House Commerce Reschedules Public Safety Communications Hearing for Sept. 9
The House Communications Subcommittee has rescheduled a hearing on public safety communications issues for 10:15 a.m. Sept. 9 in 2123 Rayburn, the Commerce Committee said Tuesday. The subpanel originally planned to hold the hearing in July. I. “Our public safety community requires reliable communications to respond adequately during an emergency,” said House Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Communications Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C. “We look forward to considering ways to strengthen our public safety communications to better serve Americans in their moments of crisis.”
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Lobbyists expect the hearing to explore how to strengthen FirstNet ahead of a legislative renewal that must happen before the existing mandate expires in February 2027. National Emergency Number Association officials also want House Communications members to talk about how they will pay for next-generation 911 tech upgrades, since Congress decided against allocating any future spectrum auction revenue as a funding mechanism (see 2507080065).