116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934 to include public safety requirements in terms and conditions States may require of mobile services.
July 18, 2019
Ms. Eshoo (for herself, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Speier, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Brownley of California, Mr. Cox of California, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Hill of California, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Lee of California, and Mr. McNerney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
To amend section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934 to include public safety requirements in terms and conditions States may require of mobile services.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Wireless Infrastructure Resiliency during Emergencies and Disasters Act” or the “WIRED Act”.
SEC. 2. Regulatory treatment of mobile services.
Section 332(c)(3)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)(3)(A)) is amended by inserting after “other terms and conditions of commercial mobile services” the following: “including reasonable requirements to promote resilient wireless communications infrastructure for situational awareness during a natural disaster (as such term is defined in section 602 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)(2)))”.