This bill officially establishes the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences as a government research organization. The Institute is part of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and focuses on studying and developing telecommunications technology. The bill also requires the Institute to create a special program to develop new technologies that can help rescue people trapped in confined spaces—like collapsed buildings, mines, or other emergencies—where regular radio communication doesn't work well. Essentially, the government is giving legal backing to an existing research institute and tasking it with improving emergency rescue capabilities in situations where standard communication methods fail.

ITS Codification Act

Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"

Institute for Telecommunication Sciences Codification Act or the ITS Codification Act This bill provides statutory authority for the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences, which serves as the telecommunications research and engineering arm of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. In addition, the institute must establish an initiative to support the development of emergency communication and tracking technologies for use in locating trapped individuals in confined spaces where conventional radio communication is limited.