Emergency Reporting Act
Latest action · Apr 21, 2026 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Passed HouseApr 20, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 126 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed386–7 | Apr 20, 2026 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 8, 2025 to Sep 17, 2025, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Original | Sep 8, 2025 |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Sep 17, 2025 |
Actions 20
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2026Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
- Apr 20, 2026At 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.
- Apr 20, 2026Considered as unfinished business.
- Apr 20, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2976-2978)
- Apr 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- 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
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2026Placed on Calendar Senate
- Apr 20, 2026Engrossed in House
- Apr 9, 2026Reported in House
- Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
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