‘‘(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 
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; 
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‘‘(F) assess, collect, and analyze the expe-
riences of the PSAPs and related public safety 
authorities who are conducting trial deploy-
ments of IP-enabled emergency networks as of 
the date of enactment 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 and recommendations on needed regu-
latory or legislative changes that are necessary 
to achieve automatic location for E–911 pur-
poses. 
‘‘(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.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF PSAP INFORMATION.—The 
Federal Communications Commission may compile a list 
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of public safety answering point contact information, se-
lective router contact information, testing procedures, and 
classes and types of services supported by public safety 
answering points, or other information concerning nec-
essary 911 components, for the purpose of assisting pro-
viders in complying with this section, and may make any 
portion of such information available to the public if such 
availability would improve public safety. 
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’’ and inserting ‘‘SERVICE 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’’; 
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(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)— 
(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’’. 
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(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: 
‘‘(11) OTHER
EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS 
SERVICE.—The term ‘other emergency communica-
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. 
‘‘(12) 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 Commis-
sion consistent with the Commission’s authority 
under the Communications Act of 1934 to pro-
vide other emergency communications services; 
or 
‘‘(B) in the absence of a Commission re-
quirement as described in subsection 8(A), an 
entity that voluntarily elects to provide other 
emergency communications services and is spe-
cifically authorized by the appropriate local or 
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