TITLE I—911 SERVICES AND IP– 
ENABLED 
VOICE 
SERVICE 
PROVIDERS 
SEC. 101. DUTY TO PROVIDE 911 AND E–911 SERVICE. 
The Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act 
of 1999 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 6 (47 U.S.C. 615b) 
as section 7; 
(2) by inserting after section 5 the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6. DUTY TO PROVIDE 911 AND E–911 SERVICE. 
‘‘(a) DUTIES.—It shall be the duty of every IP-en-
abled voice service provider engaged in interstate commu-
nication to provide 911 service and E–911 service to its 
subscribers in accordance with the regulations of Federal 
Communications Commission (in this section referred to 
as the ‘Commission’), as such orders may be modified by 
the Commission from time to time. 
‘‘(b) ACCESS TO 911 COMPONENTS.— 
‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—Within 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the 911 Modernization and 
Public Safety Act of 2007, the Commission shall 
issue regulations granting IP-enabled voice service 
providers right of access to 911 components that are 
necessary to provide 911 service, including enhanced 
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911 service, on the same rates, terms, and condi-
tions that are provided commercial mobile services 
providers. In promulgating the regulations, the Com-
mission shall take into account any technical, net-
work security, or information privacy issues that are 
specific to IP-enabled voice services. 
‘‘(2) DELEGATION OF ENFORCEMENT TO STATE 
COMMISSIONS.—The Commission may delegate au-
thority to enforce the regulations issued under para-
graph (1) to State commissions or other State agen-
cies or programs with jurisdiction over emergency 
communications. 
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—The Commission shall pre-
scribe regulations to implement this section within 
90 days after the date of enactment of the 911 Mod-
ernization and Public Safety Act of 2007. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to permit the Commission to issue 
regulations that require or impose a specific tech-
nology or technology standard. 
‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—The Commission shall 
enforce this section as if this section was a part of 
the Communications Act of 1934. For purposes of 
this section, any violations of this section, or any 
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regulations promulgated under this section, shall be 
considered to be a violation of the Communications 
Act of 1934 or a regulation promulgated under that 
Act, respectively. 
‘‘(d) STATE AUTHORITY OVER FEES.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—A fee or charge applicable 
to commercial mobile services or IP-enabled voice 
services specifically designated by a State, political 
subdivision thereof, or Indian tribe for the support 
or implementation of 911 or E–911 services that are 
subject to or authorized by this Act, the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), the 
911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, 
or any Federal Communications Commission regula-
tion or order may be obligated or expended only in 
support of 911 and E–911 services, or enhance-
ments of such services, or other emergency commu-
nications services as specified in the provision of 
State or local law adopting the fee or charge. For 
IP-enabled voice services, the fee or charge may not 
exceed the amount of any such fee or charge applica-
ble to telecommunications services 
‘‘(2) FEE ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT.—To en-
sure efficiency, transparency, and accountability in 
the collection and expenditure of 911 fees, the Com-
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mission shall submit a report within 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the 911 Modernization and 
Public Safety Act of 2007, and annually thereafter, 
to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Trans-
portation of the Senate and the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
detailing the status in each State of the collection 
and distribution of 911 fees, and including findings 
on the amount of revenues obligated or expended by 
each State or political subdivision thereof for any 
purpose other than the purpose for which any fee or 
charges are presented.’’; and 
(3) in section 7 (as redesignated by paragraph 
(1) of this section) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(7) IP-ENABLED VOICE SERVICE.—The term 
‘IP-enabled voice service’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘interconnected VoIP service’ by section 9.3 of 
the Commission’s regulation (47 CFR 9.3). 
‘‘(8) NECESSARY 911 COMPONENT.—The term 
‘necessary 911 component’ means any equipment, 
network, databases (including automatic location in-
formation databases and master street address 
guides), interface, selective router, trunkline, non- 
dialable p-ANI numbers, or other related facility 
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necessary as determined by the Commission for the 
delivery and completion of 911 or E–911 calls and 
information related to such calls. 
‘‘(9) IP-ENABLED
911
SERVICES.—The term 
‘IP-enabled 911 service’ means any 911 service pro-
vide by an IP-enabled voice service provider, includ-
ing enhanced IP-enabled 911 service. 
‘‘(10) ENHANCED IP-ENABLED 911 SERVICES.— 
The term ‘enhanced IP-enabled 911 service’ means 
any enhanced 911 service so designated by the Fed-
eral Communications Commission in its Report and 
Order in WC Docket Nos. 04–36 and 05–196, or 
any successor proceeding.’’. 
SEC. 102. 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) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ‘‘and for migration 
to an IP-enabled emergency network.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
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