HR5200: Emergency Reporting Act
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
119th Congress (2025–2027) · House bill · Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Roll-call votes | 1 |
| Chamber | House |
| Latest vote | 2026-04-20: Passed |
| Latest action | 2026-04-21: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375. |
| Policy area | Science, Technology, Communications |
| Official record | Congress.gov |
Emergency Reporting ActThis 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.
Subjects: Congressional oversight, Electric power generation and transmission, Emergency communications systems, Emergency medical services and trauma care, Emergency planning and evacuation, Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations, Natural disasters, Telephone and wireless communication
Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.
| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay | Not voting | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-20 | House | 2/3 Yea-And-Nay | Passed | 384 | 7 | 38 | Official tally |
HR5200 (Emergency Reporting Act) was introduced in the 119th Congress (2025–2027) by Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7].
On 2026-04-21: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
1 recorded vote in the 119th Congress. The most recent, on 2026-04-20, was "2/3 Yea-And-Nay": Passed.