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S. 2553 114th Congress Senate

Kari's Law Act of 2016

Official title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly initiate … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 11, 2016 Introduced by: Amy Klobuchar Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Emergency communications systemsTelephone and wireless communication
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It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 11, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 11, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 11, 2016

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Kari's Law Act of 2016

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that allows 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 installing such systems must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed when a person at the facility initiates a call to 9-1-1 using the system, provided that the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 4167 Kari's Law Act of 2016
  • S 2644 FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016
  • S 253 Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Sep 26, 2016
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Feb 11, 2016
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Feb 11, 2016
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Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Feb 11, 2016
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Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Feb 11, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2553: Kari's Law Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2553/
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S. 2553, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2553/.
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