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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5236 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to adopt rules to ensure 
the accuracy of call location information for 9-1-1 calls, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2016 
Ms. ESHOO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to adopt 
rules to ensure the accuracy of call location information 
for 9-1-1 calls, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Requesting Emergency 
Services and Providing Origination Notification Systems 
Everywhere Act of 2016’’ or the ‘‘RESPONSE Act of 
2016’’. 
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SEC. 2. ACCURACY OF 9-1-1 CALL LOCATION INFORMATION. 
(a) ADOPTION OF RULES.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion shall adopt rules to ensure that call location informa-
tion is conveyed with a 9-1-1 call, regardless of the techno-
logical platform used and including with calls from multi- 
line telephone systems (as defined in section 6502 of the 
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 
(47 U.S.C. 1471)). 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROCEEDINGS.—In 
adopting the rules required by subsection (a), the Commis-
sion may consider information and conclusions from other 
Commission proceedings regarding the accuracy of call lo-
cation information, but nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require the Commission to reconsider any in-
formation or conclusion from a proceeding regarding the 
accuracy of call location information in which the Commis-
sion has adopted rules or issued an order before the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) OTHER AUTHORITY.—In addition to the authority 
to adopt the rules required by subsection (a), the Commis-
sion shall have the authority to adopt any other rules, 
technical standards, protocols, and procedures as are nec-
essary to ensure that call location information is conveyed 
as described in such subsection. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) 9-1-1 CALL.—The term ‘‘9-1-1 call’’ means 
a voice call that is placed, or a message that is sent 
by other means of communication, to a public safety 
answering point (as defined in section 222 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222)) for 
the purpose of requesting emergency services. 
(2) CALL LOCATION INFORMATION.—The term 
‘‘call location information’’ means accurate and 
timely information regarding the location of the call-
er, as determined to be technically feasible and 
achievable by the Commission. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
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