IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3403 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 14, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To promote and enhance public safety by facilitating the 
rapid deployment of IP-enabled 911 and E–911 services, 
encourage the Nation’s transition to a national IP-en-
abled emergency network, and improve 911 and E–911 
access to those with disabilities. 
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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 ‘‘911 Modernization and 
Public Safety Act of 2007’’. 
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 each IP-en-
abled voice service provider to provide 911 service and E– 
911 service to its subscribers in accordance with the re-
quirements of the Federal Communications Commission 
(in this section referred to as the ‘Commission’), as in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of the 911 Modernization 
and Public Safety Act of 2007 and as such requirements 
may be modified by the Commission from time to time. 
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‘‘(b) PARITY FOR IP-ENABLED VOICE SERVICE PRO-
VIDERS.—An IP-enabled voice service provider that seeks 
capabilities from an entity with ownership or control over 
such capabilities to comply with its obligations under sub-
section (a) shall, for the exclusive purpose of complying 
with such obligations, have the same rights, including 
rights of interconnection, and on the same rates, terms, 
and conditions, as apply to a provider of commercial mo-
bile service (as such term is defined in section 332(d) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d))), 
subject to such regulations as the Commission prescribes 
under subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Commission— 
‘‘(1) within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 
2007, shall issue regulations implementing such Act, 
including regulations that— 
‘‘(A) ensure that IP-enabled voice service 
providers have the ability to exercise their 
rights under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) take into account any technical, net-
work security, or information privacy require-
ments that are specific to IP-enabled voice serv-
ices; and 
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(3) in section 7 (as redesignated by paragraph 
(1) of this section) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) 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 Federal Communications Commission’s regula-
tions (47 CFR 9.3).’’. 
SEC. 102. MIGRATION TO IP-ENABLED EMERGENCY NET-
WORK. 
Section 158 of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization 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: 
‘‘(d) MIGRATION PLAN REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
PLAN
REQUIRED.—No more 
than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the 
911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, 
the Office shall develop and report to Congress on 
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a national plan for migrating to a national IP-en-
abled emergency network capable of receiving and 
responding to all citizen-activated emergency com-
munications and improving information sharing 
among all emergency response entities. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The plan required 
by paragraph (1) shall— 
‘‘(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 leg-
islative changes, including updating definitions, 
to facilitate a national IP-enabled emergency 
network; 
‘‘(F) assess, collect, and analyze the expe-
riences of the public safety answering points 
and related public safety authorities who are 
conducting trial deployments of IP-enabled 
emergency networks as of the date of enact-
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ment of the 911 Modernization and Public 
Safety Act of 2007; 
‘‘(G) identify solutions for providing 911 
and E–911 access to those with disabilities and 
needed steps to implement such solutions, in-
cluding a recommended timeline; and 
‘‘(H) analyze efforts to provide automatic 
location for E–911 purposes and recommenda-
tions on regulatory or legislative changes that 
are necessary to achieve automatic location for 
E–911 purposes. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the plan 
required by paragraph (1), the Office shall consult 
with representatives of the public safety community, 
groups representing those with disabilities, tech-
nology and telecommunications providers, IP-enabled 
voice service providers, Telecommunications Relay 
Service providers, and other emergency communica-
tions providers and others it deems appropriate.’’. 
SEC. 103. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
Section 3011(b) of the Digital Television Transition 
and Public Safety Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 47 
U.S.C. 309 note), and section 158(b)(4) of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration Or-
ganization Act (47 U.S.C. 942(b)(4)) are each amended 
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by striking ‘‘the 911 Modernization Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘the 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007’’. 
TITLE II—PARITY OF 
PROTECTION 
SEC. 201. LIABILITY. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 4 of the Wireless Com-
munications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 
615a) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘PARITY
OF
PROTECTION 
FOR PROVISION OR USE OF WIRELESS SERV-
ICE’’ in the section heading and inserting ‘‘SERV-
ICE PROVIDER PARITY OF PROTECTION’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘wireless carrier,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘wireless carrier, IP-enabled voice serv-
ice provider, or other emergency communica-
tions provider,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘its officers’’ the first place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘their officers’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘emergency calls or emer-
gency services’’ and inserting ‘‘emergency calls, 
emergency services, or other emergency commu-
nications services’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘using wireless 9–1–1 serv-
ice shall’’ and inserting ‘‘using wireless 9–1–1 
service, or making 9–1–1 communications via 
IP-enabled voice service or other emergency 
communications service, shall’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that is not wireless’’ and 
inserting ‘‘that is not via wireless 9–1–1 serv-
ice, IP-enabled voice service, or other emer-
gency communications service’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘wireless 9–1–1 commu-
nications, a PSAP’’ and inserting ‘‘9–1–1 com-
munications via wireless 9–1–1 service, IP-en-
abled voice service, or other emergency commu-
nications service, a PSAP’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘that are not wireless’’ and 
inserting ‘‘that are not via wireless 9–1–1 serv-
ice, IP-enabled voice service, or other emer-
gency communications service’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 7 of the Wireless Commu-
nications and Public Safety Act of 1999 (as redesignated 
by section 101(1) of this Act) is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(9) OTHER
EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE.—The term ‘other emergency communica-
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tions service’ means the provision of emergency in-
formation to a public safety answering point via wire 
or radio communications, and may include 911 and 
enhanced 911 services. 
‘‘(10) OTHER
EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term ‘other emergency 
communications service provider’ means— 
‘‘(A) an entity other than a local exchange 
carrier, wireless carrier, or an IP-enabled voice 
service provider that is required by the Federal 
Communications Commission consistent with 
the Commission’s authority under the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 to provide other emer-
gency communications services; or 
‘‘(B) in the absence of a Commission re-
quirement as described in subparagraph (A), an 
entity that voluntarily elects to provide other 
emergency communications services and is spe-
cifically authorized by the appropriate local or 
State 911 governing authority to provide other 
emergency communications services.’’. 
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