#aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#abc  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the         
,communications ,act of #aicd to require
 multi-line telephone systems to have a 
default 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 ,default 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 ,default configuration
 of multi-line telephone systems for    
direct dialing of #i-a-a  7a7           
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term multi-line telephone system has   
the meaning given the term in section   
#fejb of the ,middle ,class ,tax ,relief
 and ,job ,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg  
,u4,s4,c4 #adga72 and  7#b7 the term    

public safety answering point has the   
meaning given the term in section       
#bbb7;h74  7b7 ,multi-,line telephone   
system functionality ,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 ,states or sell or lease or     
offer to sell or lease in the ,united   
,states a multi-line telephone system   
unless the technology of the system has 
the capabilities described in           
subsections 7c7 and 7e74  7c7           
,multi-,line telephone system           
installation ,a person engaged in the   
business of installing multi-line       
telephone systems serving locations in  
the ,united ,states may not install such
 a system in the ,united ,states unless1
 upon installation1 the system allows a 
call that is initiated when a user dials
 #i-a-a from any station equipped with  
dialing facilities to be transmitted to 
the appropriate public safety answering 

point--  7#a7 without requiring the user
 to dial any additional digit1 code1    
prefix1 or post-fix1 including any      
trunk-access code 7such as the digit    
#i72 and  7#b7 regardless of whether the
 user is required to dial a digit1 code1
 prefix1 or post-fix described in       
paragraph 7#a7 for other calls4  7d7    
,other #i-a-a emergency dialing patterns
 ,nothing in this section shall prohibit
 the configuration of a multi-line      
telephone system so that other #i-a-a   
emergency dialing patterns will also    
initiate a call to a public safety      
answering point1 provided that the      
dialing pattern #i-a-a remains available
 to users4  7e7 ,on-,site notification  
7#a7 ,in general ,a person engaged in   
the business of installing multi-line   
telephone systems serving locations in  
the ,united ,states1 in installing a    
system described in paragraph 7#b7 in   
the ,united ,states1 shall configure the
 system so that when a person at the    
facility where the system is installed  

initiates a call to #i-a-a using the    
system1 the system provides a           
notification to--  7,a7 a central       
location at the facility2 or  7,b7 a    
person or organization with             
responsibility for safety or security   
for the location as designated by the   
manager or operator of the system4  7#b7
 ,application ,a system described in    
this paragraph is a multi-line telephone
 system that is able to be configured to
 provide the notification described in  
paragraph 7#a7 without any improvement  
to the system4  7f7 ,regulations  7#a7  
,authority ,the ,commission may         
prescribe regulations to carry out this 
section4  7#b7 ,technologically neutral 
,regulations prescribed under paragraph 
7#a7 shall1 to the extent practicable1  
promote the purposes of this section in 
a technologically neutral manner4  7g7  
,enforcement ,this section shall be     
enforced under title ,v1 except that    
section #eja applies only to the extent 
that the section provides for the       

imposition of a fine4  7h7 ,effect on   
state law ,nothing in this section or in
 regulations prescribed under this      
section shall be construed to prevent   
any ,state from enforcing any ,state law
 that is not inconsistent with this     
section4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the   
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply with respect to a multi-line      
telephone system that is manufactured1  
imported1 offered for first sale or     
lease1 first sold or leased1 or         
installed after the date that is #b     
years after the date of the enactment of
 this ,act4  ,passed the ,senate ,august
 #c1 #bjag4,secretary