The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
S 3199 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by John Barrasso (R)

988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026

Orders studies on sending caller location data to the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Tradeoff

No immediate cost or funding mechanism. The bill requires the FCC and GAO to study whether and how to share caller locations with crisis centers, weighing privacy risks and technical feasibility.

What's in it

See official bill text

Less than $500,000 in federal costs over 2026-2031, with negligible net cost to the FCC after fee collection.

The $500,000 is just the federal cost for the FCC and GAO to study and evaluate geolocation challenges for the 988 lifeline; any costs to telecommunications companies would be minimal and tied only to potential future fee increases to cover this federal work.

S. 3199, 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026 · Mar 2026

Passed the Senate by on May 11, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Nov 19, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Nov 19, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Feb 12, 2026)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-119.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 11, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(May 12, 2026)