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119th Congress Science, Technology, Communications

S. 725: Enhancing First Response Act

Passed SenateSep 10, 2025

  1. Introduced (completed)Feb 25, 2025
  2. Passed Senate (completed)Sep 10, 2025
  3. Passed House (not reached)
  4. To the President (not reached)
  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in Senate, Feb 25, 2025

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.

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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.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

12

Bipartisan support.

Who scored on this bill

104 points earned
  1. 1Amy Klobuchar D-MN SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported, passed Senate4 events+56
  2. 2Marsha Blackburn R-TNCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
  3. 2Ted Budd R-NCCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
  4. 2Maria Cantwell D-WACosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
  5. 2Shelley Capito R-WVCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History

  1. Sep 10, 2025Passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent.
  2. Feb 25, 2025Introduced in the Senate by Amy Klobuchar.
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  1. Sep 11, 2025Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  2. Sep 11, 2025Received in the House.
  3. Sep 11, 2025Held at the desk.
  4. Sep 10, 2025Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  5. Sep 10, 2025Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6555; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6555)
  6. Sep 2, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-59.
  7. Sep 2, 2025Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146.
  8. Apr 30, 2025Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  9. Feb 25, 2025Introduced in Senate
  10. Feb 25, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.