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HR 2418 109th Congress House

IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005

Official title: To promote and enhance public safety and to encourage the rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services.

Introduced: June 16, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
May 18, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
May 18, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 3, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations to establish a set of requirements or obligations on providers of IP-enabled voice service (Internet protocol-enabled service for real-time two-way or multidirectional voice communications) to ensure that 911 (emergency) services and E-911 services (services that automatically delivers a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point) are available to customers of IP-enabled voice service. Requires: (1) nondiscriminatory IP provider access to 911 and E-911 services; (2) IP providers to provide to customers a clear and conspicuous notice of the unavailability of 911 and E-911 services; and (3) IP provider and user immunity in the provision and use of 911 and E-911 services to the same extent as local exchange companies and other persons, respectively.

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the E-911 Implementation Coordination Office to develop and report to Congress on a national plan for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated emergency communications.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2418: IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2418/
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"H.R. 2418: IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2418/.
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H.R. 2418, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-2418/.
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