S 725
Passed a chamber
Requires the FCC to hold yearly public hearings and publish reports after major disasters that activate its Disaster Information Reporting System, and directs the Office of Management and Budget to classify public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation.
Official title: Enhancing First Response Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Received
11-SEP-2025
Senate
Introduced
25-FEB-2025
Referred
25-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
30-APR-2025
Reported
02-SEP-2025
On the calendar
02-SEP-2025
Passed
10-SEP-2025
- Requires the FCC to hold at least one public hearing each year on events where the Disaster Information Reporting System was activated for 7 or more days, then publish a report within 120 days of each hearing.
- Requires those reports to cover outages of broadband, interconnected VoIP, and mobile services, including outages that stop 911 call centers from receiving caller location or emergency calls.
- Directs the FCC to study whether 911 outage notices should include visual information and whether some 911 outages go unreported, with a report due within one year.
- Directs the Office of Management and Budget to classify public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation within 30 days, and requires the FCC to report on compliance with Kari's Law within 180 days.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in Senate" (25-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in Senate, 10-SEP-2025).
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■ 6 R■ 5 D■ 1 I
6 Republicans
1 Independent