House Commerce GOP Leaders Seek FCC Update on States' 911 Fee Diversions
House Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, Ore., and other committee GOP leaders sought an FCC update Monday on states’ 911 fee diversions and their impact. This follows months of FCC pressure on New Jersey, Rhode Island and other jurisdictions (see…
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1802200055, 1802230012, 1804230042, 1805070050 and 1806210026). Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y., led last week's filing of the 911 Fee Integrity Act (HR-6424), which would bar states from doing 911 fee diversion and give the FCC the power to decide on such “acceptable” uses (see 1807190038). “The amount of 9-1-1 funds that have been diverted for nearly a decade is troubling,” Walden and the other House Commerce Republicans said in a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: “Diverting 9-1-1 fees may result in understaffed calling centers, training issues, longer wait times during an emergency, and inhibit the transition to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems" so emergency call centers can pinpoint the location of mobile device users. House Communications Subcommittee Chairman Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and House Commerce Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Gregg Harper, R-Miss., also signed the letter asking the FCC to schedule a briefing for committee staff. The agency didn’t comment.