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Subcommittee advances markup on Next Generation 9-1-1 bill, leaves funding unfinalized
Summary
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a markup to advance bipartisan public-safety communications bills, including the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act that would create NTIA grants, a national NG9-1-1 cybersecurity center and an advisory board; committee leaders said grant funding levels are still being negotiated.
Speaker 1 opened a subcommittee markup on public-safety communications, saying the panel would consider a package of bipartisan bills aimed at upgrading 9-1-1 call centers, improving wireless emergency alerts and strengthening outage reporting.
"Alongside my friend Representative Carter from Louisiana, I recently introduced the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act," Speaker 1 said, describing the measure as establishing a grant program at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a nationwide…
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