In the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96)—in response to communications issues experienced during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and other disasters—Congress created the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority). The FirstNet Authority is an independent author…
Read the report ↗A bill to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for further deployment and coordination of Next Generation 9-1-1, and for other purposes.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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