Emergency Reporting Act
Sponsor: Doris Matsui (D-CA)
, 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. 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.
Science, Technology, Communications Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.
Who won, and how much of the country was behind them
The dotted gap is 9.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.
| Side | Outcome | Votes | Share of U.S. adults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | Won | 386 | 88.5% |
| Nay | Lost | 7 | 1.7% |
| Not represented on this question | No position taken | 0 | 9.9% |