Emergency Reporting Act

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Introduced

8 September 2025

Last action

21 April 2026 · Introduced

Status

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.

Summary

Emergency Reporting Act This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate and report on emergency communications outages (e.g., 9-1-1 outages). Specifically, the FCC must publish a general report on (1) the volume and nature of 9-1-1 outages that are not required to be reported under current outage notification rules, (2) the value and practicality of including visual information in outage notifications from communications providers, and (3) recommended changes to FCC rules to address these issues. Separately, the FCC must hold annual public hearings on events for which the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) was activated for at least a week. (DIRS is a reporting system that is activated during severe weather and other events impacting communications service. It enables communications providers to report outages and other degradations to service.) After each such hearing, the FCC must issue a report that includes information about the number, duration, and nature of all associated outages, along with recommendations for improving the resiliency of affected communications services or networks. Such reports must generally be made public on the FCC website.

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Timeline

8 September 2025
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Source: Committee
8 September 2025
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2025
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 January 2026
Committee
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Source: Committee
15 January 2026
Committee
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Source: Committee
9 April 2026
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
Source: Calendars
9 April 2026
Reported
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.
Source: Committee
9 April 2026
Reported
Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.
Source: Committee
20 April 2026
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
20 April 2026
Vote
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 7 (Roll no. 126). (text: CR H2974-2975)
Source: Floor
20 April 2026
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 7 (Roll no. 126). (text: CR H2974-2975)
Source: Floor
20 April 2026
Floor
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2974-2976)
Source: Floor
20 April 2026
Vote
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Source: Floor
20 April 2026
Floor
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5200.
Source: Floor
20 April 2026
Floor
Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Source: Floor
21 April 2026
Introduced
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
Source: Calendars

Votes

20 April 2026 · passed · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed · Official source

Yes 386 · No 7 · Abstain — · Absent/not voting 38

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Placed on Calendar Senate
Placed on Calendar Senate · EN · 21 April 2026
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Engrossed in House
Engrossed in House · EN · 20 April 2026
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Reported in House · EN · 9 April 2026
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House · EN · 8 September 2025
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5200
us · 119-hr-5200 · source updated 17 July 2026