WASHINGTON — A coalition of public safety leaders, emergency response professionals and industry groups has called on the Senate Commerce Committee to include critical funding for Next Generation 911 (NG911) technology in President Donald Trump’s “ One Big Beautiful Bill Act ,” according to APCO International .

In a letter sent on June 5 , the coalition voiced concern over the recent passage of legislation in the House of Representatives that omitted funding for upgrades to the nation’s aging emergency communications systems, despite years of bipartisan support for using Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction revenues for that purpose.

“Current 911 systems rely on technologies that are decades old,” the letter stated. “These systems are less reliable, less sec

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