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Enhancing First Response Act

Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 725 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

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Passed first chamber
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Sponsors
13
Latest action
Sep 11, 2025

What it does

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…

Official summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 25, 2025

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Feb 25, 2025

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Sep 11, 2025

  4. Law (Not started)

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Who is involved

Sponsors

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Where it goes next

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