#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ehb  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the     
,communications ,act of #aicd to require
 multi-line telephone systems to have a 
configuration that permits users to     
directly initiate a call to #i-a-a      
without dialing any additional digit1   
code1 prefix1 or post-fix1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,kari's ,law ,act of
 #bjag4  #b4 ,configuration of          
multi-line telephone systems for direct 
dialing of #i-a-a  7a7 ,in general      
,title ,,vii of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq47  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #gba4 ,configuration of     
multi-line telephone systems for direct 
dialing of #i-a-a  7a7 ,system          
manufacture1 importation1 sale1 and     
lease ,a person engaged in the business 
of manufacturing1 importing1 selling1 or
 leasing multi-line telephone systems   
may not manufacture or import for use in
 the ,united ,states1 or sell or lease  

or offer to sell or lease in the ,united
 ,states1 a multi-line telephone system1
 unless such system is pre-configured   
such that1 when properly installed in   
accordance with subsection 7b71 a user  
may directly initiate a call to #i-a-a  
from any station equipped with dialing  
facilities1 without dialing any         
additional digit1 code1 prefix1 or      
post-fix1 including any trunk-access    
code such as the digit #8#i'1 regardless
 of whether the user is required to dial
 such a digit1 code1 prefix1 or post-fix
 for other calls4  7b7 ,system          
installation1 management1 and operation 
,a person engaged in the business of    
installing1 managing1 or operating      
multi-line telephone systems may not    
install1 manage1 or operate for use in  
the ,united ,states such a system1      
unless such system is configured such   
that a user may directly initiate a call
 to #i-a-a from any station equipped    
with dialing facilities1 without dialing
 any additional digit1 code1 prefix1 or 

post-fix1 including any trunk-access    
code such as the digit #8#i'1 regardless
 of whether the user is required to dial
 such a digit1 code1 prefix1 or post-fix
 for other calls4  7c7 ,on-,site        
notification ,a person engaged in the   
business of installing1 managing1 or    
operating multi-line telephone systems  
shall1 in installing1 managing1 or      
operating such a system for use in the  
,united ,states1 configure the system to
 provide a notification to a central    
location at the facility where the      
system is installed or to another person
 or organization regardless of location1
 if the system is able to be configured 
to provide the notification without an  
improvement to the hardware or software 
of the system4  7d7 ,effect on ,state   
law ,nothing in this section is intended
 to alter the authority of ,state       
commissions or other ,state or local    
agencies with jurisdiction over         
emergency communications1 if the        
exercise of such authority is not       

inconsistent with this ,act4  7e7       
,enforcement ,this section shall be     
enforced under title ,v1 except that    
section #eja applies only to the extent 
that such section provides for the      
punishment of a fine4  7f7 ,multi-,line 
telephone system defined ,in this       
section1 the term multi-line telephone  
system has the meaning given such term  
in section #fejb of the ,middle ,class  
,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of 
#bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adga74  4  7b7    
,effective date  7#a7 ,in general       
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
section #gba of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd1 as added by subsection 7a7 of
 this section1 shall apply beginning on 
the date that is #b years after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4  7#b7   
,exception ,subsection 7b7 or 7c7 of    
such section #gba shall not apply to a  
multi-line telephone system that was    
installed before the date that is #b    
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act if such system is not able to

 be configured to meet the requirement  
of such subsection 7b7 or 7c71          
respectively1 without an improvement to 
the hardware or software of the system4 
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,january #bc1 #bjag4;,clerk4