Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act
Latest action · Oct 27, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 21, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish in the Treasury the Public Safety Communications Trust Fund, to be funded through authorizations of appropriations and proceeds from the sale of certain bands of Government-owned broadcast spectrum.
Requires the Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to administer the Fund. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to implement interoperability and modernization for the communications needs of public safety, fire, emergency, law enforcement, and crisis management by State and local government agencies and instrumentalities and nonprofit organizations.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 21, 2003 to Mar 3, 2004; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Oct 21, 2003 |
| R-NY | Vito Fossella | Original | Oct 21, 2003 |
| D-MI | Dale E. Kildee | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Nov 7, 2003 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Nov 18, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Dec 8, 2003 | |
| R-NY | Amo Houghton | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gary L. Ackerman | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-MN | James L. Oberstar | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| R-NY | Sherwood Boehlert | Mar 3, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Mar 3, 2004 |
Committees 1
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 Oct 21, 2003 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Oct 27, 2003 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- Oct 21, 2003Introduced in House
- Oct 21, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2115-2116)
- Oct 21, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E843 | Eliot L. Engel D-NY | May 14, 2004 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3009 | Bart Stupak D-MI | May 13, 2004 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E2115 | Bart Stupak D-MI | Oct 21, 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.
Printed hearings 3
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. 108-98 | PROTECTING HOMELAND SECURITY; A STATUS REPORT ON INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS64 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 23, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-102 | THE FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT OF 200442 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | May 11, 2004–Jun 28, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-50 | DIGITAL DIVIDENDS AND OTHER PROPOSALS TO LEVERAGE INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY42 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Nov 19, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Fire fighters
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Licenses
- Medical personnel
- Nonprofit organizations
- Paramedical personnel
- Police
- Police communication systems
- Radio spectrum allocation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Television frequency allocation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 21, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.