Section 506 of RAY BAUM'S Act, signed on 23 March 2018 as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, required the Commission to conclude a proceeding to consider adopting rules ensuring that dispatchable location is conveyed with a 911 call regardless of the technological platform used and including calls from multi-line telephone systems, by 23 September 2019.

Checked 2026-09-16

Vendor
Federal Communications Commission
Product
multi-line telephone systems
Subsystem
regulation
Deployment
not restricted
Region
united states
Release range
not restricted
Checked
2026-09-16

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 16). US emergency calling regulatory requirements: source note e911-raybaums-506-set-a-proceeding-deadline. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e911-raybaums-506-set-a-proceeding-deadline

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-e911-raybaums-506-set-a-proceeding-deadline,
  title  = {US emergency calling regulatory requirements: source note e911-raybaums-506-set-a-proceeding-deadline},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/e911-raybaums-506-set-a-proceeding-deadline},
  note   = {Source note e911-raybaums-506-set-a-proceeding-deadline, checked 2026-09-16}
}

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