Expressing the sense of the Congress that all Americans should program their cell phones and other portable electronic devices to show personal emergency contacts under the acronym ICE (In Case of Emergency) to enable emergency personnel to contact family and friends in the event of an emergency.
Latest action · Sep 19, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 7, 2005
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that all Americans should program their cell phones and other portable electronic devices to show personal emergency contacts under the acronym ICE (In Case of Emergency) to enable emergency personnel to contact family and friends in the event of an emergency.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
- Sep 8, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Sep 7, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 7, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
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- Sep 7, 2005Introduced in House
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