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HR 3116 110th Congress House

Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act

Official title: To establish a permanent grant program to improve public safety communications and the interoperability of emergency communications equipment.

Introduced: June 23, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jul 19, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jul 19, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 19, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 19, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act - Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to establish the Public Safety Communications Trust Fund to make grants to implement interoperability and modernization for the communications needs of public safety, fire, emergency, law enforcement, and crisis management by state and local government agencies and instrumentalities and nonprofit organizations.

Requires that the Fund be a separate Fund in the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund and that it consist of certain amounts from the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Fund, appropriations under this Act, and proceeds from the sale of certain bands of government-owned broadcast spectrum.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 23, 2008
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Jul 23, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3116: Public Safety Interoperability Implementation Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3116/
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