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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3321
To amend the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 4, 1998
Mr. BARR of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act, 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 ‘‘CALEA Implementa-
tion Amendments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. PAYMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT DEVELOPED TO COM-
PLY 
WITH 
ASSISTANCE 
CAPABILITY 
RE-
QUIREMENTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the Communica-
tions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (47 U.S.C.
1001) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(9) The term ‘installed’ means equipment, fa-
cilities, or services that are operable and available
for use anywhere in a carrier’s network.
‘‘(10) The term ‘deployed’ means equipment,
facilities, or services that are available anywhere
within the telecommunications industry whether or
not such equipment, facilities, or services were in-
stalled or utilized within the network of the carrier.
‘‘(11) The term ‘significantly upgraded or oth-
erwise undergoes major modification’ means a sub-
stantial change in a carrier’s system configuration,
or hardware or software that fundamentally alters
the equipment, facility, or services. An upgrade or
modification performed by a carrier in the ordinary
course of business or one that is required by Federal
or State law shall not be deemed a significant up-
grade or major modification for purposes of this Act.
‘‘(12) Compliance with section 103 or section
106 is not ‘reasonably achievable’ with respect to
equipment, facilities, or services that have been in-
stalled, deployed, replaced, significantly upgraded, or
otherwise undergone a major modification before the
date that is 24 months following adoption of publicly
available technical requirements or standards by an
industry association or standard-setting organiza-
tion, or by the Commission, as provided under sec-
tion 107, to meet the requirements of section 103,
whichever is later.’’.
(b) ENFORCEMENT ORDERS.—Section 108(c)(3) of
such Act (47 U.S.C. 1007(c)(3)) is amended by striking
‘‘on or before January 1, 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘before Oc-
tober 1, 2000’’.
(c) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—Section 109 of such Act
(47 U.S.C. 1008) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘JANUARY 1, 1995’’ in the
heading and inserting ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 2000’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘January 1, 1995,’’ and
inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘JANUARY 1, 1995’’ in the
heading and inserting ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 2000’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘January 1, 1995’’ in the
matter preceding subparagraph (A) of para-
graph (1) and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘January 1, 1995’’ in sub-
paragraph (J) and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’;
and
(D) by striking ‘‘January 1, 1995’’ in
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’;
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘JANUARY 1, 1995’’ in the
heading and inserting ‘‘OCTOBER 1, 2000’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘January 1, 1995’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’;
(d) EXTENSION
OF
EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Section
111(b) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by
striking ‘‘on the date that is 4 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2000’’.
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