Sec. 2. Proceedings related to cellular network resiliency
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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall commence a proceeding on the provision of roaming agreements between mobile service providers which shall allow for mobile service at reasonable rates during times of emergency during which there is a mobile service outage lasting longer than 24 hours. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall commence a proceeding on the provision of roaming agreements between mobile service providers at no charge for all communications during times of emergency to or from 911 services.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall create a master point of contact directory to provide for effective communication between public safety answering points and telecommunications service providers. The directory established under this subsection shall be available to telecommunications service providers and public safety answering points on a confidential basis. In establishing this directory, the Commission shall be exempted from chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act).
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress, and make publically available on the Commission’s website, a study on— mobile service providers supplying outage data to public safety answering points in times of emergency on a confidential basis; and making telecommunications service provider-owned WiFi access points, and other communications technologies operating on unlicensed spectrum, available to the general public for access to 911 services, without requiring any login credentials, during times of emergency when mobile service is unavailable; and whether non-telecommunications service provider-owned WiFi access points can provide public access to 911 services during times of emergency.