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
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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
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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.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.