Emergency Reporting Act

What this measure contains

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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• Placed on Calendar Senate · Official document ↗· Apr 21, 2026
• Engrossed in House · Official document ↗· Apr 20, 2026
• Reported in House · Official document ↗· Apr 9, 2026
• Introduced in House · Official document ↗· Sep 8, 2025

Legislative path

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1. Introduced in House
2. Reported in House
3. Engrossed in Houseby House suspend rules and pass
4. Placed on Calendar Senate

Decision stages

1. Apr 20, 2026 · House

   House suspend rules and pass on Reported in House: Passed, reported as Engrossed in House

   386 aye · 7 no · 38 not voting · Source roll call

House members along the path

Aye yea or aye · No nay or no · Present · NV not voting · Changed reversed on advancing the measure

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Legislative history

1. Sep 8, 2025

   Introduced in House

2. Sep 8, 2025

   Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

3. Sep 8, 2025

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

4. Jan 15, 2026

   Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

5. Jan 15, 2026

   Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

6. Apr 9, 2026

   Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.

7. Apr 9, 2026

   Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.

8. Apr 20, 2026

   Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

9. Apr 20, 2026

   Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2974-2976)

10. Apr 20, 2026

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5200.

11. Apr 20, 2026

    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.

12. Apr 20, 2026

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2976-2978)

13. Apr 20, 2026

    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)

14. Apr 20, 2026

    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)

15. Apr 20, 2026

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

16. Apr 21, 2026

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

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