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NG911 FUNDING NOT PART OF CURRENT OMNIBUS BILL AS DEADLINE APPROACHES


 * Written by Donny Jackson
 * 21st December 2022

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Federal funding to pay much of the cost to transition 911 centers to IP-based
next-generation 911 (NG911) technology is not included in the $1.7 trillion
omnibus funding bill that many in Congress hope to pass prior to Friday’s
government-shutdown deadline.



There is no mention of NG911 funding in the 4,155-page omnibus funding text that
was released today, but there was language calling for a short-term extension of
the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum to March 9. Previously, NG911 funding
was attached to legislation that extended the FCC’s auction authority, as well
as addressing the funding shortfall in the FCC’s “rip and replace” program that
is supposed to pay for U.S. carriers to rid their networks of gear from
China-based vendors Huawei and ZTE.

In the summer, the House passed the Spectrum Innovation Act—H.R. 7624—which
would have extended the FCC spectrum-auction authority for 18 months and called
for the FCC to auction at least 200 MHz of airwaves in the 3.1-3.45 GHz band.
Proceeds from that auction would first provide $3.4 billion for the “rip and
replace” program, with up to $10 billion from the auction proceeds—if
available—being used to pay for the NG911 transition nationwide.



This omnibus bill represents a last-minute effort by Congress to address the
federal-government budget while Democrats control both the House and the Senate.
The current continuing resolutions funding the federal government is set to
expire on Friday.

Any legislation not passed by this Congress and enacted would have to be
reintroduced in the new Congress that will convene for the first time next
month. At that time, Republicans will control the House and Democrats will
control the Senate, albeit with a slim majority in both cases.

Some pundits have opined that the existence of this split-party Congress would
make it more difficult for any meaningful legislation to be enacted during the
next year, particularly if this proposed omnibus bill passes a budget for the
next year.

One potential point of optimism in this scenario is that both parties want the
FCC to be able to auction spectrum, and many Beltway sources believe there is a
measure of political balance within the current Spectrum Innovation Act—many
Republicans perceive the “rip and replace” program as a national-security
priority, while many Democrats support the NG911 funding.

Meanwhile, there remains a theoretical possibility that these measures still
could be included in this year’s omnibus funding bill via an amendment, although
all Beltway sources have acknowledged that the time crunch is a limiting factor.

Since the House passed the Spectrum Innovation Act earlier this year, Senate
leaders have received letters from various public-safety and 911-oriented
entities about aspect they would like included in a prospective NG911 funding
bill.

A key concern noted by the Public Safety Next Generation 911 Coalition and iCERT
is the uncertainty surrounding when the $10 billion would be available—assuming
there were enough auction proceeds to make the money available at all.

With this in mind, these groups have asked that the NG911 grant program
immediate borrowing power to enable quick access to funding. Precedent for such
borrowing authority exists, as the FirstNet Authority was allowed to borrow up
to $2 billion of its authorized $7 billion while awaiting full funding via FCC
auction proceeds.

In addition, these groups also have asked for $15 billion in NG911 funding. This
exceeds the $9 billion to $12 billion called for in a cost study funded by the
911 Implementation and Coordination Office, but many have noted that those cost
estimates were based on data that is more than five years old and did not
include money for cybersecurity or NG911 training. In addition, the inflation
and supply-chain challenges of the last year have caused some to question
whether a further increase would be appropriate.

In addition to the aforementioned proposals from the Public Safety Next
Generation 911 Coalition, the Senate has received letters from the National
Emergency Number Association (NENA), the National Association of State 911
Administrators (NASNA) that recommend what features should be included in
potential NG911 funding legislation.

NENA and NASNA both called for changes in administrative portions of Spectrum
Innovation Act., such as significant role for the 911 Implementation and
Coordination Office—a joint effort of the National Telecommunication and
Information Administration (NTIA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA)—instead of having the NTIA administer the grant program
on its own.

In addition, the Spectrum Innovation Act would establish a new NG911
cybersecurity center, while NENA and NASNA have asked that the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency continue
its 911 cybersecurity role.

 

 


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