{"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":"2026-04-09","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517."},"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":"2026-04-09","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":"2026-04-17T17:26:26Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":122,"ts":"2026-04-17T21:32:36.758Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Emergency%20Reporting%20Act"}]}}