‘‘(8) PROHIBITION.—No grant funds under this 
subsection may be used— 
‘‘(A) for any component of the Nationwide 
Public Safety Broadband Network; or 
‘‘(B) to make any payments to a person 
who has been, for reasons of national security, 
prohibited by any entity of the Federal Govern-
ment from bidding on a contract, participating 
in an auction, or receiving a grant. 
‘‘(c) FUNDING AND TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any funds 
authorized for grants under section 158, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $12,000,000,000 for fis-
cal years 2019 through 2023. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Office may 
use up to 5 percent of the funds authorized under 
this subsection for reasonable and necessary admin-
istrative costs associated with the grant program. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 9–1–1 REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY ASSIST-
ANCE.—The term ‘9–1–1 request for emergency as-
sistance’ means a communication, such as voice, 
text, picture, multimedia, or any other type of data 
that is sent to an emergency communications center 
for the purpose of requesting emergency assistance. 
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‘‘(2) COMMONLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS.—The 
term ‘commonly accepted standards’ means— 
‘‘(A) the technical standards followed by 
the communications industry for network, de-
vice, and Internet Protocol connectivity, includ-
ing but not limited to, standards developed by 
the Third Generation Partnership Project 
(3GPP), the Institute of Electrical and Elec-
tronics Engineers (IEEE), the Alliance for 
Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), 
the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF), 
and 
the 
International 
Telecommunications 
Union (ITU); and 
‘‘(B) standards that are accredited by a 
recognized authority such as the American Na-
tional Standards Institute (ANSI). 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATED 9–1–1 CHARGES.—The term 
‘designated 9–1–1 charges’ means any taxes, fees, or 
other charges imposed by a State or other taxing ju-
risdiction that are designated or presented as dedi-
cated to deliver or improve 9–1–1 services, E9–1–1 
services, or Next Generation 9–1–1. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’— 
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‘‘(A) means a State, local government, or 
a tribal organization (as defined in section 4(l) 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l))); 
‘‘(B) includes public authorities, boards, 
commissions, and similar bodies created by one 
or more eligible entities described in subpara-
graph (A) to coordinate or provide Next Gen-
eration 9–1–1; and 
‘‘(C) does not include any entity that has 
failed to submit— 
‘‘(i) the certifications required under 
subsection (b)(5); and 
‘‘(ii) the most recently required cer-
tification under subsection (c) within 30 
days after the date on which such certifi-
cation is due. 
‘‘(5) EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.— 
The term ‘emergency communications center’ means 
a facility that is designated to receive a 9–1–1 re-
quest for emergency assistance and perform one or 
more of the following functions: 
‘‘(A) Process and analyze 9–1–1 requests 
for emergency assistance and other gathered in-
formation. 
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‘‘(B) Dispatch appropriate emergency re-
sponse providers. 
‘‘(C) Transfer or exchange 9–1–1 requests 
for emergency assistance and other gathered in-
formation with other emergency communica-
tions centers and emergency response providers. 
‘‘(D) Analyze any communications received 
from emergency response providers. 
‘‘(E) Support incident command functions. 
‘‘(6) EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘emergency response provider’ has the meaning 
given that term under section 2 of the Homeland Se-
curity Act (47 U.S.C. 101(6)), emergency response 
providers includes Federal, State, and local govern-
mental and nongovernmental emergency public safe-
ty, fire, law enforcement, emergency response, emer-
gency medical (including hospital emergency facili-
ties), and related personnel, agencies, and authori-
ties). 
‘‘(7) INTEROPERABLE.—The term ‘interoper-
able’ or ‘interoperability’ means the capability of 
emergency communications centers to receive 9–1–1 
requests for emergency assistance and related data 
such as location information and callback numbers 
from the public, then process and share the 9–1–1 
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requests for emergency assistance and related data 
with other emergency communications centers and 
emergency response providers, regardless of jurisdic-
tion, equipment, device, software, service provider, or 
other relevant factors, and without the need for pro-
prietary interfaces. 
‘‘(8) NATIONWIDE.—The term ‘nationwide’ 
means all states of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 
the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mar-
iana Islands, any other territory or possession of the 
United States, and each federally recognized Indian 
tribe. 
‘‘(9) NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY BROADBAND 
NETWORK.—The term ‘nationwide public safety 
broadband network’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401). 
‘‘(10) NEXT
GENERATION
9–1–1.—The term 
Next Generation 9–1–1 means an interoperable, se-
cure, Internet Protocol-based system that— 
‘‘(A) employs commonly accepted stand-
ards; 
‘‘(B) enables the appropriate emergency 
communications centers to receive, process, and 
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