Sec. 31104. Definitions

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In this subtitle: The term 9–1–1 fee or charge has the meaning given the term in section 6(f)(3)(D) of the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999 ( 47 U.S.C. 615a–1(f)(3)(D) ). The term Assistant Secretary means the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information. The term commonly accepted standards means the technical standards followed by the communications industry for network, device, and Internet Protocol connectivity that— ensure interoperability by enabling emergency communications centers to receive, process, and analyze all types of 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance (including multimedia and data) and share such requests with other emergency communications centers and emergency response providers without the need for proprietary interfaces and regardless of jurisdiction, equipment, device, software, service provider, or any other factor; and are developed and approved by a standards development organization that is accredited by a United States or international standards body through a process— that is consensus-based and open for participation, provides conflict resolution, and invites comment; and through which standards are made publicly available once approved.

The term eligible entity means a State or a Tribal organization that has— named a single point of contact to coordinate the implementation of Next Generation 9–1–1; and developed and submitted a plan for the coordination and implementation of Next Generation 9–1–1 consistent with any requirements of the Assistant Secretary. The term Next Generation 9–1–1 means an interoperable, secure, Internet Protocol-based system that— employs commonly accepted standards; enables emergency communications centers to receive, process, and analyze all types of 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance; acquires and integrates additional information useful to handling 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance; supports sharing information related to 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance among emergency communications centers and emergency response providers without the need for proprietary interfaces and regardless of jurisdiction, equipment, device, software, service provider, or any other factor; and ensures reliability by enabling ongoing operation, including through the use of geo-diverse device and network agnostic elements that provide more than 1 physical route between end points with no common points where a single failure at that point would cause the operation of Next Generation 9–1–1 to fail.

The term State means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.

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47 USC 615a–1(f)(3)(D)

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