I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6424 
To amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, 
to clarify acceptable 9–1–1 obligations or expenditures, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 18, 2018 
Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Ms. ESHOO, and Mr. LANCE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety 
Act of 1999, to clarify acceptable 9–1–1 obligations or 
expenditures, 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 ‘‘9–1–1 Fee Integrity 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CLARIFYING ACCEPTABLE 9–1–1 OBLIGATIONS OR 
EXPENDITURES. 
Section 6(f) of the Wireless Communications and 
Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615a–1(f)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as specified 
in the provision of State or local law adopting the 
fee or charge’’ and inserting ‘‘consistent with accept-
able obligations or expenditures in the final rules 
issued pursuant to paragraph (3)’’; and 
(2) after paragraph (2), by inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) ACCEPTABLE
OBLIGATION
OR
EXPENDI-
TURE.— 
‘‘(A) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—In order 
to prevent diversion of 9–1–1 taxes, fees, or 
charges, the Commission shall, within 180 days 
after date of the enactment of this paragraph, 
issue final rules designating purposes and func-
tions that are acceptable obligations or expendi-
tures by any State or taxing jurisdiction au-
thorized to impose a tax, fee, or charge. 
‘‘(B) PURPOSES
AND
FUNCTIONS.—The 
purposes and functions described in subpara-
graph (A) include only those used solely for the 
support and implementation of a State or tax-
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ing jurisdiction 9–1–1 services and operational 
expenses of public safety answering points with-
in a State or taxing jurisdiction. 
‘‘(C) 
CONSULTATION
REQUIRED.—The 
Commission shall consult with public safety or-
ganizations and State, local, and Tribal govern-
ments as part of any proceeding under this 
paragraph. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) 9–1–1 SERVICES; E9–1–1
SERV-
ICES; 
NEXT
GENERATION
9–1–1
SERV-
ICES.—The terms ‘9–1–1 services’, ‘E9–1– 
1 services’, and ‘Next Generation 9–1–1 
services’ have the meaning given those 
terms in section 158(e) of the National 
Telecommunications and Information Ad-
ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
942(e)). 
‘‘(ii) STATE
OR
TAXING
JURISDIC-
TION.—The term ‘State or taxing jurisdic-
tion’ means a State, political subdivision 
thereof, Indian Tribe, or village or regional 
corporation serving a region established 
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pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set-
tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’. 
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