3.0.0 5200 2026-09-19T23:17:12Z 2026-09-19T23:17:12Z House H HR 2025-09-08 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5200 [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MATSUI:H.R. 5200.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 3 of Section 8 of Article I of the Constitution[Page H3893]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Reported by 2026-01-15T22:02:25Z Markup by 2026-01-15T22:01:57Z Referred to 2025-09-08T21:01:28Z Reported By 2026-04-09T15:56:26Z Referred To 2025-09-08T16:02:05Z H. Rept. 119-597 2026-04-21 Senate Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375. Calendars 2026-04-20 19:20:09 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2026-04-20 19:20:08 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) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 126 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll126.xml House 119 2026-04-20T23:20:08Z 2 2026-04-20 19:20:08 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) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 126 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll126.xml House 119 2026-04-20T23:20:08Z 2 2026-04-20 19:13:40 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2976-2978) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2026-04-20 16:44:32 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. Floor H37220 2 House floor actions 2026-04-20 16:38:41 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5200. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2026-04-20 16:38:40 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2974-2976) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2026-04-20 16:38:31 Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2026-04-09 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00517 2026-04-09 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2026-04-09 Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2026-01-15 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. Committee 2026-01-15 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Committee 2025-09-08 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2025-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2025-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] Doris Matsui D CA O. 7 N B001257 Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] Gus Bilirakis R FL M. 12 2025-09-08 True B001300 Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] Nanette Barragán D CA Diaz 44 2025-09-17 False 2026-02-24T21:59:00Z H.R. 5200, Emergency Reporting Act https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62178 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 21, 2026 Science, Technology, Communications Congressional oversight 2025-09-29T17:35:53Z Electric power generation and transmission 2025-09-29T17:34:16Z Emergency communications systems 2025-09-29T17:34:49Z Emergency medical services and trauma care 2025-09-29T17:36:11Z Emergency planning and evacuation 2025-09-29T17:34:44Z Government information and archives 2025-09-29T17:35:48Z Government studies and investigations 2025-09-29T17:35:35Z Natural disasters 2025-09-29T17:37:08Z Telephone and wireless communication 2025-09-29T17:35:22Z Science, Technology, Communications 2026-04-13T13:14:12Z 07 2026-04-09 Reported to House 2026-04-15T19:04:34Z 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.

]]> Emergency Reporting Act Display Title 45 Emergency Reporting Act 2026-09-19T23:17:12Z Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text 152 Emergency Reporting Act 2026-04-23T03:53:24Z S Senate Placed on Calendar Senate PCS Short Title(s) as Passed House 104 Emergency Reporting Act 2026-04-22T03:38:21Z H House Engrossed in House EH Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text 259 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. 2026-04-22T03:38:21Z H House Engrossed in House EH Short Title(s) as Reported to House 102 Emergency Reporting Act 2026-04-10T06:08:23Z H House Reported in House RH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Emergency Reporting Act 2025-09-12T03:53:20Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 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. 2025-09-12T03:48:23Z Introduced in House IH Placed on Calendar Senate 2026-04-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5200pcs/xml/BILLS-119hr5200pcs.xml Engrossed in House 2026-04-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5200eh/xml/BILLS-119hr5200eh.xml Reported in House 2026-04-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5200rh/xml/BILLS-119hr5200rh.xml Introduced in House 2025-09-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5200ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5200ih.xml 2026-04-21 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.