DUCKWORTH-BLACKBURN BIPARTISAN BILL TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD HELP SAVE LIVES PASSES COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (CST) passed bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) that would improve emergency communication technology that could help save lives. The bipartisan ITS Codification Act would codify the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS), which currently serves as the research and engineering laboratory at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and require ITS to develop emergency communication and tracking technologies to help locate trapped individuals in confined spaces where convent...