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tors, employees, vendors, agents, and authorizing govern-
ment entity (if any) of such provider, user, or PSAP, shall
have the same scope and extent of immunity and other pro-
tection from liability under Federal and State law with re-
spect to—
(1) the release of subscriber information related
to emergency calls or emergency services,
(2) the use or provision of 911 and E–911 serv-
ices, and
(3) other matters related to 911 and E–911 serv-
ices,
as section 4 of the Wireless Communications and Public
Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615a) provides to wireless
carriers, PSAPs, and users of wireless 9–1–1 service (as de-
fined in paragraphs (4), (3), and (6), respectively, of section
6 of that Act (47 U.S.C. 615b)) with respect to such release,
use, and other matters.
(d) LIMITATION ON COMMISSION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to permit the Commission to issue
regulations that require or impose a specific technology or
technological standard.
SEC. 1003. ENFORCEMENT.
The Commission shall enforce this title, and any regu-
lation promulgated under this title, under the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) as if this title
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were a part of that Act. For purposes of this section any
violation of this title, or any regulation promulgated under
this title, is deemed to be a violation of the Communications
Act of 1934.
SEC. 1004. MIGRATION TO IP-ENABLED EMERGENCY NET-
WORK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 158 of the National Tele-
communications and Information Administration Organi-
zation Act (47 U.S.C. 942) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) MIGRATION PLAN REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) NATIONAL PLAN REQUIRED.—No more than
18 months after the date of the enactment of the IP-
Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety
Act of 2005, the Office shall develop and report to
Congress on a national plan for migrating to a na-
tional IP-enabled emergency network capable of re-
ceiving and responding to all citizen activated emer-
gency communications.
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required by
paragraph (1) shall—
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‘‘(A) outline the potential benefits of such a
migration;
‘‘(B) identify barriers that must be over-
come and funding mechanisms to address those
barriers;
‘‘(C) include a proposed timetable, an out-
line of costs and potential savings;
‘‘(D) provide specific legislative language, if
necessary, for achieving the plan;
‘‘(E) provide recommendations on any legis-
lative changes, including updating definitions, to
facilitate a national IP-enabled emergency net-
work; and
‘‘(F) assess, collect, and analyze the experi-
ences of the PSAPs and related public safety au-
thorities who are conducting trial deployments of
IP-enabled emergency networks as of the date of
enactment of the IP-Enabled Voice Communica-
tions and Public Safety Act of 2005.
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan re-
quired by paragraph (1), the Office shall consult with
representatives of the public safety community, tech-
nology and telecommunications providers, and others
it deems appropriate.’’; and
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(3) by striking ‘‘services.’’ in subsection (b)(1)
and inserting ‘‘services, and, upon completion of de-
velopment of the national plan for migrating to a na-
tional IP-enabled emergency network under subsection
(d), for migration to an IP-enabled emergency net-
work.’’.
(b) REPORT ON PSAPS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission
shall—
(A) compile a list of all known public safety
answering points, including such contact infor-
mation regarding public safety answering points
as the Commission determines appropriate;
(B) organize such list by county, town,
township, parish, village, hamlet, or other gen-
eral purpose political subdivision of a State; and
(C) make available from such list—
(i) to the public, on the Internet
website of the Commission—
(I) the 10 digit telephone number
of those public safety answering points
appearing on such list; and
(II) a statement explicitly warn-
ing the public that such telephone
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numbers are not intended for emer-
gency purposes and as such may not be
answered at all times; and
(ii) to public safety answering points
all contact information compiled by the
Commission.
(2) CONTINUING DUTY.—The Commission shall
continue—
(A) to update the list made available to the
public described in paragraph (1)(C); and
(B) to improve for the benefit of the public
the accessibility, use, and organization of such
list.
(3) PSAPS REQUIRED TO COMPLY.—Each public
safety answering point shall provide all requested
contact information to the Commission as requested.
(c) REPORT ON SELECTIVE ROUTERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission
shall—
(A) compile a list of selective routers, in-
cluding the contact information of the owners of
such routers;