{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-5200","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":5200,"title":"Emergency Reporting Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-09-08","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"M001163","fullName":"Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]","party":"D","state":"CA","district":7}],"cosponsorsCount":2,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-04-21","text":"Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375."},"policyArea":"Science, Technology, Communications","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"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-04-21","text":"Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"Senate","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"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)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":true},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"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)","type":"Floor","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":true},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2976-2978)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"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.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5200.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2974-2976)","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-20","text":"Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.","type":"Floor","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-09","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-09","text":"Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-04-09","text":"Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-15","text":"Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-15","text":"Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-08","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-08","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-08","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-09-08","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Emergency Reporting Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate and report on emergency communications outages (e.g., 9-1-1 outages).</p><p>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.</p><p>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&nbsp;networks. Such reports must generally be made public on the FCC website.</p>","updateDate":"2026-06-11T23:41:32Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":838,"ts":"2026-07-14T05:51:56.343Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Emergency%20Reporting%20Act"}]}}