DA 18-1102
	Released:  October 26, 2018

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES COMMENT AND REPLY COMMENT DATES FOR THE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING IMPLEMENTING KARI’S LAW AND SECTION 506 OF RAY BAUM’S ACT 

PS Docket Nos. 18-261 and 17-239

Comments Due:  December 10, 2018
Reply Comments Due:  January 9, 2019

On September 26, 2018, the Federal Communications Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) in PS Docket Nos. 18-261 and 17-239.  The Notice proposes to implement Kari’s Law Kari’s Law Act of 2017, Pub. L. No. 115-127, 132 Stat. 326 (2018) (codified at 47 U.S.C. § 623).  
 by adopting direct dial and notification rules governing calls to 911 made from Multi-Line Telephone Systems (MLTS). Implementing Kari's Law and Section 506 of RAY BAUM'S Act, PS Docket Nos. 18-261 and 17-239, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 18-132, para. 2 (Sept. 26, 2018) (Notice).
  The Notice also proposes to add dispatchable location requirements to the Commission’s existing 911 rules for fixed telephony providers, interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers, and Internet-based Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) pursuant to RAY BAUM’S Act. Id.; Section 506 of the Repack Airwaves Yielding Better Access for Users of Modern Services Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-141, 132 Stat. 348, 1095 (codified at 47 U.S.C. § 615 note).
  Finally, the Notice proposes to consolidate the Commission’s existing 911 rules, and the direct dialing and dispatchable location rules proposed in the Notice, into a single rule part. Notice at para. 3. 
  The Notice set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 45 and 75 days, respectively, after publication in the Federal Register. Id. 


On October 26, 2018, the Office of the Federal Register published a summary of the Notice and associated comment and reply comment dates. See 83 FR 54180 (Oct. 26, 2018).  
  Accordingly, comments must be filed on or before December 10, 2018; and reply comments must be filed on or before January 9, 2019. Id.
  The Notice contains the comment filing instructions.

For further information, contact Brenda Boykin, Attorney-Advisor, Policy and Licensing Division, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, (202) 418-2062 or via e-mail at Brenda.Boykin@fcc.gov.
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