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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 1250
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 21, 2021
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science,
and Transportation
AN ACT
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue
reports after activation of the Disaster Information Re-
porting System and to make improvements to network
outage reporting.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Reporting
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER INFOR-
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MATION
REPORTING
SYSTEM;
IMPROVE-
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MENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE REPORTING.
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(a) REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER IN-
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FORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM.—
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(1) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 weeks
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after the deactivation of the Disaster Informa-
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tion Reporting System with respect to an event
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for which the System was activated for at least
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7 days, the Commission shall issue a prelimi-
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nary report on, with respect to such event and
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to the extent known—
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(i) the number and duration of any
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outages of—
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(I) broadband internet access
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service;
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(II) interconnected VoIP service;
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(III) commercial mobile service;
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and
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(IV) commercial mobile data
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service;
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(ii) the approximate number of users
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or the amount of communications infra-
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structure potentially affected by an outage
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described in clause (i);
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(iii) the number and duration of any
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outages at public safety answering points
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that prevent public safety answering points
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from receiving emergency calls and routing
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such calls to emergency service personnel;
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and
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(iv) any additional information deter-
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mined appropriate by the Commission.
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(B) DEVELOPMENT
OF
REPORT.—The
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Commission shall develop the report required by
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subparagraph (A) using information collected
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by the Commission, including information col-
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lected by the Commission through the System.
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(2) PUBLIC FIELD HEARINGS.—
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(A) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 8
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months after the deactivation of the Disaster
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Information Reporting System with respect to
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an event for which the System was activated for
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at least 7 days, the Commission shall hold at
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least 1 public field hearing in the area affected
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by such event.
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(B) INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS
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IN HEARINGS.—For each public field hearing
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held under subparagraph (A), the Commission
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shall consider including—
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(i) representatives of State govern-
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ment, local government, or Indian Tribal
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governments in areas affected by such
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event;
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(ii) residents of the areas affected by
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such event, or consumer advocates;
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(iii) providers of communications serv-
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ices affected by such event;
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(iv) faculty of institutions of higher
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education;
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(v) representatives of other Federal
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agencies;
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(vi) electric utility providers;
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(vii) communications infrastructure
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companies; and
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(viii)
first
responders,
emergency
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managers, or 9–1–1 directors in areas af-
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fected by such event.
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(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 12 months
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after the deactivation of the Disaster Information
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Reporting System with respect to an event for which
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the System was activated for at least 7 days, the
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Commission shall issue a final report that includes,
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with respect to such event—
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(A) the information described under para-
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graph (1)(A); and
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(B) any recommendations of the Commis-
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sion on how to improve the resiliency of af-
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fected communications or networks recovery ef-
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forts.
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(4) DEVELOPMENT
OF
REPORTS.—In devel-
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oping a report required under this subsection, the
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Commission shall consider information collected by
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the Commission, including information collected by
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the Commission through the System, and any public
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hearing described in paragraph (2) with respect to
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the applicable event.
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(5) PUBLICATION.—The Commission shall pub-
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lish each report, excluding information that is other-
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wise exempt from public disclosure under the rules
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of the Commission, issued under this subsection on
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the website of the Commission upon the issuance of
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such report.
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(b) IMPROVEMENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE REPORT-
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ING.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act, the Commission shall conduct a pro-
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ceeding and, after public notice and an opportunity for
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comment, adopt rules to—
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(1) determine the circumstances under which to
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require service providers subject to the 9–1–1 regu-
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lations established under part 9 of title 47, Code of
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Federal Regulations, to submit a timely notification,
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(in an easily accessible format that facilities situa-
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tional awareness) to public safety answering points
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regarding communications service disruptions within
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the assigned territories of such public safety answer-
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ing points that prevent—
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(A) the origination of 9–1–1 calls;
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(B) the delivery of Automatic Location In-
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formation; or
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(C) Automatic Number Identification;
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(2) require such notifications to be made; and
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(3) specify the appropriate timing of such noti-
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fication.
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1)
AUTOMATIC
LOCATION
INFORMATION;
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AUTOMATIC NUMBER IDENTIFICATION.—The terms
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‘‘Automatic Location Information’’ and ‘‘Automatic
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Number Identification’’ have the meaning given
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those terms in section 9.3 of title 47, Code of Fed-
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eral Regulations, or any successor regulation.
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(2) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.—
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The term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ has
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the meaning given such term in section 8.1(b) of
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title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
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cessor regulation.
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(3) COMMERCIAL MOBILE SERVICE.—The term
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‘‘commercial mobile service’’ has the meaning given
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such term in section 332(d) of the Communications
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Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)).
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(4) COMMERCIAL MOBILE DATA SERVICE.—The
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term ‘‘commercial mobile data service’’ has the
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meaning given such term in section 6001 of the Mid-
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dle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012
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(47 U.S.C. 1401).
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(5) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’
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means the Federal Communications Commission.
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(6) INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOV-
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ERNMENT.—The terms ‘‘Indian Tribal government’’
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and ‘‘Indian Tribal Government’’ have the meaning
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given those terms in section 102 of the Robert T.
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Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
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Act (42 U.S.C. 5121).
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(7) INTERCONNECTED
VOIP
SERVICE.—The
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term ‘‘interconnected VoIP service’’ has the meaning
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given such term in section 3 of the Communications
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Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).
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(8) PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT.—The
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term ‘‘public safety answering point’’ has the mean-
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ing given such term in section 222 of the Commu-
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nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 222).
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(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
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ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica-
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tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).
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Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2021.
Attest:
CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
Clerk.
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