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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1250 

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after 

activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make 

improvements to network outage reporting. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. THOMPSON of California, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue 

reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make improvements to network 

outage reporting. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Reporting 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER INFOR2 MATION REPORTING SYSTEM; IMPROVE3 MENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE REPORTING. 

4 (a) REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER IN5 FORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM.— 

6 (1) PRELIMINARY REPORT.— 

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 weeks 

8 after the deactivation of the Disaster Informa9 tion Reporting System with respect to an event 

10 for which the System was activated for at least 

11 7 days, the Commission shall issue a prelimi12 nary report on, with respect to such event and 

13 to the extent known— 

14 (i) the number and duration of any 

15 outages of— 

16 (I) broadband internet access 

17 service; 

18 (II) interconnected VoIP service; 

19 (III) commercial mobile service; 

20 and 

21 (IV) commercial mobile data 

22 service; 

23 (ii) the approximate number of users 

24 or the amount of communications infra25 structure potentially affected by an outage 

26 described in clause (i); 


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1 (iii) the number and duration of any 

2 outages at public safety answering points 

3 that prevent public safety answering points 

4 from receiving emergency calls and routing 

5 such calls to emergency service personnel; 

6 and 

7 (iv) any additional information deter8 mined appropriate by the Commission. 

9 (B) DEVELOPMENT OF REPORT.—The 

10 Commission shall develop the report required by 

11 subparagraph (A) using information collected 

12 by the Commission, including information col13 lected by the Commission through the System. 

14 (2) PUBLIC FIELD HEARINGS.— 

15 (A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 8 

16 months after the deactivation of the Disaster 

17 Information Reporting System with respect to 

18 an event for which the System was activated for 

19 at least 7 days, the Commission shall hold at 

20 least 1 public field hearing in the area affected 

21 by such event. 

22 (B) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS

23 IN HEARINGS.—For each public field hearing 

24 held under subparagraph (A), the Commission 

25 shall consider including— 


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1 (i) representatives of State govern2 ment, local government, or Indian Tribal 

3 governments in areas affected by such 

4 event; 

5 (ii) residents of the areas affected by 

6 such event, or consumer advocates; 

7 (iii) providers of communications serv8 ices affected by such event; 

9 (iv) faculty of institutions of higher 

10 education; 

11 (v) representatives of other Federal 

12 agencies; 

13 (vi) electric utility providers; 

14 (vii) communications infrastructure 

15 companies; and 

16 (viii) first responders, emergency 

17 managers, or 9–1–1 directors in areas af18 fected by such event. 

19 (3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 months 

20 after the deactivation of the Disaster Information 

21 Reporting System with respect to an event for which 

22 the System was activated for at least 7 days, the 

23 Commission shall issue a final report that includes, 

24 with respect to such event— 


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1 (A) the information described under para2 graph (1)(A); and 

3 (B) any recommendations of the Commis4 sion on how to improve the resiliency of af5 fected communications or networks recovery ef6 forts. 

7 (4) DEVELOPMENT OF REPORTS.—In devel8 oping a report required under this subsection, the 

9 Commission shall consider information collected by 

10 the Commission, including information collected by 

11 the Commission through the System, and any public 

12 hearing described in paragraph (2) with respect to 

13 the applicable event. 

14 (5) PUBLICATION.—The Commission shall pub15 lish each report, excluding information that is other16 wise exempt from public disclosure under the rules 

17 of the Commission, issued under this subsection on 

18 the website of the Commission upon the issuance of 

19 such report. 

20 (b) IMPROVEMENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE REPORT21 ING.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act, the Commission shall conduct a pro23 ceeding and, after public notice and an opportunity for 

24 comment, adopt rules to— 


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1 (1) determine the circumstances under which to 

2 require service providers subject to the 9–1–1 regu3 lations established under part 9 of title 47, Code of 

4 Federal Regulations, to submit a timely notification, 

5 (in an easily accessible format that facilities situa6 tional awareness) to public safety answering points 

7 regarding communications service disruptions within 

8 the assigned territories of such public safety answer9 ing points that prevent— 

10 (A) the origination of 9–1–1 calls; 

11 (B) the delivery of Automatic Location In12 formation; or 

13 (C) Automatic Number Identification; 

14 (2) require such notifications to be made; and 

15 (3) specify the appropriate timing of such noti16 fication. 

17 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) AUTOMATIC LOCATION INFORMATION; 

19 AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION.—The terms 

20 ‘‘Automatic Location Information’’ and ‘‘Automatic 

21 Number Identification’’ have the meaning given 

22 those terms in section 9.3 of title 47, Code of Fed23 eral Regulations, or any successor regulation. 

24 (2) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 

25 The term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ has 


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1 the meaning given such term in section 8.1(b) of 

2 title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc3 cessor regulation. 

4 (3) COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE.—The term 

5 ‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has the meaning given 

6 such term in section 332(d) of the Communications 

7 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)). 

8 (4) COMMERCIAL MOBILE DATA SERVICE.—The 

9 term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 6001 of the Mid11 dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 

12 (47 U.S.C. 1401). 

13 (5) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

14 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

15 (6) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOV16 ERNMENT.—The terms ‘‘Indian Tribal government’’ 

17 and ‘‘Indian Tribal Government’’ have the meaning 

18 given those terms in section 102 of the Robert T. 

19 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 5121). 

21 (7) INTERCONNECTED VOIP SERVICE.—The 

22 term ‘‘interconnected VoIP service’’ has the meaning 

23 given such term in section 3 of the Communications 

24 Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 


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1 (8) PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT.—The 

2 term ‘‘public safety answering point’’ has the mean3 ing given such term in section 222 of the Commu4 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222). 

5 (9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean6 ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica7 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 

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