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H.R. 5200 (119th): Emergency Reporting Act

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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The bill directs the FCC to publish a general report on 9-1-1 and other emergency communications outages that are not currently subject to outage reporting rules. The report must cover the volume and nature of those outages, the value of visual information in outage notifications, and recommended rule changes. The bill also requires annual public FCC hearings on events where the Disaster Information Reporting System was activated for at least a week, followed by public reports on outages and recommendations for network resiliency. The summary does not state a bill-level vote outcome or enacted status.

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Theological note: The measure concerns public safety and the reliability of emergency communications, which bears on neighbor-love and the prudent protection of life during disasters. It does not itself advance or restrain a named moral harm, so its relevance is prudential stewardship of public institutions rather than a direct moral verdict.

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Roll 126 · 20-Apr-2026 7:19 PM · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed

Yea 386 · Nay 7 · Other 38

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