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H.R. 9814 119th Congress House

988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026

Official title: To instruct the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a notice of inquiry and instruct the Government Accountability Office to complete a study and rep… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To instruct the Federal Communications Commission to initiate a notice of inquiry and instruct the Government Accountability Office to complete a study and report providing detailed recommendations to address challenges to transmitting geolocation information with calls to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 21, 2026 Introduced by: Joe Neguse Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9814: 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9814/
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"H.R. 9814: 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9814/.
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H.R. 9814, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-9814/.
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