1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing Access to Networks in Disasters Act of 2017 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the voluntary policies outlined in the Wireless Network Resiliency Cooperative Framework should be adhered to by all parties to aid consumers, 9–1–1 professionals, first responders, and local governments, in accessing communication services during times of emergency. 3. Securing access to networks in disasters (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission; (2) the term mobile service means— (A) commercial mobile service (as defined in section 332 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 332 )); or (B) commercial mobile data service (as defined in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 ( 47 U.S.C. 1401 )); (3) the term times of emergency means— (A) an emergency or major disaster, as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122 ); or (B) an emergency as declared by the Governor of a State or territory of the United States; and (4) the term WiFi access points means wireless Internet access using the standard designated as 802.11 or any variant thereof. (b) FCC study on alternative access to 9–1–1 services during times of emergency (1) Study Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress, and make publicly available on the website of the Commission, a study on the public safety benefits and technical feasibility and cost of— (A) making telecommunications service provider-owned WiFi access points, and other telecommunications service provider-owned communications technologies operating on unlicensed spectrum, available to the general public for access to 9–1–1 services, without requiring any login credentials, during times of emergency when mobile service is unavailable