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H.R. 5806 110th Congress House

School Emergency Notification Deployment Act

Official title: To permit universal service support to schools under the Communications Act of 1934 to be used for enhanced emergency notification services.

Introduced: April 22, 2008 See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedureEducationElementary and secondary educationElementary education
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Emergency ManagementEmergency communication systemsFederal Communications CommissionGovernment Operations and PoliticsIndependent regulatory commissionsLawSchool securitySecondary educationTelecommunication ratesWireless communication
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Became law
Apr 16, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Apr 15, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 15, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 16, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Emergency Notification Deployment Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish competitively neutral rules to permit universal service support to public and nonprofit elementary and secondary schools to be used for a communications service or system that can be used by school administrators and other public officials to deliver emergency messages to students and their parents, faculty, and staff, and their designated emergency contacts, via messages carried over telecommunications and information services, including those transmitted by providers of commercial mobile service.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 1, 2008
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Apr 22, 2008
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 22, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5806: School Emergency Notification Deployment Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5806/
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"H.R. 5806: School Emergency Notification Deployment Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5806/.
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H.R. 5806, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5806/.
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