AMY KLOBUCHAR 
MINNESOTA 
COMMITIEES: 
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COMMERCE, SCIENCE, 
AND TRANSPORTATION 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITIEE 
JUDICIARY 
RULES AND ADMINISTRATION 
The Honorable Thomas Wheeler, 
Chairman 
Federal Communications Commission 
445 121h Street SW 
Washington, DC 20554 
Dear Chairman Wheeler, 
WASHINGTON, DC 20510 
October 28, 2014 
I am writing to urge you to continue to strengthen the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) 
wireless 911 location accuracy rules, particularly with respect to indoor location accuracy. The FCC 
plays a vital role in making sure that public safety communications systems, including 911 operations, 
are protecting and acting in the best interest of the public. The FCC must ensure that its policies and 
rules requiring wireless 911 location accuracy are just as modem as the technologies Americans are 
using every day to communicate with public safety services. 
Today a vast number of Americans use wireless phones as their primary phone service. Those 
consumers expect the same quality of service for wireless as they do for traditional 
landlines. Unfortunately, when it comes to calling 911 from a wireless phone, that expectation often 
does not match reality. In fact, Americans are at risk of emergency responders not always being able to 
find them because of poor location accuracy information. This is particularly true when a 911 call from 
a wireless phone is made from an indoor location. 
It is concerning that today's 911 technologies and policies have not kept up with consumers' transition 
from traditional landline to wireless voice services. Americans count on 911 in the case of an 
emergency--no matter if it is from a cell phone or a land line, indoors or outdoors. The evolution to 
wireless technology should keep Americans safe by connecting them with first responders no matter 
where they are. Far too often, though, it seems that calling 911 from a wireless phone has become a 
hindrance to public safety response times. 
The FCC took initial action earlier this year in calling for new proposed rules for indoor location 
accuracy for wireless 911 calls. The FCC, public safety officials, and the wireless companies need to 
step up now and make sure that there are strong rules of the road in place to give wireless callers the 
confidence to know that when they call 911 first responders will be able to find them no matter where 
they are. 
I urge the FCC to take action to protect the public by strengthening indoor wireless 911 location 
accuracy rules and working with stakeholders. I appreciate your attention to these issues. 
Sincerely, 
A lL\~ Am~ 
United States Senator 
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