9-1-1 Fee Integrity Act

9-1-1 Fee Integrity Act

This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission, after consulting with public safety organizations and governmental entities, to issue final rules to prevent states from diverting 9-1-1 taxes, fees, or charges from purposes and functions related to 9-1-1 services and operational expenses.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6424 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2018

    Mr. Collins of New York (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Lance) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 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 Representatives 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''.

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 acceptable obligations or 
        expenditures in the final rules issued pursuant to paragraph 
        (3)''; and
            (2) after paragraph (2), by inserting the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) Acceptable obligation or expenditure.--
                    ``(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 functions that are acceptable 
                obligations or expenditures by any State or taxing 
                jurisdiction authorized to impose a tax, fee, or 
                charge.
                    ``(B) Purposes and functions.--The purposes and 
                functions described in subparagraph (A) include only 
                those used solely for the support and implementation of 
                a State or taxing jurisdiction 9-1-1 services and 
                operational expenses of public safety answering points 
                within a State or taxing jurisdiction.
                    ``(C) Consultation required.--The Commission shall 
                consult with public safety organizations and State, 
                local, and Tribal governments as part of any proceeding 
                under this paragraph.
                    ``(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) 9-1-1 services; e9-1-1 services; next 
                        generation 9-1-1 services.--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 
                        Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 
                        942(e)).
                            ``(ii) State or taxing jurisdiction.--The 
                        term `State or taxing jurisdiction' means a 
                        State, political subdivision thereof, Indian 
                        Tribe, or village or regional corporation 
                        serving a region established pursuant to the 
                        Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
                        1601 et seq.).''.
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