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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 2061 (Introduced in Senate) — To further deployment of Next Generation 9–1–1 services to enhance and upgrade the Nation’s 9–1–1 systems, and for ot... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Definitions

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In this Act: The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. The term Board means the Advisory Board for Next Generation 9–1–1 Interoperability established under section 7 of this Act. The term First Responder Network Authority has the meaning given the term in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 ). The term nationwide public safety broadband network has the meaning given the term in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 ).
The term Next Generation 9–1–1 services has the meaning given the term in section 158 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 942 ), as amended pursuant to this Act. The term Office means the 9–1–1 Implementation Coordination Office established under section 158 of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act ( 47 U.S.C. 942 ). The term public safety answering point has the meaning given the term in section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 222 ).
The term seamless interoperability means that all networks, services, and equipment are interoperable and capable of seamlessly exchanging and processing data, including interoperability among and between— public service answering points; emergency services internet protocol networks; State, regions, localities, and other jurisdictions; originating communications networks, including wireline telecommunications networks, wireless telecommunications networks, internet service providers, and voice over internet protocol service networks; and the nationwide public safety broadband network.
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