The record

LegislationLegislation· Apr 2026
HR 5200 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Doris O. Matsui (D)

Emergency Reporting Act

Requires the FCC to report on 9-1-1 outages and emergency communications disruptions.

Tradeoff

Mandates FCC investigations and public hearings on emergency communications failures. No new spending is authorized.

What's in it

See official bill text

Minimal federal cost; CBO estimate not specified in abstract but bill creates reporting requirements for FCC.

The federal cost is limited to the FCC's administrative overhead for holding annual hearings and compiling reports — the policy itself imposes no direct spending or tax changes, only information disclosure requirements on the agency.

H.R. 5200, Emergency Reporting Act · Feb 2026

The House passed this 386-7 on April 20, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Sep 8, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Energy and Commerce(Sep 8, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Apr 9, 2026)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-597.

  4. House

    On Motion to and Pass

    Passed(Roll #126 · Apr 20, 2026)

    386 yeanay 7

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    Received(Apr 21, 2026)

Passage votes so far· Apr 20, 2026· 119th Congress · 2025–2027