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HR 5200 · introduced · significant

Emergency Reporting Act

What this bill does

  • The FCC must investigate and report on 9-1-1 and emergency communications outages.
  • Communications providers and the public are affected by outage reporting requirements.
  • The FCC will publish reports and hold annual hearings with recommendations for improving service resilience.

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  1. 01

    How would mandatory FCC outage reporting affect the costs and operations of communications providers that serve rural or underserved communities?

  2. 02

    What specific metrics should the FCC use to measure emergency communications resilience, and which stakeholders should help define them?

  3. 03

    If the FCC identifies systemic vulnerabilities in 9-1-1 infrastructure through these investigations, what enforcement power should it have to compel improvements?

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Sponsor · D-CA-7

Doris O. Matsui

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Introduced 2026-04-21

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2026-04-21 · senate · Calendars

    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.

  2. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  3. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    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)

  4. 2026-04-20 · Floor

    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)

  5. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2976-2978)

  6. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    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.

  7. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5200.

  8. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2974-2976)

  9. 2026-04-20 · house · Floor

    Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

  10. 2026-04-09 · house · Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.

  11. 2026-04-09 · house · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.

  12. 2026-04-09 · Committee

    Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.

  13. 2026-01-15 · house · Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.

  14. 2026-01-15 · house · Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  15. 2025-09-08 · house · Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

  16. 2025-09-08 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

  17. 2025-09-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  18. 2025-09-08 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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