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Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Fred Upton, Chairman
September 23, 2003
1:00 PM
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H.R. 2898 E-911 IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 2003, was approved for Full Committee
consideration, as amended, by voice vote.
The following amendments were offered:
An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Mr.
Upton (Adobe PDF), No. 1, to (1) clarify that the single officer or
governmental body designated by a state to serve as the E911 coordinator does
not necessarily have direct legal authority over E911 implementation in the
state or management responsibility for emergency communications operations; (2)
expand the definition of eligible entities to include instrumentalities such as
boards and commissions created by states, local governments, or tribal
organizations; (3) eliminate the requirement that a state certify annually to
the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that the state is not diverting E911
funds; (4) punish any grant applicant that falsely certifies that no funds are
being diverted by depriving that applicant of grant eligibility and requiring
the entity to return any grant awarded under false pretenses; (5) delete section
4 of H.R. 2898, which would have prevented a public safety answering point (PSAP)
from making a valid Phase 2 request if the PSAP's state was diverting E911
funds; and, (6) delete the requirement in section 5 that the FCC conduct a
proceeding regarding the applicability of the E911 Phase 2 accuracy standards in
rural areas, and replace it with a requirement that the FCC to produce a report
to Congress within 90 days of the bill's enactment regarding the E911 Phase 2
waiver process for Tier III carriers, was AGREED TO by a voice vote.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE ADJOURNED SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR. |
