Requires the Federal Communications Commission to hold yearly public hearings and publish reports after the Disaster Information Reporting System is activated for an extended event, and to study how outage notices sent to 9-1-1 centers could be improved.

• Requires an annual public hearing on events in the prior year when the Disaster Information Reporting System was activated for at least 7 days.
• Requires a report within 120 days after each hearing on broadband, VoIP, and mobile service outages, including outages that block 9-1-1 calls, with recommendations to improve resiliency.
• Requires the FCC to publish each report on its website, excluding information that is exempt from disclosure or submitted under a confidentiality request.
• Requires a one-year FCC investigation and report on adding visual information to outage notices sent to emergency communications centers, and on 9-1-1 outages that may go unreported.

• Energy and Commerce Committee (House)
• Communications and Technology Subcommittee

Science, Technology, Communications