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Union Calendar No. 187
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2898
[Report No. 108–311] 
To improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency 
response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 wireless services, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 25, 2003
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. UPTON, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. DIN-
GELL, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. GILLMOR, Mrs. 
BONO, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
MCHUGH, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. KIND, Mr. FRANK of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. WYNN, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FROST, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, 
Mr. GORDON, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. STU-
PAK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Additional sponsors: Mr. FEENEY, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. HOEFFEL, 
Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. 
WELLER, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Ms. MCCARTHY of Missouri, Mr. 
RUSH, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mrs. WILSON of 
New Mexico, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. STRICKLAND, and Mr. HOLDEN 
OCTOBER 14, 2003
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 25, 2003] 
A BILL 
To improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen 
activated emergency response capabilities through the use 
of enhanced 911 wireless services, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘E–911 Implementation 
Act of 2003’’ . 
SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF E–911 IMPLEMENTATION. 
Part C of title I of the National Telecommunications 
and Information Administration Organization Act (47 
U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 158. COORDINATION OF E–911 IMPLEMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) E–911 IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATION OF-
FICE.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Assistant Secretary 
shall establish an E–911 Implementation Coordina-
tion Office to facilitate coordination and communica-
tion between Federal, State, and local emergency com-
munications systems, emergency personnel, public
safety organizations, telecommunications carriers, 
and telecommunications equipment manufacturers 
and vendors involved in the implementation of E–911 
services. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE OF OFFICE.—The Office shall—
‘‘(A) take actions, in concert with coordina-
tors designated in accordance with subsection 
(b)(3)(A)(ii), to improve such coordination and 
communication; 
‘‘(B) develop, collect, and disseminate infor-
mation concerning practices, procedures, and 
technology used in the implementation of E–911 
services; 
‘‘(C) advise and assist eligible entities in 
the preparation of implementation plans re-
quired under subsection (b)(3)(A)(iii); 
‘‘(D) receive, review, and recommend the 
approval or disapproval of applications for 
grants under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(E) oversee the use of funds provided by 
such grants in fulfilling such implementation 
plans. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
provide an annual report to Congress by the first day 
of October of each year on the activities of the Office
to improve coordination and communication with re-
spect to the implementation of E–911 services. 
‘‘(b) PHASE II E–911 IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) MATCHING
GRANTS.—The Assistant Sec-
retary, after consultation with the Secretary of Home-
land Security and the Chairman of the Federal Com-
munications Commission, and acting through the Of-
fice, shall provide grants to eligible entities for the 
implementation of phase II E–911 services through 
planning, infrastructure improvements, telecommuni-
cations equipment purchases, and personnel training. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 
share of the cost of a project eligible for a grant under 
this section shall not exceed 50 percent. The non-Fed-
eral share of the cost shall be provided from non-Fed-
eral sources. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION
REQUIRED.—In providing 
grants under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary 
shall require an eligible entity to certify in its appli-
cation that—
‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity that is 
a State government, the entity—
‘‘(i) has coordinated its application 
with the public safety answering points (as 
such term is defined in section 222(h)(4) of
the Communications Act of 1934) located 
within the jurisdiction of such entity; 
‘‘(ii) has designated a single officer or 
governmental body of the entity to serve as 
the coordinator of implementation of E–911 
services, except that such designation need 
not vest such coordinator with direct legal 
authority to implement E–911 services or 
manage emergency communications oper-
ations; 
‘‘(iii) has established a plan for the co-
ordination and implementation of E–911 
services; and 
‘‘(iv) 
has 
integrated 
telecommuni-
cations services involved in the implementa-
tion and delivery of phase II E–911 serv-
ices; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that is 
not a State, the entity has complied with clauses 
(i), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A), and the 
State in which it is located has complied with 
clause (ii) of such subparagraph. 
‘‘(4) CRITERIA.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
issue regulations within 180 days of the enactment of 
the E–911 Implementation Act of 2003, after a public
comment period of not less than 60 days, prescribing 
the criteria for selection for grants under this section, 
and shall update such regulations as necessary. 
‘‘(c) DIVERSION OF E–911 CHARGES.—
‘‘(1) DESIGNATED
E–911
CHARGES.—For the 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘designated E–
911 charges’ means any taxes, fees, or other charges
imposed by a State or other taxing jurisdiction 
that—
‘‘(A) appear on telecommunications services 
customers’ bills; and 
‘‘(B) are designated or presented as dedi-
cated to deliver or improve E–911 services. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—Each applicant for a 
matching grant under this section shall certify to the 
Assistant Secretary at the time of application, and 
each applicant that receives such a grant shall certify 
to the Assistant Secretary annually thereafter during 
any period of time during which the funds from the 
grant are available to the applicant, that no portion 
of any designated E–911 charges imposed by a State 
or other taxing jurisdiction within which the appli-
cant is located are being obligated or expended for 
any purpose other than the purposes for which such 
charges are designated or presented.