘‘(iv) made publicly available once ap6 proved. 

7 ‘‘(5) COST RELATED TO THE TRAINING.—The 

8 term ‘cost related to the training’ means— 

9 ‘‘(A) actual wages incurred for travel and 

10 attendance, including any necessary overtime 

11 pay and backfill wage; 

12 ‘‘(B) travel expenses; 

13 ‘‘(C) instructor expenses; or 

14 ‘‘(D) facility costs and training materials. 

15 ‘‘(6) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en16 tity’— 

17 ‘‘(A) means— 

18 ‘‘(i) a State or a Tribe; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) an entity, including a public au20 thority, board, or commission, established 

21 by one or more entities described in clause 

22 (i); and 

23 ‘‘(B) does not include any entity that has 

24 failed to submit the certifications required 

25 under subsection (c)(5). 


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1 ‘‘(7) EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘emergency 

3 communications center’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) a facility that— 

5 ‘‘(I) is designated to receive a 9– 

6 1–1 request for emergency assistance; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(II) performs one or more of the 

9 functions described in subparagraph 

10 (B); or 

11 ‘‘(ii) a public safety answering point, 

12 as defined in section 222 of the Commu13 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222). 

14 ‘‘(B) FUNCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The func15 tions described in this subparagraph are the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(i) Processing and analyzing 9–1–1 

18 requests for emergency assistance and in19 formation and data related to such re20 quests. 

21 ‘‘(ii) Dispatching appropriate emer22 gency response providers. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Transferring or exchanging 9– 

24 1–1 requests for emergency assistance and 

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1 quests with one or more other emergency 

2 communications centers and emergency re3 sponse providers. 

4 ‘‘(iv) Analyzing any communications 

5 received from emergency response pro6 viders. 

7 ‘‘(v) Supporting incident command 

8 functions. 

9 ‘‘(8) EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDER.—The 

10 term ‘emergency response provider’ has the meaning 

11 given that term under section 2 of the Homeland Se12 curity Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101). 

13 ‘‘(9) FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK AUTHOR14 ITY.—The term ‘First Responder Network Author15 ity’ means the authority established under section 

16 6204 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Cre17 ation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1424). 

18 ‘‘(10) INTEROPERABILITY.—The term ‘inter19 operability’ means the capability of emergency com20 munications centers to receive 9–1–1 requests for 

21 emergency assistance and information and data re22 lated to such requests, such as location information 

23 and callback numbers from a person initiating the 

24 request, then process and share the 9–1–1 requests 

25 for emergency assistance and information and data 


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1 related to such requests with other emergency com2 munications centers and emergency response pro3 viders without the need for proprietary interfaces 

4 and regardless of jurisdiction, equipment, device, 

5 software, service provider, or other relevant factors. 

6 ‘‘(11) NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY

7 BROADBAND NETWORK.—The term ‘nationwide pub8 lic safety broadband network’ has the meaning given 

9 the term in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax 

10 Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 

11 1401). 

12 ‘‘(12) NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1.—The term 

13 ‘Next Generation 9–1–1’ means an Internet Pro14 tocol-based system that— 

15 ‘‘(A) ensures interoperability; 

16 ‘‘(B) is secure; 

17 ‘‘(C) employs commonly accepted stand18 ards; 

19 ‘‘(D) enables emergency communications 

20 centers to receive, process, and analyze all types 

21 of 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance; 

22 ‘‘(E) acquires and integrates additional in23 formation useful to handling 9–1–1 requests for 

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1 ‘‘(F) supports sharing information related 

2 to 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance 

3 among emergency communications centers and 

4 emergency response providers. 

5 ‘‘(13) RELIABILITY.—The term ‘reliability’ 

6 means the employment of sufficient measures to en7 sure the ongoing operation of Next Generation 9–1– 

8 1 including through the use of geo-diverse, device9 and network-agnostic elements that provide more 

10 than one route between end points with no common 

11 points where a single failure at that point would 

12 cause all to fail. 

13 ‘‘(14) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 

14 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

15 Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 

16 States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is17 lands, and any other territory or possession of the 

18 United States. 

19 ‘‘(15) SUSTAINABLE FUNDING MECHANISM.— 

20 The term ‘sustainable funding mechanism’ means a 

21 funding mechanism that provides adequate revenues 

22 to cover ongoing expenses, including operations, 

23 maintenance, and upgrades. 

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1 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As2 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 

3 ‘‘SEC. 160. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONWIDE NEXT GEN4 ERATION 9–1–1 CYBERSECURITY CENTER. 

5 ‘‘The Assistant Secretary, after consulting with the 

6 Administrator and the Director of the Cybersecurity and 

7 Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of 

8 Homeland Security, shall establish a Next Generation 9– 

9 1–1 Cybersecurity Center to coordinate with State, local, 

10 and regional governments on the sharing of cybersecurity 

11 information about, the analysis of cybersecurity threats to, 

12 and guidelines for strategies to detect and prevent cyberse13 curity intrusions relating to Next Generation 9–1–1. 

14 ‘‘SEC. 161. NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 ADVISORY BOARD. 

15 ‘‘(a) NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 ADVISORY BOARD.— 

16 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Sec17 retary shall establish a ‘Public Safety Next Genera18 tion 9–1–1 Advisory Board’ (in this section referred 

19 to as the ‘Board’) to provide recommendations to 

20 the Assistant Secretary— 

21 ‘‘(A) with respect to carrying out the du22 ties and responsibilities of the Assistant Sec23 retary in issuing the regulations required under 

24 section 159(c); 

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1 ‘‘(C) upon request under paragraph (8). 

2 ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 

3 ‘‘(A) VOTING MEMBERS.—Not later than 

4 150 days after the date of the enactment of this 

5 section, the Assistant Secretary shall appoint 

6 16 public safety members to the Board, of 

7 which— 

8 ‘‘(i) 4 members shall represent local 

9 law enforcement officials; 

10 ‘‘(ii) 4 members shall represent fire 

11 and rescue officials; 

12 ‘‘(iii) 4 members shall represent emer13 gency medical service officials; and 

14 ‘‘(iv) 4 members shall represent 9–1– 

15 1 professionals. 

16 ‘‘(B) DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIP.—Mem17 bers shall be representatives of State or Tribes 

18 and local governments, chosen to reflect geo19 graphic and population density differences as 

20 well as public safety organizations at the na21 tional level across the United States. 

22 ‘‘(C) EXPERTISE.—All members shall have 

23 specific expertise necessary for developing tech24 nical requirements under this section, such as 

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1 public safety communications and 9–1–1 serv2 ices. 

3 ‘‘(D) RANK AND FILE MEMBERS.—In mak4 ing the appointments required by subparagraph 

5 (A), the Assistant Secretary shall appoint a 

6 rank and file member from each of the public 

7 safety disciplines listed in clauses (i) through 

8 (iv) of subparagraph (A) as a member of the 

9 Board and shall select such member from an 

10 organization that represents its public safety 

11 discipline at the national level. 

12 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

14 subparagraph (B), members of the Board shall 

15 serve for a 3-year term. 

16 ‘‘(B) REMOVAL FOR CAUSE.—A member of 

17 the Board may be removed for cause upon the 

18 determination of the Assistant Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(4) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Board 

20 shall be filled in the same manner as the original ap21 pointment. 

22 ‘‘(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 

23 the Board shall constitute a quorum. 

24 ‘‘(6) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.— 

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1 Chairperson from among the voting members of the 

2 Board. 

3 ‘‘(7) DUTY OF BOARD TO SUBMIT REC4 OMMENDATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after all 

5 members of the Board are appointed under para6 graph (2), the Board shall submit to the Assistant 

7 Secretary recommendations for— 

8 ‘‘(A) deploying Next Generation 9–1–1 in 

9 rural and urban areas; 

10 ‘‘(B) ensuring flexibility in guidance, rules, 

11 and grant funding to allow for technology im12 provements; 

13 ‘‘(C) creating efficiencies related to Next 

14 Generation 9–1–1, including cybersecurity and 

15 the virtualization and sharing of core infra16 structure; 

17 ‘‘(D) enabling effective coordination among 

18 State, local, Tribal, and territorial government 

19 entities to ensure that the needs of emergency 

20 communications centers in both rural and 

21 urban areas are taken into account in each im22 plementation plan required under section 

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1 ‘‘(E) incorporating existing cybersecurity 

2 resources to Next Generation 9–1–1 procure3 ment and deployment. 

4 ‘‘(8) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL REC5 OMMENDATIONS.—Except as provided in paragraphs 

6 (1) and (7), the Board may provide recommenda7 tions to the Assistant Secretary only upon request of 

8 the Assistant Secretary. 

9 ‘‘(9) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Board 

10 shall terminate on the date on which funds made 

11 available to make grants under section 159(c) are no 

12 longer available to be expended. 

13 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec14 tion may be construed as limiting the authority of the As15 sistant Secretary to seek comment from stakeholders and 

16 the public. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 162. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap19 propriated to the Assistant Secretary to carry out sections 

20 159, 160, and 161 $15,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2024 

21 through 2028, and such amounts are authorized to remain 

22 available until expended. 

23 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 4 

24 percent of any amounts appropriated under subsection (a) 


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1 may be used for administrative purposes (including car2 rying out sections 160 and 161).’’. 

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