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HR 5200 - Emergency Reporting Act - National Key Vote

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Title: Emergency Reporting Act

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Federal Communications Commission to investigate and report emergency communication outages.

Highlights:

  • Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate and report on emergency communications outages (e.g., 9-1-1 outages) (Sec. 2).

  • Requires the FCC to publish a general report on the following (Sec. 2):

    • The volume and nature of 9-1-1 outages that are not required to be reported under current outage notification rules;

    • The value and practicality of including visual information in outage notifications from communications providers; and

    • Recommended changes to FCC rules to address these issues.

  • Requires the FCC to hold annual public hearings on events for which the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) was activated for at least a week (Sec. 2).

  • Requires the FCC to issue a public 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 (Sec. 2).

NOTE: THIS VOTE WAS TAKEN UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES TO CUT OFF DEBATE EARLY AND VOTE TO PASS THE BILL, THEREBY REQUIRING A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY FOR PASSAGE.

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