Citation[]
Wireless Communications and Public Safety Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-81 (Oct. 26, 1999).
Overview[]
The Act required the development of Enhanced 911 and mandated that 911 serve as the emergency number for non-land line phones as well as traditional landlines. It was an amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996.