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HCONRES 236 109th Congress House Emergency Management Communication in medicine Computer programming Computers Emergency communication systems Families Family services Government Operations and Politics Health Identification devices Science, Technology, Communications Wireless communication

Expressing the sense of the Congress that all Americans should program their cell phones and other portable electronic devices to show personal emergency contacts under the acronym ICE (In Case of Emergency) to enable emergency personnel to contact family and friends in the event of an emergency.

Introduced: September 7, 2005 Introduced by: Smith, Adam Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Sep 19, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Sep 8, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Sep 7, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 7, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of Congress that all Americans should program their cell phones and other portable electronic devices to show personal emergency contacts under the acronym ICE (In Case of Emergency) to enable emergency personnel to contact family and friends in the event of an emergency.

What's happening now September 19, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

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