Emergency Reporting Act

Where it stands

1. Introduced Done · Sep 8, 2025
2. Committee Done · Sep 8, 2025
3. Passed House Done · Apr 20, 2026
4. Passed Senate Not yet
5. President Not yet
6. Law Not yet

From the official actions on Congress.gov.

Key points

What it changes

A plain-language summary isn't ready yet. The official summary below describes the bill.

Who it affects

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What it costs

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Where it stands

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375. (Apr 21, 2026)

What happens next

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Official 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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House version), via Congress.gov. These are proposed provisions, not enacted law.

Recorded votes

1. HOUSEFinal passageApr 20, 2026 · roll call 126

   On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: Passed (386–7)

   This vote decided whether the bill passes this chamber.
   Votes by party

   How each party voted on roll call 126

   Party	Yes	No	Present	Did not vote	Share voting Yes
   Democratic	198	0	0	16
   Republican	187	7	0	22
   Independent	1	0	0	0

   Party totals from the official roll call.

   Office of the Clerk, U.S. House ↗ — includes how every member voted

Vote types come from the official question text. How we label votes

Legislative history

1. Apr 21, 2026Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
2. Apr 20, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. Apr 20, 2026On 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. Apr 20, 2026Passed/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. Apr 20, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2976-2978)
6. 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.
7. Apr 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5200.
8. Apr 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2974-2976)
9. Apr 20, 2026Mr. Allen moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
10. Apr 9, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
11. Apr 9, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.
12. Apr 9, 2026Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-597.
13. Jan 15, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
14. Jan 15, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
15. Sep 8, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
16. Sep 8, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
17. Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House
18. Sep 8, 2025Introduced in House