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HR 4167 114th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Emergency communications systems Telephone and wireless communication

Kari's Law Act of 2016

Introduced: December 3, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 24, 2016
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 23, 2016
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
May 23, 2016
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 23, 2016
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2888)
May 23, 2016
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2888)
May 23, 2016
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2930-2931)
May 23, 2016
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Sarbanes objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
May 23, 2016
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4167.
May 23, 2016
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2888-2889)
May 23, 2016
Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 23, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 449.
May 23, 2016
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-579.
Apr 28, 2016
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Apr 28, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 27, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 26, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 25, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 19, 2016
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
Apr 19, 2016
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 18, 2016
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Dec 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Dec 3, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Dec 3, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9006-9009)
Dec 3, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Kari's Law Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses from manufacturing or importing for use in the United States, or selling or leasing in the United States, a multi-line telephone system unless it is pre-configured to allow users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities.

Businesses are prohibited from installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems without such a direct 9-1-1 call configuration.

Businesses installing, managing, or operating such systems for use in the United States must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed, or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware or software.

What's happening now May 24, 2016

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2553 Related bill Kari's Law Act of 2016
  • S 2644 Related bill FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016
  • S 253 Related bill Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
 Bill text 4 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 2 Republican 6
R
Allen, Rick W.
Georgia · Apr 12, 2016
Byrne, Bradley
· Mar 22, 2016
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Mar 17, 2016
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Mar 3, 2016
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Mar 3, 2016
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Mar 3, 2016
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 2, 2016
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· Mar 2, 2016
BRADY, KEVIN
· Feb 25, 2016
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Feb 23, 2016
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Dec 3, 2015
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 3, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4167: Kari's Law Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4167/
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"H.R. 4167: Kari's Law Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4167/.
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