Read the letters of support and use your voice today! Sign the petition to support the reauthorization of the FirstNet Authority
March 17, 2025
Recently, several organizations sent a letter to Representative Mike Johnson, Senator Thune, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Senator Chuck Schumer expressing their support for the removal of the sunset clause for the FirstNet Authority and urge Congress to promptly enact this necessary change in 2025. The FirstNet Authority must not be allowed to lapse and should have long-term certainty about its future. This group represents various disciplines of public safety, including the fire service; law enforcement; emergency medical services; state and local emergency management; county and municipal leaders; and more.
March 21, 2025
NCSL Joins Others Expressing Support for the Reauthorization of First Responder Network Authority
As a coalition of bipartisan membership organizations representing state legislatures, state chief information officers, mayors, cities, and counties, we write to express our support for the reauthorization of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). We urge Congress to permanently reauthorize FirstNet before its authorization sunsets in February 2027. FirstNet is a public policy triumph, providing broadband connections to over 27,000 state and local public safety agencies throughout the nation. It is critical that Congress act on legislation to eliminate the sunset clause for the agency in order to ensure that state and local first responders continue to have access to the interoperable, nationwide broadband communication network they fought so hard to secure.
