{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-5200","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 5200","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Emergency Reporting Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Emergency Reporting Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text","title":"Emergency Reporting Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Emergency Reporting Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage reporting, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Emergency Reporting Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Emergency Reporting Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-09-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-04-20","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h126","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Emergency Reporting Act","result":"Passed","yea":386,"nay":7,"present":0,"not_voting":38,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll126.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.","date":"2026-04-21"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-04-09","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Emergency Reporting Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate and report on emergency communications outages (e.g., 9-1-1 outages)."},{"k":"p","t":"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."},{"k":"p","t":"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."}],"words":178},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Federal Communications Commission to hold public hearings and issue reports on communications outages after events for which its Disaster Information Reporting System was activated, and to investigate and report on 9-1-1 outage notification.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}]},"core_areas":["FCC hearings and reports after Disaster Information Reporting System activations","9-1-1 and network outage notification reporting"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Federal Communications Commission to hold at least 1 public hearing each year on all events in the preceding year for which the Disaster Information Reporting System was activated for at least 7 days.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission to consider including State, local and Indian tribal government representatives, residents or consumer advocates, service providers, university faculty, federal agencies, electric utilities, infrastructure companies, and first responders or 9-1-1 directors in each hearing.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}},{"text":"Requires a report within 120 days after each hearing concludes, covering the number and duration of broadband, interconnected VoIP, commercial mobile and commercial mobile data outages, to the extent known without collecting additional information.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}},{"text":"Requires each report to include outages that prevent emergency communications centers from receiving caller location or number information or emergency calls, along with the Commission's recommendations for improving the resiliency of affected services or networks.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission to publish each report on its website, excluding information that is exempt from public disclosure under its rules or was submitted with a proper request for confidential treatment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}},{"text":"Requires the Commission, within 1 year, to investigate and publish a report on including visual information in outage notifications to emergency communications centers, the volume and nature of 9-1-1 outages that may go unreported under its thresholds, and recommended rule changes.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh#H1169A302A1184310800A2B9D7628D43F"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-04-20","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-03","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-5200.png","v":"7438eed4b147","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5200, 119th Congress: Emergency Reporting Act. House: 386 Yea, 7 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 20 Apr 2026."}}