Congress May Need to Press Harder on 911 Fee Diverters, O'Rielly Says
“Naming-and-shaming hasn't eradicated the problem of [911] fee diversion,” FCC Commissioner Mike O’Rielly blogged Thursday. The pending House bill to empower the commission to say what is diversion is an “important step,” he said. “A more comprehensive bill may be…
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needed to deal with recalcitrant states committed to diversion.” There has been no progress by Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Guam, but success with some others flagged in the FCC’s 911 fees report, O’Rielly said. Illinois, Oklahoma and the Northern Mariana Islands “remedied filing errors to clarify that they are not diverters,” and West Virginia and Puerto Rico “are in the process of ending diversion,” and New Mexico ended it, he said. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) Wednesday promised a 2019 bill to stop the practice (see 1811280037).