9–1–1 Fee Integrity Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2165 To amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, to clarify acceptable 9–1–1 obligations or expenditures, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 9, 2019 Mr. COLLINS of New York (for himself, Ms. ESHOO, and Ms. PINGREE) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘9–1–1 Fee Integrity 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:20 Apr 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2165.IH H2165 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2165 IH SEC. 2. CLARIFYING ACCEPTABLE 9–1–1 OBLIGATIONS OR 1 EXPENDITURES. 2 Section 6(f) of the Wireless Communications and 3 Public Safety Act of 1999 (47 U.S.C. 615a–1(f)) is 4 amended— 5 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as specified 6 in the provision of State or local law adopting the 7 fee or charge’’ and inserting ‘‘consistent with accept- 8 able obligations or expenditures in the final rules 9 issued pursuant to paragraph (3)’’; and 10 (2) after paragraph (2), by inserting the fol- 11 lowing new paragraph: 12 ‘‘(3) ACCEPTABLE OBLIGATION OR EXPENDI- 13 TURE.— 14 ‘‘(A) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—In order 15 to prevent diversion of 9–1–1 taxes, fees, or 16 charges, the Commission shall, within 180 days 17 after date of the enactment of this paragraph, 18 issue final rules designating purposes and func- 19 tions that are acceptable obligations or expendi- 20 tures by any State or taxing jurisdiction au- 21 thorized to impose a tax, fee, or charge. 22 ‘‘(B) PURPOSES AND FUNCTIONS.—The 23 purposes and functions described in subpara- 24 graph (A) include only those used solely for the 25 support and implementation of a State or tax- 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:20 Apr 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2165.IH H2165 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 2165 IH ing jurisdiction 9–1–1 services and operational 1 expenses of public safety answering points with- 2 in a State or taxing jurisdiction. 3 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—The 4 Commission shall consult with public safety or- 5 ganizations and State, local, and Tribal govern- 6 ments as part of any proceeding under this 7 paragraph. 8 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 9 ‘‘(i) 9–1–1 SERVICES; E9–1–1 SERV- 10 ICES; NEXT GENERATION 9–1–1 SERV- 11 ICES.—The terms ‘9–1–1 services’, ‘E9–1– 12 1 services’, and ‘Next Generation 9–1–1 13 services’ have the meaning given those 14 terms in section 158(e) of the National 15 Telecommunications and Information Ad- 16 ministration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 17 942(e)). 18 ‘‘(ii) STATE OR TAXING JURISDIC- 19 TION.—The term ‘State or taxing jurisdic- 20 tion’ means a State, political subdivision 21 thereof, Indian Tribe, or village or regional 22 corporation serving a region established 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:20 Apr 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2165.IH H2165 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 4 •HR 2165 IH pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Set- 1 tlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:20 Apr 17, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2165.IH H2165 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS