PETER T. KING 
Member of Congress 
Second District, New York 
339 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING 
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-3202 
(202) 225-7896 
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MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY 11762 
(516) 541-4225 
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The Honorable Thomas E. Wheeler 
Chairman 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 Twelfth Street, S.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20554 
Dear Chairman Wheeler, 
May 7, 2014 
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I would like to convey my strong support for the proposed rule recently released by the 
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on "Wireless E911 Location Accuracy 
Requirements." It is vital that we give law enforcement and first responders the tools they need 
to keep our communities safe - and improving 9-1-1 location accuracy can help save lives, stop 
crimes, and improve response times. As you know, the majority of 9-1-1 calls come from 
wireless phones, and we must adapt to ensure Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) have the 
ability to accurately identify the location of a caller regardless of whether the caller is indoors, 
outdoors, and/or in a multi-level, multi-unit building. 
As Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and 
Intelligence and as Co-Chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, ensuring the highest 
level of public safety is of upmost importance - and that requires keeping pace with 
teclmological advances and adapting to the fact that 9-1-1 calls are increasingly being made from 
wireless phones. The lack of location data for indoor cellular callers is a gap in public safety that 
must be remedied. This proposed rule requiring wireless carriers to collect and share indoor 
cellular location data with law enforcement makes important progress in remedying this 
shortfall. If implemented, the FCC's proposed rule would give first responders an important tool 
to assist them in locating 9-1-1 callers who, uhder the current system, oftentimes catmot be 
located or assisted in a timely manner (if at all) because they placed their 9-1-1 call on a cellular 
phone while indoors. 
The Police Chiefs of four New York jurisdictions - Nassau County, Suffolk County, New 
York City and Buffalo - joined with Chiefs representing the 63 largest jurisdictions in the Nation 
in writing to your predecessor, Chairman Julius Genachowski, in May 2013 urging action in this 
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area and specifically asking the Commission "to consider regulations that reqmre 
telecommunications providers to provide indoor cellular location data to law enforcement, just 
like caller data provided for wired phones." New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly 
also weighed-in on this matter in a letter to Acting Chaitwoman Clyburn, noting the importance 
of capturing location data for all call types "regardless of the user device location." 
The International Association of Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire 
Fighters and the National Volunteer Fire Council have passed a joint resolution emphasizing that 
"the deployment of effective indoor location technology is imp01tant for fire service, emergency 
medical services and public safety in general." 
Thank you for listening to the input of our first responders on this issue -they are on the 
front lines and need the best teclmology possible to ensure the security and safety of our citizens. 
I want to commend the FCC for its efforts to address problems with our antiquated 9-1-1 
emergency response network. If you have any questions or have updates regarding this proposed 
rule, please contact Erin Ingraham of my staff at 202-225-7896. 
Member of Congress 
cc: Commissioner Mignon Clyburn 
Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel 
Commissioner Ajit Pai 
Commissioner Michael O'Rielly 
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