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Emergency Reporting Act

Introduced: July 19, 2021 Introduced by: Matsui, Doris O. Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Jul 21, 2021

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

Jul 20, 2021

Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294. (consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3717-3718)

Jul 20, 2021

Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 7 of H. Res. 535, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 678; H.R. 1036; H.R. 1079, as amended; H.R. 1158; H.R. 1250; H.R. 1754; H.R. 1833, as amended; H.R. 1850; H.R. 1871; H.R. 1877, as amended; H.R. 1893; H.R. 1895; H.R. 2118; H.R. 2795, as amended; H.R. 2928; H.R. 2980, as amended; H.R. 3003; H.R. 3138, as amended; H.R. 3223; H.R. 3263; and H.R. 3264; and the following resolutions were agreed to under suspension of the rules: H. Res. 277; and H. Res. 294.(consideration: CR H3715-3730; text: CR H3717-3718)

Jul 20, 2021

Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 535, proceedings on H.R. 1250 are considered vacated.

Jul 19, 2021

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1250.

Jul 19, 2021

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.

Jul 19, 2021

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3642-3644; text: CR H3642-3643)

Jul 19, 2021

Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Feb 24, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Feb 23, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Feb 23, 2021

Introduced in House

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Emergency Reporting Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report on certain activations of the Disaster Information Reporting System (the system through which communications providers report their operational status during times of crisis) and to adopt specified rules related to network outage reporting.

If the system was activated for at least seven days, the FCC must issue a preliminary a report that includes (1) the number and duration of any service outages, (2) the approximate number of users or the amount of infrastructure potentially affected by a service outage, and (3) the number and duration of any outages at public safety answering points (PSAPs) that prevent the PSAPs from receiving and routing emergency calls to emergency service personnel. The FCC must also hold at least one public field hearing in the area affected by the event, and it must issue a final report that includes recommendations on how to improve the resiliency of affected communications or networks recovery efforts.

The FCC must also determine the circumstances under which it shall require certain service providers to notify a PSAP of a communications service disruption that prevents the origination of 9–1–1 calls or the delivery of information that allows the PSAP to identify the number of or locate a 9–1–1 caller. Further, the FCC must require this notification to be made and specify the appropriate timing of the notification.

What's happening now July 21, 2021

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

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Committees of jurisdiction 3

Communications and Technology Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Energy and Commerce Committee
Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 5

Taylor, Van

· Jul 19, 2021

Bilirakis, Gus M.

Florida · Feb 23, 2021

Eshoo, Anna

· Feb 23, 2021

Huffman, Jared

California · Feb 23, 2021

Thompson, Mike

California · Feb 23, 2021

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