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‘‘(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 and the Administrator at the 
time of application, and each applicant that receives 
such a grant shall certify to the Assistant Secretary 
and the Administrator 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 
applicant is located are being obligated or expended 
for any purpose other than the purposes for which 
such charges are designated or presented. 
‘‘(3) CONDITION
OF
GRANT.—Each applicant 
for a grant under this section shall agree, as a con-
dition of receipt of the grant, that if the State or 
other taxing jurisdiction within which the applicant 
is located, during any period of time during which 
the funds from the grant are available to the appli-
cant, obligates or expends designated E–911 charges 
for any purpose other than the purposes for which 
such charges are designated or presented, all of the
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funds from such grant shall be returned to the Of-
fice. 
‘‘(4) PENALTY FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFOR-
MATION.—Any applicant that provides a certification 
under paragraph (1) knowing that the information 
provided in the certification was false shall—
‘‘(A) not be eligible to receive the grant 
under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) return any grant awarded under sub-
section (b) during the time that the certification 
was not valid; and 
‘‘(C) not be eligible to receive any subse-
quent grants under subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION; TERMINATION.—
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of Transpor-
tation, for the purposes of grants under the joint 
program operated under this section with the De-
partment 
of 
Commerce, 
not 
more 
than 
$100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2004 
through 2008. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this 
section shall cease to be effective on October 1, 
2008. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
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‘‘(1) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the E–
911 Implementation Coordination Office. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a State or 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) INSTRUMENTALITIES.—Such term in-
cludes public authorities, boards, commissions, 
and similar bodies created by one or more eligi-
ble entities described in subparagraph (A) to 
provide E–911 services. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude any entity that has failed to submit the 
most recently required certification under sub-
section (c) within 30 days after the date on 
which such certification is due. 
‘‘(4) E–911 SERVICES.—The term ‘E–911 serv-
ices’ means both phase I and phase II enhanced 911 
services, as described in section 20.18 of the Com-
mission’s regulations (47 CFR 20.18), as in effect
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on the date of enactment of this section, or as subse-
quently revised by the Federal Communications 
Commission. 
‘‘(5) PHASE
II
E–911
SERVICES.—The term 
‘phase II E–911 services’ means only phase II en-
hanced 911 services, as described in such section 
20.18 (47 CFR 20.18), as in effect on such date, or 
as subsequently revised by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT ON THE DEPLOYMENT OF E–911 PHASE II 
SERVICES BY TIER III SERVICE PROVIDERS. 
Within 90 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall sub-
mit a report to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate de-
tailing—
(1) the number of tier III commercial mobile 
service providers that are offering phase II E–911 
services; 
(2) the number of requests for waivers from 
compliance with the Commission’s phase II E–911 
service requirements received by the Commission 
from such tier III providers;
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(3) the number of waivers granted or denied by 
the Commission to such tier III providers; 
(4) how long each waiver request remained 
pending before it was granted or denied; 
(5) how many waiver requests are pending at 
the time of the filing of the report; 
(6) when the pending requests will be granted 
or denied; 
(7) actions the Commission has taken to reduce 
the amount of time a waiver request remains pend-
ing; and 
(8) the technologies that are the most effective 
in the deployment of phase II E–911 services by 
such tier III providers.
Passed the House of Representatives November 4, 
2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.