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H.R. 5200119th CongressScience, Technology, Communications
Emergency Reporting Act
Sponsored by Rep. Doris O. Matsui (D-CA) · 2 active : 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 375.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate7 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedApr 20, 2026
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govEmergency Reporting Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to investigate and report on emergency communications outages (e.g., 9-1-1 outages).
Specifically, the FCC must publish a general report on (1) the volume and nature of 9-1-1 outages that are not required to be reported under current outage notification rules, (2) the value and practicality of including visual information in outage notifications from communications providers, and (3) recommended changes to FCC rules to address these issues.
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Separately, the FCC must hold annual public hearings on events for which the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) was activated for at least a week. (DIRS is a reporting system that is activated during severe weather and other events impacting communications service. It enables communications providers to report outages and other degradations to service.) After each such hearing, the FCC must issue a 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. Such reports must generally be made public on the FCC website.
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassPassed386 yea, 7 nayApril 20, 2026 · Roll call 126
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 42 | 1 | 2% |
| Middle | 253 | 6 | 2% |
| Entrenched | 94 | 0 | 0% |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce · HouseReported by · Referred to
- Communications and Technology · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Congressional oversight
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Natural disasters
- Telephone and wireless communication
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 7Swing 70–100
- 66Middle 30–70
- 27Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
2 activeShow all 2 cosponsors
- Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12)
- Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44)
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
