The House voted to make $5 million available to upgrade 911 dispa...
The House voted to make $5 million available to upgrade 911 dispatch centers to improve locating wireless callers. The measure was an amendment to the House’s FY 2008 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill, which passed 281 to 142 Thursday.…
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The amendment was sponsored by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., co-chair of the Congressional E-911 Caucus. Eshoo’s amendment would fund the 2004 Enhance 911 Act by creating a grant program to help upgrade dispatch centers known as public-safety answering points. About 1,200 counties’ PSAPs can’t call back or locate 911 callers using mobile phones, Eshoo said. The $5 million would endow grants to 54 small counties or as many as 17 counties with more than 100,000 people each, she said.