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Making National Parks Safer Act

Official title: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of the National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems, and for other purposes.

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  1. Introduced, done
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What This Bill Does

This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a plan to install Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems, which are certain interoperable, digital, and secure Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 calls.

Specifically, the NPS must assess the implementation status and estimated costs of such NG911 systems at existing emergency communications centers in NPS units. The NPS must also develop a plan, based on the assessment, to install NG911 systems at centers.

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Timeline

  1. SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Lee without amendment. Without written report.
  2. SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  3. SenateCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-238.
  4. Library of CongressIntroduced in Senate
  5. SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S481-482)
  6. Introduced
  7. Committee

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