H.R. 7031
Making National Parks Safer Act
Sponsor: Russ Fulcher
1 cosponsor
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Making National Parks Safer Act
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a plan to install Next Generation 911 (NG911) systems, which are certain interoperable, digital, and secure Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 calls.
Specifically, the NPS must assess the implementation status and estimated costs of such NG911 systems at existing emergency communications centers in NPS units. The NPS must also develop a plan, based on the assessment, to install NG911 systems at centers.
Text of the bill
In this Act:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress. The term appropriate committees of Congress means—
(A) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives.
(2) Emergency communications center
(A) In general. The term emergency communications center means—
(i) a facility that—
(I) is designated to receive a 9–1–1 request for emergency assistance; and
(II) performs 1 or more of the functions described in subparagraph (B); or
(ii) a public safety answering point (as defined in section 222 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222)).
(B) Functions described. The functions described in this subparagraph are the following:
(i) Processing and analyzing 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance and information and data related to the requests.
(ii) Dispatching appropriate emergency response providers.
(iii) Transferring or exchanging 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance and information and data related to the requests with 1 or more other emergency communications centers and emergency response providers.
(iv) Analyzing any communications received from emergency response providers.
(v) Supporting incident command functions.
(3) Interoperability. The term interoperability means the capability of emergency communications centers—
(A) to receive 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance and information and data related to the requests, such as location information and callback numbers from a person initiating the request; and
(B) to process and share 9–1–1 requests for emergency assistance and information and data related to the requests with other emergency communications centers and emergency response providers without the need for proprietary interfaces and regardless of jurisdiction, equipment, device, software, service provider, or other relevant factors.
(4) Next Generation 9–1–1 system. The term Next Generation 9–1–1 system has the meaning given the term Next Generation 911 in section 9.28 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
(5) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the National Park Service.