Assure Emergency and Interoperable Communications for First Responders Act of 2005

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Assure Emergency and Interoperable Communications for First Responders Act of 2005 - Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to establish an Office for Emergency Communications, Interoperability, and Compatibility (OECIC) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), replacing the current Office for Interoperability and Compatibility. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the OECIC Director, to: (1) conduct a nationwide assessment of the achievement and needs of communications interoperability; (2) assess of the ability of communities to provide and maintain emergency communications among emergency response providers and government officials in a large-scale emergency; (3) list best practices among communities for doing so; and (4) study the feasibility and desirability of developing a mobile DHS communications capability, modeled on the Army Signal Corps, that could be deployed to support emergency communications at the site of a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or other large-scale emergency. Directs the Secretary to establish a comprehensive research and development program to promote emergency communications capabilities and communications interoperability among first responders. Requires the Secretary to establish at least two pilot projects to develop and evaluate strategies and technologies for emergency communications capabilities among emergency response providers and government officials in the event of a large-scale emergency in which there is significant damage to, or destruction of, critical infrastructure. Directs the Secretary, through the Office of Domestic Preparedness of the DHS Office of State and Local Government Preparedness and Coordination, to make grants to States and eligible regions for initiatives necessary to: (1) improve emergency communications capabilities; and (2) achieve solutions to statewide, regional, national and, where appropriate, international interoperability. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Emergency Communications and Interoperability.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN · 29 September 2005

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  Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 September 2005

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