S. 428 - Ip-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007

Telecommunication. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
Sponsor:
Bill Nelson
Summary:
A bill to amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
Status:
The bill was voted on in the Senate on February 26, 2008
Amendments:
1 proposed amendment. 1 accepted. rejected. View amendments
Senate Vote: On Passage

PASSED by voice vote on February 26, 2008.

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Ip-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007

S. 428 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to amend the Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, and for other purposes.
Other Titles
  • IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007
  • IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007
  • IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007
Sponsor
Bill Nelson
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Telecommunication
  • Administrative procedure
  • Congress
  • Congressional reporting requirements
  • Consumer education
  • Consumers
  • Disabled
  • Emergency communication systems
  • Emergency management
  • Executive departments
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Government information
  • Government paperwork
  • Government publicity
  • Independent regulatory commissions
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Legislation
  • Planning
  • Politics and government
  • State and local government
  • State politics and government
  • Technology
  • Telecommunication rates
  • Telephone
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    Major Actions
    Introduced1/30/2007
    Referred to Committee
    Amendments (1 proposed)
    Passed Senate2/26/2008
    Bill History
    ChamberMotionDateResult
    currently selectedSenatePassed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.2/26/2008PASSED by voice vote
    select this voteSenateAmendment SA 4086 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.2/26/2008PASSED by voice vote
    ActionDateDescription
    Introduced1/30/2007
    1/30/2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
    4/10/2007Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held.
    Put on a legislative calendar4/25/2007Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
    8/03/2007Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-142.
    Put on a legislative calendar8/03/2007Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 327.
    2/26/2008Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
    2/26/2008The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
    currently selectedSenate Vote on Passage2/26/2008Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
    2/26/2008Amendment SA 4086 proposed by Senator Nelson FL for Senator Inouye.
    select this voteVote2/26/2008Amendment SA 4086 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
    2/27/2008Message on Senate action sent to the House.
    2/27/2008Received in the House.
    2/27/2008Held at the desk.
    NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus
    select this voteS. Amdt. 4086Inouye, Daniel [D-HI]February 26, 2008Passed by voice vote on February 25, 2008.

    To clarify the FCC's authority to require 9-1-1 service, and for other purposes.

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    Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

    $104,400
    $1,574,027
    $1,678,427
    $0
    3 Organizations Supported and 0 Opposed; See Which Ones

    Organizations that took a position on
    Ip-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2007: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.

    3 organizations supported this bill

    Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International
    (n.d.). NENA and APCO Support Passage of the IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act. Retrieved n.d., from .
    National Emergency Number Association
    (n.d.). NENA and APCO Support Passage of the IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act. Retrieved n.d., from .
    Vonage
    (n.d.). Oral Statement of Sharon O’Leary, Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer,. Retrieved n.d., from .

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    Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office on day of vote, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MAPLight.org, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
    Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org

    Contributions By Legislator

    Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Akaka, DanielDHI$6,100$0
    Alexander, LamarRTN$6,100$0
    Allard, WayneRCO$-1,000$0
    Barrasso, JohnRWY$5,000$0
    Baucus, MaxDMT$9,600$0
    Bayh, EvanDIN$47,791$0
    Bennett, RobertRUT$4,000$0
    Biden, JosephDDE$0$0
    Bingaman, JeffDNM$5,050$0
    Bond, ChristopherRMO$5,100$0
    Boxer, BarbaraDCA$4,550$0
    Brown, SherrodDOH$5,500$0
    Brownback, SamuelRKS$26,815$0
    Bunning, JimRKY$11,749$0
    Burr, RichardRNC$41,864$0
    Byrd, RobertDWV$1,000$0
    Cantwell, MariaDWA$22,250$0
    Cardin, BenjaminDMD$3,250$0
    Carper, ThomasDDE$18,570$0
    Casey, RobertDPA$15,250$0
    Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$14,600$0
    Clinton, HillaryDNY$156,535$0
    Coburn, ThomasROK$933$0
    Cochran, ThadRMS$8,900$0
    Coleman, NormRMN$54,900$0
    Collins, SusanRME$2,000$0
    Conrad, KentDND$5,750$0
    Corker, BobRTN$7,000$0
    Cornyn, JohnRTX$4,000$0
    Craig, LarryRID$3,250$0
    Crapo, MichaelRID$12,260$0
    DeMint, JimRSC$22,500$0
    Dodd, ChristopherDCT$6,300$0
    Dole, ElizabethRNC$5,250$0
    Domenici, PeteRNM$5,000$0
    Dorgan, ByronDND$36,000$0
    Durbin, RichardDIL$8,000$0
    Ensign, JohnRNV$36,600$0
    Enzi, MichaelRWY$6,500$0
    Feingold, RussellDWI$1,250$0
    Feinstein, DianneDCA$6,500$0
    Graham, LindseyRSC$10,500$0
    Grassley, CharlesRIA$35,049$0
    Gregg, JuddRNH$5,000$0
    Hagel, CharlesRNE$37,415$0
    Harkin, ThomasDIA$11,050$0
    Hatch, OrrinRUT$16,000$0
    Hutchison, KayRTX$5,600$0
    Inhofe, JamesROK$6,250$0
    Inouye, DanielDHI$9,860$0
    Isakson, JohnRGA$5,000$0
    Johnson, TimDSD$19,146$0
    Kennedy, EdwardDMA$250$0
    Kerry, JohnDMA$4,200$0
    Klobuchar, AmyDMN$13,800$0
    Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
    Kyl, JonRAZ$22,700$0
    Landrieu, MaryDLA$18,700$0
    Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$19,100$0
    Leahy, PatrickDVT$2,250$0
    Levin, CarlDMI$3,260$0
    Lieberman, JosephICT$4,500$0
    Lincoln, BlancheDAR$31,999$0
    Lugar, RichardRIN$8,000$0
    Martinez, MelRFL$19,100$0
    McCain, JohnRAZ$12,750$0
    McCaskill, ClaireDMO$7,250$0
    McConnell, MitchRKY$13,250$0
    Menéndez, RobertDNJ$7,500$0
    Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$6,500$0
    Murkowski, LisaRAK$40,200$0
    Murray, PattyDWA$15,500$0
    Nelson, BenDNE$109,064$0
    Nelson, BillDFL$57,150$0
    Obama, BarackDIL$20,701$0
    Pryor, MarkDAR$38,350$0
    Reed, JohnDRI$5,250$0
    Reid, HarryDNV$23,500$0
    Roberts, PatRKS$6,500$0
    Rockefeller, JohnDWV$40,800$0
    Salazar, KenDCO$106,950$0
    Sanders, BernardIVT$0$0
    Schumer, CharlesDNY$18,000$0
    Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,200$0
    Shelby, RichardRAL$2,000$0
    Smith, GordonROR$29,450$0
    Snowe, OlympiaRME$9,500$0
    Specter, ArlenDPA$10,750$0
    Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$10,050$0
    Stevens, TedRAK$33,750$0
    Sununu, JohnRNH$21,000$0
    Tester, JonDMT$1,500$0
    Thune, JohnRSD$12,433$0
    Vitter, DavidRLA$13,183$0
    Voinovich, GeorgeROH$3,000$0
    Warner, JohnRVA$0$0
    Webb, JimDVA$400$0
    Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$500$0
    Wicker, RogerRMS$13,700$0
    Wyden, RonDOR$34,500$0

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    NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
    That Supported
    $ From Interest Groups
    That Opposed
    Akaka, DanielDHI$6,100$0
    Alexander, LamarRTN$6,100$0
    Allard, WayneRCO$-1,000$0
    Barrasso, JohnRWY$5,000$0
    Baucus, MaxDMT$9,600$0
    Bayh, EvanDIN$47,791$0
    Bennett, RobertRUT$4,000$0
    Biden, JosephDDE$0$0
    Bingaman, JeffDNM$5,050$0
    Bond, ChristopherRMO$5,100$0
    Boxer, BarbaraDCA$4,550$0
    Brown, SherrodDOH$5,500$0
    Brownback, SamuelRKS$26,815$0
    Bunning, JimRKY$11,749$0
    Burr, RichardRNC$41,864$0
    Byrd, RobertDWV$1,000$0
    Cantwell, MariaDWA$22,250$0
    Cardin, BenjaminDMD$3,250$0
    Carper, ThomasDDE$18,570$0
    Casey, RobertDPA$15,250$0
    Chambliss, SaxbyRGA$14,600$0
    Clinton, HillaryDNY$156,535$0
    Coburn, ThomasROK$933$0
    Cochran, ThadRMS$8,900$0
    Coleman, NormRMN$54,900$0
    Collins, SusanRME$2,000$0
    Conrad, KentDND$5,750$0
    Corker, BobRTN$7,000$0
    Cornyn, JohnRTX$4,000$0
    Craig, LarryRID$3,250$0
    Crapo, MichaelRID$12,260$0
    DeMint, JimRSC$22,500$0
    Dodd, ChristopherDCT$6,300$0
    Dole, ElizabethRNC$5,250$0
    Domenici, PeteRNM$5,000$0
    Dorgan, ByronDND$36,000$0
    Durbin, RichardDIL$8,000$0
    Ensign, JohnRNV$36,600$0
    Enzi, MichaelRWY$6,500$0
    Feingold, RussellDWI$1,250$0
    Feinstein, DianneDCA$6,500$0
    Graham, LindseyRSC$10,500$0
    Grassley, CharlesRIA$35,049$0
    Gregg, JuddRNH$5,000$0
    Hagel, CharlesRNE$37,415$0
    Harkin, ThomasDIA$11,050$0
    Hatch, OrrinRUT$16,000$0
    Hutchison, KayRTX$5,600$0
    Inhofe, JamesROK$6,250$0
    Inouye, DanielDHI$9,860$0
    Isakson, JohnRGA$5,000$0
    Johnson, TimDSD$19,146$0
    Kennedy, EdwardDMA$250$0
    Kerry, JohnDMA$4,200$0
    Klobuchar, AmyDMN$13,800$0
    Kohl, HerbertDWI$0$0
    Kyl, JonRAZ$22,700$0
    Landrieu, MaryDLA$18,700$0
    Lautenberg, FrankDNJ$19,100$0
    Leahy, PatrickDVT$2,250$0
    Levin, CarlDMI$3,260$0
    Lieberman, JosephICT$4,500$0
    Lincoln, BlancheDAR$31,999$0
    Lugar, RichardRIN$8,000$0
    Martinez, MelRFL$19,100$0
    McCain, JohnRAZ$12,750$0
    McCaskill, ClaireDMO$7,250$0
    McConnell, MitchRKY$13,250$0
    Menéndez, RobertDNJ$7,500$0
    Mikulski, BarbaraDMD$6,500$0
    Murkowski, LisaRAK$40,200$0
    Murray, PattyDWA$15,500$0
    Nelson, BenDNE$109,064$0
    Nelson, BillDFL$57,150$0
    Obama, BarackDIL$20,701$0
    Pryor, MarkDAR$38,350$0
    Reed, JohnDRI$5,250$0
    Reid, HarryDNV$23,500$0
    Roberts, PatRKS$6,500$0
    Rockefeller, JohnDWV$40,800$0
    Salazar, KenDCO$106,950$0
    Sanders, BernardIVT$0$0
    Schumer, CharlesDNY$18,000$0
    Sessions, JeffersonRAL$2,200$0
    Shelby, RichardRAL$2,000$0
    Smith, GordonROR$29,450$0
    Snowe, OlympiaRME$9,500$0
    Specter, ArlenDPA$10,750$0
    Stabenow, Debbie AnnDMI$10,050$0
    Stevens, TedRAK$33,750$0
    Sununu, JohnRNH$21,000$0
    Tester, JonDMT$1,500$0
    Thune, JohnRSD$12,433$0
    Vitter, DavidRLA$13,183$0
    Voinovich, GeorgeROH$3,000$0
    Warner, JohnRVA$0$0
    Webb, JimDVA$400$0
    Whitehouse, SheldonDRI$500$0
    Wicker, RogerRMS$13,700$0
    Wyden, RonDOR$34,500$0

    Interest Groups that supported this bill

    $ Donated
    Telecommunications$1,574,027
    Other Communications Services$104,400

    Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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