HR 2898 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

E-911 Implementation Act of 2003

Introduced Jul 25, 2003 Originated House Sponsor John Shimkus R-IL

Latest action · Dec 9, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Progress

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IntroducedJul 25, 2003
Passed HouseNov 4, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

E-911 Implementation Act of 2003 - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to direct the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to: (1) establish a joint program to facilitate coordination between Federal, State, and local emergency communications systems, emergency personnel, public safety organizations, telecommunications carriers, and telecommunications equipment manufacturers and vendors involved in the implementation of E-911 (enhanced emergency) services; (2) create an E-911 Implementation Coordination Office to implement such program; and (3) develop a management plan for such program. Requires annual reports from the Assistant Secretary and the Administrator to Congress on Office activities.

Directs the Assistant Secretary and the Administrator to provide grants to eligible entities (States, local governments, tribal organizations) for the implementation of phase II E-911 services through planning, infrastructure improvements, telecommunications equipment purchases, and personnel training. Limits the Federal share of project costs to 50 percent. Outlines entity participation requirements.

Requires each grant applicant to: (1) certify to the Assistant Secretary and the Administrator, at the time of application and annually thereafter if receiving such a grant, that no portion of designated E-911 charges (taxes or fees designated or presented to deliver or improve E-911 services) imposed by a State or other taxing jurisdiction is being obligated or expended for any other purpose; and (2) agree that if such charges are used for any other purpose, all of the grant funds shall be returned.

Authorizes appropriations to the Department of Transportation for such grants. Terminates the grant program on October 1, 2008.

Requires a report from the Federal Communications Commission to specified congressional committees on the deployment of E-911 Phase II services by Tier III service providers.

Cosponsors 42

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 25, 2003 to Oct 2, 2003; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-MI	Bart Stupak	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-MA	Edward J. Markey	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-MI	Fred Upton	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-MI	John D. Dingell	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-PA	John E. Peterson	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 25, 2003
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Jul 25, 2003
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Sep 5, 2003
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Sep 9, 2003
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Sep 9, 2003
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Sep 9, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Sep 9, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Sep 9, 2003
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Sep 9, 2003
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Sep 9, 2003
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Sep 10, 2003
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 10, 2003
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Sep 10, 2003
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Sep 10, 2003
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Sep 16, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Sep 16, 2003
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Sep 17, 2003
D-FL	Jim Davis		Sep 23, 2003
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Sep 23, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Oct 2, 2003

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jul 25, 2003Markup Oct 1, 2003Reported Oct 14, 2003
	Communications and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Aug 8, 2003Hearings Sep 11, 2003Markup Sep 23, 2003Reported Sep 23, 2003
Senate	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Referred Dec 9, 2003

Actions 17

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 9, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Nov 5, 2003Received in the Senate.
Nov 4, 2003Mr. Upton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Nov 4, 2003Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10288-10293)
Nov 4, 2003DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2898.

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In the Congressional Record 4

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H7724	—	Sep 28, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H3096	—	May 18, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H2551	—	May 5, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H10288–H10293Text printed H10288	—	Nov 4, 2003

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 108-311

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Oct 7, 2003H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 1, 2003</p>
Oct 7, 2003H.R. 2898, E-911 Implementation Act of 2003Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on October 1, 2003

Printed hearings 4

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-104	VOIP SERVICES: WILL THE TECHNOLOGY DISRUPT THE INDUSTRY OR WILL REGULATION DISRUPT THE TECHNOLOGY?165 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jul 7, 2004
Serial No. 108-98	PROTECTING HOMELAND SECURITY; A STATUS REPORT ON INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS64 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Jun 23, 2004
Serial No. 108-42	HOMELAND SECURITY JURISIDICTION: THE PERSPECTIVES OF COMMITTEE LEADERS138 pages	Appropriations Committee · Homeland Security Committee	Mar 24, 2004
Serial No. 108-47	E-911 IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 200353 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Sep 11, 2003

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1250	Enhanced 911 Emergency Communications Act of 2003	Related bill	Aug 26, 2003
HR 5419	To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users; to improve, enhance, and promote the Nation's homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 services, to further upgrade Public Safety Answering Point capabilities and related functions in receiving E-911 calls, and to support in the construction and operation of a ubiquitous and reliable citizen activated system; and to provide that funds received as universal service contributions under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 and the universal service support programs established pursuant thereto are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act, for a period of time.	Related bill	Dec 23, 2004

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To improve homeland security, public safety, and citizen activated emergency response capabilities through the use of enhanced 911 wireless services, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: E-911 Implementation Act of 2003
Short Titles as Reported to House: E-911 Implementation Act of 2003
Short Titles as Passed House: E-911 Implementation Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 9, 2003Referred in Senate
Nov 4, 2003Engrossed in House
Oct 14, 2003Reported in House
Jul 25, 2003Introduced in House

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