S 725
· 119th Congress
· Science, Technology, Communications
Enhancing First Response Act
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Sep 11, 2025
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Sep 11, 2025
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Sep 11, 2025
floor
Held at the desk.
Sep 10, 2025
passed
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Sep 10, 2025
passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6555; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6555)
Sep 02, 2025
committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-59.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Sep 02, 2025
other
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146.
Apr 30, 2025
committee
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Feb 25, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Feb 25, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Feb 25, 2025
Enhancing First Response Act
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report on certain activations of the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS). DIRS is a reporting system that is activated during severe weather and other events impacting communications service and enables communications providers to report outages and other degradations to service.
If the system was activated for at least seven days, the FCC must issue a preliminary report that includes information about the number, duration, and nature of all associated outages. The FCC must also hold at least one public field hearing in the area affected by the event, and it must issue a final report that includes recommendations for improving the resiliency of affected networks or recovery efforts.
Separately, 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, and (2) the value to public safety agencies of the inclusion of visual information in outage notifications from communications providers.
The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget, by 30 days after the bill's enactment, to categorize public safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System.
Finally, the Office of the Inspector General of the FCC is directed to publish a report on the implementation of Kari’s Law, which requires multiline telephone systems to be preconfigured to allow users to dial 9-1-1 directly from any phone without dialing any additional code or prefix.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 725 Reported in Senate (RS)]
+[S. 725 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]
<DOC>
-Calendar No. 146
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 725
-[Report No. 119-59]
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+AN ACT
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after
activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make
@@ -16,240 +17,8 @@
telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard
Occupational Classification system, and for other purposes.
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
-
-February 25, 2025
-
-Ms. Klobuchar (for herself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Sullivan,
-Mr. Lujan, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Markey, Mr. Budd, Mr. King, Mr. Thune, Mr.
-Kelly, Mr. Crapo, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill;
-which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
-Science, and Transportation
-
-September 2, 2025
-
-Reported by Mr. Cruz, with an amendment
-[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
-in italic]
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-A BILL
-
-To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after
-activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make
-improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize public safety
-telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard
-Occupational Classification system, and for other purposes.
-
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
-
-<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing First Response
-Act''.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED>SEC. 2. REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER INFORMATION
-REPORTING SYSTEM; IMPROVEMENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE
-REPORTING.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> (a) Definitions.--In this section:</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (1) Automatic location information; automatic
-number identification.--The terms ``Automatic Location
-Information'' and ``Automatic Number Identification'' have the
-meanings given those terms in section 9.3 of title 47, Code of
-Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (2) Broadband internet access service.--The term
-``broadband internet access service'' has the meaning given the
-term in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal
-Regulations, or any successor regulation.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (3) Commercial mobile service.--The term
-``commercial mobile service'' has the meaning given the term in
-section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
-332(d)).</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (4) Commercial mobile data service.--The term
-``commercial mobile data service'' has the meaning given the
-term in section 6001 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job
-Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1401).</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (5) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the
-Federal Communications Commission.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (6) Indian tribal government; local government.--
-The terms ``Indian tribal government'' and ``local government''
-have the meanings given those terms in section 102 of the
-Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
-(42 U.S.C. 5122).</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (7) Interconnected voip service; state.--The terms
-``interconnected VoIP service'' and ``State'' have the meanings
-given those terms in section 3 of the Communications Act of
-1934 (47 U.S.C. 153).</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (8) Multi-line telephone system.--The term
-``multi-line telephone system'' has the meaning given the term
-in section 721(f) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
-623(f)).</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (9) Outage.--The term ``outage'' has the meaning
-given the term in section 4.5 of title 47, Code of Federal
-Regulations, or any successor regulation.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (10) Public safety answering point.--The term
-``public safety answering point'' has the meaning given the
-term in section 222(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
-U.S.C. 222(h)).</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (11) System.--The term ``System'' means the
-Disaster Information Reporting System.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (b) Reports After Activation of Disaster Information
-Reporting System.--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (1) Preliminary report.--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (A) In general.--Not later than 6 weeks
-after the deactivation of the System with respect to an
-event for which the System was activated for not less
-than 7 days, the Commission shall issue a preliminary
-report on, with respect to such event and to the extent
-known--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (i) the number and duration of any
-outages of--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (I) broadband internet
-access service;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (II) interconnected VoIP
-service;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (III) commercial mobile
-service; and</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (IV) commercial mobile
-data service;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (ii) the approximate number of
-users or the amount of communications
-infrastructure potentially affected by an
-outage described in clause (i);</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (iii) the number and duration of
-any outages that prevent public safety
-answering points from receiving caller location
-or number information or receiving emergency
-calls and routing such calls to emergency
-service personnel; and</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (iv) any additional information
-determined appropriate by the
-Commission.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (B) Development of report.--The Commission
-shall develop the report required by subparagraph (A)
-using information collected by the Commission,
-including information collected by the Commission
-through the System.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (2) Public field hearings.--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (A) Requirement.--Not later than 8 months
-after the deactivation of the System with respect to an
-event for which the System was activated for not less
-than 7 days, the Commission shall hold not less than 1
-public field hearing in the area affected by such
-event.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (B) Inclusion of certain individuals in
-hearings.--For each public field hearing held under
-subparagraph (A), the Commission shall consider
-including--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (i) representatives of State
-government, local government, or Indian tribal
-governments in areas affected by such
-event;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (ii) residents of the areas
-affected by such event, or consumer
-advocates;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (iii) providers of communications
-services affected by such event;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (iv) faculty of institutions of
-higher education;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (v) representatives of other
-Federal agencies;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (vi) electric utility
-providers;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (vii) communications
-infrastructure companies; and</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (viii) first responders, emergency
-managers, or 9-1-1 directors in areas affected
-by such event.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (3) Final report.--Not later than 12 months after
-the deactivation of the System with respect to an event for
-which the System was activated for not less than 7 days, the
-Commission shall issue a final report that includes, with
-respect to such event--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (A) the information described in paragraph
-(1)(A); and</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (B) any recommendations of the Commission
-on how to improve the resiliency of affected
-communications or networks recovery efforts.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (4) Development of reports.--In developing a
-report required under this subsection, the Commission shall
-consider information collected by the Commission, including
-information collected by the Commission through the System, and
-any public hearing described in paragraph (2) with respect to
-the applicable event.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (5) Publication.--The Commission shall publish
-each report, excluding information that is otherwise exempt
-from public disclosure under the rules of the Commission,
-issued under this subsection on the website of the Commission
-upon the issuance of such report.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (c) Improvements to Network Outage Reporting.--Not later
-than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission
-shall investigate and publish a report on--</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (1) the value to public safety agencies of
-originating service providers including visual information to
-improve situational awareness about outages in the
-notifications provided to public safety answering points, as
-required by rules issued by the Commission;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (2) the volume and nature of 911 outages that may
-go unreported under the outage notification thresholds of the
-Commission; and</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (3) recommended changes to rules issued by the
-Commission to address paragraphs (1) and (2).</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED>SEC. 3. REPORTING OF PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS AS
-PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (1) Public safety telecommunicators play a
-critical role in emergency response, providing medical
-instruction, gathering lifesaving information, and protecting
-civilians and first responders.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (2) The Standard Occupational Classification
-system is designed and maintained solely for statistical
-purposes, and is used by Federal statistical agencies to
-classify workers and jobs into occupational categories for the
-purpose of collecting, calculating, analyzing, or disseminating
-data.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (3) Occupations in the Standard Occupational
-Classification are classified based on work performed and, in
-some cases, on the skills, education, or training needed to
-perform the work.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (4) Classifying public safety telecommunicators as
-a protective service occupation would correct an inaccurate
-representation in the Standard Occupational Classification,
-recognize these professionals for the lifesaving work they
-perform, and better align the Standard Occupational
-Classification with related classification systems.</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (b) Standard Occupational Classification System.--The
-Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, not later than
-30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, categorize public
-safety telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the
-Standard Occupational Classification system.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED>SEC. 4. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KARI'S LAW ACT OF
-2017.</DELETED>
-
-<DELETED> Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
-this Act, the Inspector General of the Commission shall publish a
-report regarding the enforcement by the Commission of section 721 of
-the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 623), which shall include--
-</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (1) a summary of the extent to which multi-line
-telephone system manufacturers and vendors have complied with
-that section;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (2) potential difficulties and obstacles in
-complying with that section;</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (3) recommendations to the Commission, if
-necessary, on ways to improve the policies of the Commission to
-better enforce that section; and</DELETED>
-<DELETED> (4) recommendations to Congress, if necessary, on
-further legislation that could mitigate problems like those
-that are addressed by that section.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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(4) recommendations to Congress, if necessary, on further
legislation that could mitigate problems like those that are
addressed by that section.
-Calendar No. 146
-
+
+Passed the Senate September 10, 2025.
+
+Attest:
+
+Secretary.
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 725
-[Report No. 119-59]
-
_______________________________________________________________________
-A BILL
+AN ACT
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to issue reports after
activation of the Disaster Information Reporting System and to make
improvements to network outage reporting, to categorize public safety
telecommunicators as a protective service occupation under the Standard
Occupational Classification system, and for other purposes.
-
-_______________________________________________________________________
-
-September 2, 2025
-
-Reported with an amendment
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