SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) there are an estimated 302,000,000 active 
wireless mobile device users in the United States 
with an estimated 51,000,000 people in the United 
States living in households that rely solely on wire-
less communication devices (almost 25 percent of 
households 
in 
the 
United 
States), 
of 
which 
21,000,000 are children; 
(2) people in the United States make more than 
300,000 wireless E–9–1–1 (enhanced 9–1–1) calls 
daily; 
(3) a majority of 9–1–1 calls now originate 
from mobile devices, making an advanced wireless 
9–1–1 service system a critical national asset for law 
enforcement, homeland security, and emergency re-
sponders who rely on this wireless location-based in-
formation to effectively dispatch assistance; 
(4) the Federal Communications Commission 
mandates all wireless phone carriers and IP-enabled 
voice service providers to provide services enabling 
users to dial 9–1–1 with a stated purpose of allow-
ing government first responders, homeland security, 
police, fire and other government public safety offi-
cials the ability to accurately locate 9–1–1 callers 
using wireless devices; 
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(5) the growing reliance of the people of the 
United States and public safety, homeland security, 
and law enforcement officials on emerging wireless 
technologies is leading to the need for national text 
to 9–1–1, as well as picture and video 9–1–1 capa-
bilities from mobile devices; 
(6) emerging technologies can be a critical com-
ponent of the end-to-end communications infrastruc-
ture connecting the public with emergency medical 
service providers and emergency dispatch providers, 
public safety, fire service, and law enforcement offi-
cials, and hospital emergency and trauma care facili-
ties, to reduce emergency response times and provide 
appropriate care; 
(7) improved public safety remains an impor-
tant public health objective of Federal, State, and 
local governments and substantially facilitates inter-
state and foreign commerce; 
(8) wireless carriers and their vendors, in com-
plying with the Federal mandate to provide E–9–1– 
1 location-based technology, have become targets of 
or been impacted by patent infringement lawsuits; 
(9) patent infringement lawsuits brought by 
what the Federal Trade Commission has termed 
‘‘Patent Assertion Entities’’ are— 
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(A) compromising the ability of wireless 
carriers to provide current wireless 9–1–1 serv-
ices; and 
(B) deterring the implementation of inno-
vative new technologies that could meet next 
generation 9–1–1 public safety needs such as 
text, picture, and video 9–1–1 capabilities; 
(10) section 1498 of title 28, United States 
Code, was designed to protect those required by the 
Government to provide a service ‘‘by or for the 
United States’’ while also providing legitimate pat-
ent holders with an appropriate means to recover 
reasonable and entire compensation for their pat-
ents; 
(11) this Act clarifies that patented tech-
nologies required to provide 9–1–1, enhanced 9–1– 
1, and other emergency communications services, as 
defined in section 7 of the Wireless Communications 
and Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615b), 
are provided by and for the United States and with 
the authorization or consent of the United States for 
the purposes of section 1498 of title 28, United 
States Code; and 
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(12) this Act does not modify or invalidate any 
patent, preserves all patent claims, and does not pre-
vent patent litigation. 
SEC. 3. JURISDICTION FOR CLAIMS REGARDING OTHER 
EMERGENCY SERVICES. 
Section 1498 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) JURISDICTION FOR CLAIMS REGARDING 9–1–1, 
ENHANCED 9–1–1, OR OTHER EMERGENCY COMMUNICA-
TIONS SERVICE.—Beginning after the date of enactment 
of this subsection, any action under section 271 of title 
35 against a wireless carrier subject to section 20.18 of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
thereto, or an IP-enabled voice service provider subject to 
section 6(a) of the Wireless Communications and Public 
Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615a–1(a)), regarding the 
provision of 9–1–1, enhanced 9–1–1, or other emergency 
communications service (as defined in section 7 of the 
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 
(47 U.S.C. 615b)), shall be filed in accordance with this 
section.’’. 
Æ 
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