Senate Communications Subcommittee Chmn. Burns (R-Mont.) schedule...
Senate Communications Subcommittee Chmn. Burns (R-Mont.) scheduled an Enhanced 911 (E911) roundtable, 9-11:30 a.m. Wed., Rm. 628, Dirksen Bldg. The roundtable comes as the Senate considers differences between legislation passed by the House (HR-2898) and Burns’s Senate version (S-1250).…
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His bill, which cleared the Commerce Committee, would devote $500 million a year to deploying E911, while the House bill proposed $100 million. The Administration has expressed reservations about authorizing even the lower amount and has suggested several existing law enforcement grants that could be used to fund E911. The roundtable also will feature Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.), and Reps. Shimkus (R-Ill.) and Eshoo (D- Cal.), who, with Burns, make up the Congressional E911 Caucus. Shimkus and Eshoo introduced the bill in the House. Burns said the roundtable would give caucus members a chance to speak with E911 experts about deployment. “While we remain confident that the legislation we introduced last year to provide grants for E911 deployment will pass soon, we know that legislation is only one step among many to advance access to E911 throughout the country,” Burns said.