sonal security or medical monitoring system, 
that is connected to an emergency response cen-
ter by means of a telecommunications carrier or 
VOIP service provider. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘emergency response center’ 
means an entity that monitors transmissions 
from an emergency response system. 
‘‘(j) MIGRATION TO IP-ENABLED EMERGENCY NET-
WORK.— 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
REPORT.—No more than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the National 911 Implementation and Coordi-
nation Office shall develop a report to Congress on 
migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency net-
work capable of receiving and responding to all cit-
izen activated emergency communications. 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report re-
quired 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; 
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‘‘(D) provide recommendations on specific 
legislative language; 
‘‘(E) provide recommendations on any leg-
islative changes, including updating definitions, 
to facilitate a national IP-enabled emergency 
network; and 
‘‘(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 this section. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the report 
required by paragraph (1), the Office shall consult 
with representatives of the public safety community, 
technology and telecommunications providers, and 
others it deems appropriate. 
‘‘(k) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(1) DEADLINE.—The Commission shall pre-
scribe regulations to implement this section within 
120 days after the date of enactment of this section. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to permit the Commission to issue 
regulations that require or impose a specific tech-
nology or technological standard. 
‘‘(l) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
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‘‘(1) VOIP SERVICE.—The term ‘VOIP service’ 
means a service that— 
‘‘(A) provides real-time 2-way voice com-
munications 
transmitted 
through 
customer 
premises equipment using TCP/IP protocol, or 
a successor protocol (including when the voice 
communication is converted to or from TCP/IP 
protocol by the VOIP service provider and 
transmitted to the subscriber without use of cir-
cuit switching), for a fee; 
‘‘(B) is offered to the public, or such class-
es of users as to be effectively available to the 
public (whether part of a bundle of services or 
separately); and 
‘‘(C) has the capability so that the service 
can originate traffic to, and terminate traffic 
from, the public switched telephone network. 
‘‘(2) VOIP SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘VOIP service provider’ means any person who pro-
vides or offers to provide a VOIP service. 
‘‘(3) NECESSARY
E–911
INFRASTRUCTURE.— 
The term ‘necessary E–911 infrastructure’ means 
the selective routers, selective router databases, 
automatic location information databases, master 
street address guides, trunk lines between selective 
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routers and PSAPs, trunk lines between automatic 
location information databases and PSAPs, and 
other 911 and E–911 equipment, facilities, data-
bases, interfaces, and related capabilities specified 
by the Commission. 
‘‘(4) NON-DIALABLE PSEUDO-AUTOMATIC NUM-
BER
IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER.—The term ‘non- 
dialable pseudo-automatic number identification 
number’ means a number, consisting of the same 
number of digits as numbers used for automatic 
number identification, that is not a North American 
Numbering Plan telephone directory number and 
that may be used in place of an automatic number 
identification number to convey special meaning. 
The special meaning assigned to the non-dialable 
pseudo-automatic number identification number is 
determined by nationally standard agreements, or by 
individual agreements, as necessary, between the 
system originating the call, intermediate systems 
handling and routing the call, and the destination 
system. 
‘‘SEC. 717. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF VOIP SERVICE 
PROVIDERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
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