I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4829 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration 
Organization Act to enhance and promote the Nation’s public safety 
and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use 
of 9-1-1 services, to further upgrade public safety answering point capa-
bilities and related functions in receiving 9-1-1 calls, and to support 
in the construction and operation of a ubiquitous and reliable citizen 
activated system. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2010 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. KAGEN) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act to enhance and promote 
the Nation’s public safety and citizen activated emer-
gency response capabilities through the use of 9-1-1 serv-
ices, to further upgrade public safety answering point 
capabilities and related functions in receiving 9-1-1 calls, 
and to support in the construction and operation of 
a ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Next Generation 9- 
1-1 Preservation Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that— 
(1) for the sake of our Nation’s public safety, 
a universal emergency telephone number (9-1-1) 
that is enhanced with the most modern and state-of- 
the-art telecommunications capabilities possible, in-
cluding voice, data, and video communications, 
should be available to all citizens where they live, 
work, and travel; 
(2) a successful migration to the Next Genera-
tion 9-1-1 communications system will require great-
er Federal, State, and local government resources 
and coordination; 
(3) any funds that are collected from fees im-
posed on consumer bills for the purposes of funding 
9-1-1 services or enhanced 9-1-1 services should only 
be used for the purposes for which the funds are col-
lected; 
(4) it is a national priority to foster the migra-
tion from analog, voice-centric 9-1-1 and current 
generation emergency communications systems to a 
21st century, Next Generation, IP-based emergency 
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services model that embraces a wide range of voice, 
video, and data applications; 
(5) ensuring 9-1-1 access for all citizens in-
cludes improving access to 9-1-1 systems for the 
deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, and individuals 
with speech disabilities, who are increasingly com-
municating with non-traditional text, video, and in-
stant messaging communications services and who 
expect those services to be able to connect directly 
to 9-1-1 systems; 
(6) a coordinated public educational effort on 
current and emerging 9-1-1 system capabilities and 
proper use of the 9-1-1 system is essential to the op-
eration of an effective 9-1-1 system; 
(7) Federal policies and funding should enable 
the transition to an Internet Protocol-based (IP- 
based) Next Generation 9-1-1 system and Federal 9- 
1-1 and emergency communications laws and regula-
tions must keep pace with rapidly changing tech-
nology to ensure an open and competitive 9-1-1 envi-
ronment based on the most advanced technology 
available; and 
(8) Federal policies and grant programs should 
reflect the growing convergence and integration of 
emergency communications technology, such that 
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State interoperability plans and Federal funding in 
support of such plans is made available for all as-
pects of Next Generation 9-1-1 and emergency com-
munications systems. 
SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to focus Federal policies and funding pro-
grams to ensure a successful migration from a voice- 
centric 9-1-1 system to an IP-enabled, Next Genera-
tion 9-1-1 emergency response system that uses 
voice, data, and video services that greatly enhance 
the capability of 9-1-1 and emergency response serv-
ices; 
(2) to ensure that technologically advanced 9-1- 
1 and emergency communications systems are uni-
versally available and adequately funded to serve all 
Americans; and 
(3) to ensure all 9-1-1 and emergency response 
organizations have access to— 
(A) high-speed broadband networks; 
(B) interconnected IP backbones; and 
(C) innovative services and applications. 
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SEC. 4. COORDINATION OF 9-1-1 IMPLEMENTATION. 
Section 158 of the National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
942) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 158. COORDINATION OF E–911 AND NEXT GENERA-
TION 9-1-1 IMPLEMENTATION. 
‘‘(a) 9-1-1 IMPLEMENTATION COORDINATION OF-
FICE.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT
AND
CONTINUATION.— 
The Assistant Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) establish and further a program to 
facilitate coordination and communication be-
tween Federal, State, and local emergency com-
munications systems, emergency personnel, 
public safety organizations, telecommunications 
carriers, and telecommunications equipment 
manufacturers and vendors involved in the im-
plementation of all 9-1-1 services; and 
‘‘(B) create an improved 9-1-1 Implemen-
tation Coordination Office to implement the 
provisions of this section. 
‘‘(2) MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The Assistant Sec-
retary shall develop a management plan for the pro-
gram established under this section. Such plan shall 
include the organizational structure and funding 
profiles for the 5-year duration of the program. The 
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Assistant Secretary shall, within 90 days after the 
date of enactment of the Next Generation 9-1-1 
Preservation Act of 2010, submit the management 
plan to the Committees on Energy and Commerce 
and Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and Appropriations of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) PURPOSE OF OFFICE.—The Office shall— 
‘‘(A) take actions, in concert with coordi-
nators designated in accordance with subsection 
(b)(3)(A)(ii), to improve such coordination and 
communication; 
‘‘(B) develop, collect, and disseminate in-
formation concerning practices, procedures, and 
technology used in the implementation of E– 
911 services and Next Generation 9-1-1 serv-
ices; 
‘‘(C) advise and assist eligible entities in 
the preparation of implementation plans re-
quired under subsection (b)(3)(A)(iii); 
‘‘(D) receive, review, and recommend the 
approval or disapproval of applications for 
grants under subsection (b); and 
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‘‘(E) oversee the use of funds provided by 
such grants in fulfilling such implementation 
plans. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS.—The Assistant Secretary shall 
provide an annual report to Congress by the first 
day of October of each year on the activities of the 
Office to improve coordination and communication 
with respect to the implementation of E–911 serv-
ices and Next Generation 9-1-1 services. 
‘‘(b) E–911 AND NEXT GENERATION 9-1-1 IMPLE-
MENTATION GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) MATCHING GRANTS.—The Assistant Sec-
retary, after consultation with the Chairman of the 
Commission, and acting through the Office, shall 
provide grants to eligible entities for— 
‘‘(A) the implementation and operation of 
E–911 services, migration to an IP-enabled 
emergency network, and adoption and operation 
of Next Generation 9-1-1 services and applica-
tions; 
‘‘(B) the implementation of IP-enabled 
emergency services and applications enabled by 
Next Generation 9-1-1 services, including the 
establishment of IP backbone networks and the 
application layer software infrastructure needed 
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to interconnect the multitude of emergency re-
sponse organizations; and 
‘‘(C) training in 9-1-1 services of public 
safety personnel, including call-takers, first re-
sponders, and other individuals and organiza-
tions who are part of the emergency response 
chain. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 
share of the cost of a project eligible for a grant 
under this section shall not exceed 80 percent. The 
non-Federal share of the cost shall be provided from 
non-Federal sources unless waived by the Assistant 
Secretary. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION REQUIRED.—In providing 
grants under paragraph (1), the Assistant Secretary 
shall require an eligible entity to certify in its appli-
cation that— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible entity that 
is a State government, the entity— 
‘‘(i) has coordinated its application 
with the public safety answering points lo-
cated within the jurisdiction of such entity; 
‘‘(ii) has designated a single officer or 
governmental body of the entity to serve as 
the coordinator of implementation of 9-1-1 
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services, except that such designation need 
not vest such coordinator with direct legal 
authority to implement E–911 services or 
Next Generation 9-1-1 services or to man-
age emergency communications operations; 
‘‘(iii) has established a plan for the 
coordination and implementation of E–911 
services and Next Generation 9-1-1 serv-
ices; and 
‘‘(iv) has integrated telecommuni-
cations services involved in the implemen-
tation and delivery of E–911 services and 
Next Generation 9-1-1 services; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible entity that 
is not a State, the entity has complied with 
clauses (i), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A), 
and the State in which it is located has com-
plied with clause (ii) of such subparagraph. 
‘‘(4) CRITERIA.—Within 120 days after the 
date of enactment of the Next Generation 9-1-1 
Preservation Act of 2010, the Assistant Secretary 
shall issue regulations, after providing the public 
with notice and an opportunity to comment, pre-
scribing the criteria for selection for grants under 
this section. The criteria shall include performance 
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requirements and a timeline for completion of any 
project to be financed by a grant under this section. 
The Assistant Secretary shall update such regula-
tions as necessary. 
‘‘(c) DIVERSION OF 9-1-1 CHARGES.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATED
9-1-1
CHARGES.—For the 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘designated 9- 
1-1 charges’ means any taxes, fees, or other charges 
imposed by a State or other taxing jurisdiction that 
are designated or presented as dedicated to deliver 
or improve E–911 services or Next Generation 9-1- 
1 services. 
‘‘(2) CERTIFICATION.—Each applicant for a 
matching grant under this section shall certify to the 
Assistant Secretary at the time of application, and 
each applicant that receives such a grant shall cer-
tify to the Assistant Secretary annually thereafter 
during any period of time during which the funds 
from the grant are available to the applicant, that 
no portion of any designated 9-1-1 charges imposed 
by a State or other taxing jurisdiction within which 
the applicant is located are being obligated or ex-
pended for any purpose other than the purposes for 
which such charges are designated or presented dur-
ing the period beginning 180 days immediately pre-
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ceding the date of the application and continuing 
through the period of time during which the funds 
from the grant are available to the applicant. 
‘‘(3) CONDITION
OF
GRANT.—Each applicant 
for a grant under this section shall agree, as a con-
dition of receipt of the grant, that if the State or 
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, all of the 
funds from such grant shall be returned to the Of-
fice. 
‘‘(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). 
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‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION AND TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of Commerce, for 
the purposes of grants under the program operated 
under this section, not more than $250,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2015, not 
more than 5 percent of which for any fiscal year 
may be obligated or expended for administrative 
costs. 
‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The provisions of this 
section shall cease to be effective on October 1, 
2014. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this Act— 
‘‘(1) 9-1-1 SERVICES.—The term 9-1-1 services 
includes both E–911 services and Next Generation 
9-1-1 services. 
‘‘(2) E–911 SERVICES.—The term ‘E–911 serv-
ices’ means both phase I and phase II enhanced 9- 
1-1 services, as described in section 20.18 of the 
Commission’s regulations (47 CFR 20.18), as in ef-
fect on the date of enactment of the Next Genera-
tion 9-1-1 Preservation Act of 2010, 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.—Such term in-
cludes public authorities, boards, commissions, 
and similar bodies created by one or more eligi-
ble entities described in subparagraph (A) to 
provide E–911 services or Next Generation 9-1- 
1 services. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Such term does not in-
clude any entity that has failed to submit the 
most recently required certification under sub-
section (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 to a pub-
lic safety answering point or other emergency man-
agement or response agency, including through 
voice, text, or video and related data and including 
nonhuman-initiated automatic event alerts, such as 
alarms, telematics, or sensor data, which may also 
include real-time voice, text, or video communica-
tions. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(6) OFFICE.—The term ‘Office’ means the 9- 
1-1 Implementation Coordination Office. 
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‘‘(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. 
‘‘(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. 5. REQUIREMENTS FOR MULTI-LINE TELEPHONE SYS-
TEMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 270 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General 
Services, in conjunction with the 9-1-1 Implementation 
Coordination Office established under section 158 of the 
National Telecommunications and Information Adminis-
tration Organization Act, shall issue a report to Congress 
identifying the 9-1-1 capabilities of the multi-line tele-
phone system in use by all Federal agencies in all Federal 
buildings and properties. 
(b) COMMISSION ACTION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Within 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu-
nications Commission shall issue a public notice 
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seeking comment on the feasibility of requiring 
MLTS operators to provide a sufficiently precise in-
dication of a 9-1-1 caller’s location, while avoiding 
the imposition of undue burdens on MLTS manufac-
turers, providers, and operators. 
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT.—The public no-
tice under paragraph (1) shall seek comment on the 
National Emergency Number Association’s ‘‘Tech-
nical Requirements Document On Model Legislation 
E–911 for Multi-Line Telephone Systems’’ (NENA 
06–750, Version 2). 
(c) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘multi-line telephone 
system’’ or ‘‘MLTS’’ means a system comprised of com-
mon control units, telephone sets, control hardware and 
software and adjunct systems, including network and 
premises based systems, such as Centrex and VoIP, as 
well as PBX, Hybrid, and Key Telephone Systems (as 
classified by the Federal Communications Commission 
under part 68 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations) 
and includes systems owned or leased by governmental 
agencies and non-profit entities, as well as for profit busi-
nesses. 
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SEC. 6. GAO STUDY OF STATE AND LOCAL USE OF 9-1-1 
SERVICE CHARGES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Within 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall ini-
tiate a study of— 
(1) the imposition of taxes, fees, or other 
charges imposed by States or political subdivisions 
of States that are designated or presented as dedi-
cated to improve emergency communications serv-
ices, including 9-1-1 services or enhanced 9-1-1 serv-
ices, or related to emergency communications serv-
ices operations or improvements; and 
(2) the use of revenues derived from such taxes, 
fees, or charges. 
(b) REPORT.—Within 18 months after initiating the 
study required by subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
shall transmit a report on the results of the study to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of 
the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives setting forth the findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations, if any, of the study, 
including— 
(1) the identity of each State or political sub-
division that imposes such taxes, fees, or other 
charges; and 
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(2) the amount of revenues obligated or ex-
pended by that State or political subdivision for any 
purpose other than the purposes for which such 
taxes, fees, or charges were designated or presented. 
Æ 
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