other taxing jurisdiction within which the applicant 
is located, during any period of time during which 
the funds from the grant are available to the appli-
cant, obligates or expends designated 9–1–1 charges 
for any purpose other than the purposes for which 
such charges are designated or presented, eliminates 
such charges, or re-designates such charges for pur-
poses other than the implementation or operation of 
9–1–1 services, E9–1–1 services, or Next Generation 
9–1–1 services, all of the funds from such grant 
shall be returned to the Office. 
‘‘(4) PENALTY FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFOR-
MATION.—Any applicant that provides a certification 
under paragraph (1) knowing that the information 
provided in the certification was false shall— 
‘‘(A) not be eligible to receive the grant 
under subsection (b); 
‘‘(B) return any grant awarded under sub-
section (b) during the time that the certification 
was not valid; and 
‘‘(C) not be eligible to receive any subse-
quent grants under subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION AND TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce, for 
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the purposes of carrying out grants under this sec-
tion, not more than $250,000,000 total for the fiscal 
years 2012 through 2017. Of the amounts made 
available to the Secretary of Commerce under this 
paragraph in a fiscal year not more than 5 percent 
of such amounts may be obligated or expended to 
cover the administrative costs of carrying out this 
section. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—Effective on October 1, 
2017, the authority provided by this section termi-
nates and this section shall have no effect. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
‘‘(1) 9–1–1 SERVICES.—The term ‘9–1–1 serv-
ices’ includes both E9–1–1 services and Next Gen-
eration 9–1–1 services. 
‘‘(2) E9–1–1 SERVICES.—The term ‘E9–1–1 
services’ means both phase I and phase II enhanced 
9–1–1 services, as described in section 20.18 of the 
Commission’s regulations (47 C.F.R. 20.18), as in 
effect on the date of enactment of the Next Genera-
tion 9–1–1 Advancement Act of 2011, or as subse-
quently revised by the Commission. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a State or local government or a 
tribal organization (as defined in section 4(l) of 
the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(l))). 
‘‘(B) INSTRUMENTALITIES.—The term ‘eli-
gible entity’ includes public authorities, boards, 
commissions, and similar bodies created by 1 or 
more eligible entities described in subparagraph 
(A) to provide 9–1–1 service, E9–1–1 services, 
or Next Generation 9–1–1 services. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ does not include any entity that has failed 
to submit the most recently required certifi-
cation under subsection (c) within 30 days after 
the date on which such certification is due. 
‘‘(4) EMERGENCY CALL.—The term ‘emergency 
call’ refers to any real-time communication with a 
public safety answering point or other emergency 
management or response agency, including— 
‘‘(A) through voice, text, or video and re-
lated data; and 
‘‘(B) nonhuman-initiated automatic event 
alerts, such as alarms, telematics, or sensor 
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data, which may also include real-time voice, 
text, or video communications. 
‘‘(5) NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 SERVICES.—The 
term ‘Next Generation 9–1–1 services’ means an IP- 
based system comprised of hardware, software, data, 
and operational policies and procedures that— 
‘‘(A) provides standardized interfaces from 
emergency call and message services to support 
emergency communications; 
‘‘(B) processes all types of emergency calls, 
including voice, data, and multimedia informa-
tion; 
‘‘(C) acquires and integrates additional 
emergency call data useful to call routing and 
handling; 
‘‘(D) delivers the emergency calls, mes-
sages, and data to the appropriate public safety 
answering point and other appropriate emer-
gency entities; 
‘‘(E) supports data or video communica-
tions needs for coordinated incident response 
and management; or 
‘‘(F) provides broadband service to public 
safety answering points or other first responder 
entities. 
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‘‘(6) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 9– 
1–1 Implementation Coordination Office. 
‘‘(7) PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT.—The 
term ‘public safety answering point’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 222 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222). 
‘‘(8) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and any other territory or possession of the 
United States.’’. 
SEC. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYS-
TEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 270 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services, in conjunction with the Office, shall issue 
a report to Congress identifying the 9–1–1 capabilities of 
the multi-line telephone system in use by all Federal agen-
cies in all Federal buildings and properties. 
(b) COMMISSION ACTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission 
shall issue a public notice seeking comment on the 
feasibility of requiring MLTS manufacturers to in-
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