HR 4167 · 114th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Kari's Law Act of 2016

Introduced 2015-12-03· Sponsored by Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]· House

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Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2016-05-24)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Kari's Law Act of 2015 This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that allows users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities. Businesses installing such systems must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed when a person at the facility initiates a call to 9-1-1 using the system, provided that the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware.…

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H.R. 4167, Kari’s Law Act of 2016

Sep 1, 2016

As passed by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016

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Cosponsors (20)

5 Democrats15 Republicans