Sec. 3. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Nation's 9–1–1 professionals perform important and lifesaving work every day, and need the tools and communications technologies to perform the work effectively in a world with new, digital communications technologies; the transition from the legacy communications technologies used in the Nation's 9–1–1 systems to Next Generation 9–1–1 services is a national priority and a national imperative; the Nation should complete the transition described in paragraph
(2)as soon as practicable, with the goal of having full implementation of Next Generation 9–1–1 services not later than 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act; the Nation should develop a framework that facilitates cooperation among Federal, State, and local officials on deployment of Next Generation 9–1–1 services in order to meet that goal; and 9–1–1 authorities and the public safety answering points should have sufficient resources to implement Next Generation 9–1–1 services, including resources to support associated geographic information systems (commonly known as GIS ), cybersecurity measures, and the necessary training and workforce to manage these advanced communications capabilities.