Ensure Americans can rely on strong, effective, modern 9-1-1 systems when disaster strikes.

These bills would ensure that Americans can count on strong, effective, and modern 9-1-1 systems when disaster strikes

Describes the intended effect of the emergency communications bills.

Press Releases | Congresswoman Doris Matsui
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The Emergency Reporting Act would strengthen 9-1-1 networks by requiring the FCC to issue reports following major natural disasters on the extent to which people were unable to reach 9-1-1, and to develop recommendations to improve outage reporting, resiliency, and coordination with state and local officials. The bill also directs the FCC to review unreported outages and develop recommendations for mobile carriers to better notify 9-1-1 centers of disruptions.

Matsui backs legislation to strengthen emergency communications by improving 9-1-1 outage reporting, resiliency, and coordination during disasters.

HOUSE PASSES MATSUI’S BILLS TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS | Congresswoman Doris Matsui
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House passage of Matsui’s Emergency Reporting Act and Kari’s Law Reporting Act; the release says these bills would ensure Americans can count on strong, effective, and modern 9-1-1 systems when disaster strikes. It also says the Emergency Reporting Act would require FCC reports after major disasters and improve outage reporting, while Kari’s Law Reporting Act would require FCC reporting on MLTS compliance.

Best recent concrete sign of progress toward the claim, but it is still only House passage and not final enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

HOUSE PASSES MATSUI’S BILLS TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS | Congresswoman Doris Matsui
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

Congress.gov shows H.R. 5200 was forwarded by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee to the full committee by voice vote on 2026-01-15. The bill title states it would direct FCC reports after activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and improve network outage reporting.

Concrete committee action supporting the same 9-1-1/emergency communications goal, but the bill remained in introduced status and did not reach enactment.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5200 - Emergency Reporting Act | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 93%

Congress.gov lists H.R. 5201 as forwarded by subcommittee on 2026-01-15. The bill would direct the FCC to publish a report on implementation of Kari's Law, aimed at ensuring direct access to 9-1-1 through multi-line phone systems.

Additional committee-stage evidence showing active legislative work on 9-1-1 reliability, but no final passage or enactment is shown.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.5201 - Kari's Law Reporting Act | Congress.gov
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 91%