HR 5200 · Passed House · 04-21-26
Emergency Reporting Act
What does the Emergency Reporting Act do?
HR 5200 is a House bill sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui (D-CA). Requires the FCC to hold hearings and publish reports on communications outages after disasters, and to study how to improve network-outage and 9-1-1 reporting.
Did HR 5200 pass? Where it stands
As of July 17, 2026, HR 5200 has passed the House.
Status: Passed House
Latest vote: House Passed 386–7 on April 20, 2026
Outlook: Possible
Key provisions
- Disaster Outage Reports
- Annual FCC hearings after 7-day-plus disaster activations
- Reports on broadband, phone, and mobile outages
- Includes 9-1-1 outage effects and resiliency recommendations
- Outage Reporting Study
- FCC study on improving network outage notifications to 9-1-1 centers
Last updated June 15, 2026