Rep Richard Hudson (R-NC)
Lawmakers Request FCC Briefing on Universal Service Fund
Sens Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and Reps Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission requesting a briefing to provide insight on the implementation of Congress’s universal service directives and help inform the Universal Service Fund Working Group’s leadership to modernise the Universal Service Fund. The lawmakers request a staff-level briefing covering:
Reps. Hudson and Eshoo Introduce Bill to Modernize Nation’s Aging 9-1-1 Systems
US Reps. Richard Hudson (R-NC) and Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), co-chairs of the Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus, introduced the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act to accelerate federal efforts to modernize the nation's aging 9-1-1 systems. The Next Generation 9-1-1 Act, which passed the House last Congress, would authorize $15 billion in federal funding to help state and local governments deploy Next Generation 9-1-1 systems across the country.