,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #cge #aaith ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ebjj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,april #ba1 #bjbf,received2 read twice and placed on the calendar ,,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 reporting1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,emergency ,reporting ,act4 #b4 ,reports after activation of ,disaster ,information ,reporting ,system2 improvements to network outage reporting 7a7 ,reports after activation of ,disaster ,information ,reporting ,system 7#a7 ,public hearings 7,a7 ,requirement ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the ,commission shall hold not less than #a public hearing relating to all events during the preceding #a-year period for which the ,system was activated for not less than #g days4 7,b7 ,inclusion of certain individuals in hearings ,for each public hearing held under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,commission shall consider including-- 7i7 representatives of ,state governments1 local governments1 or ,indian tribal governments in areas affected by such events2 7ii7 residents of the areas affected by such events1 or consumer advocates2 7iii7 providers of communications services affected by such events2 7iv7 faculty of institutions of higher education2 7v7 representatives of other ,federal agencies2 7vi7 electric utility providers2 7vii7 communications infrastructure companies2 and 7viii7 first responders1 emergency managers1 or #i-a-a directors in areas affected by such events4 7#b7 ,reports ,not later than #abj days after the date on which a public hearing held under paragraph 7#a7 concludes1 the ,commission shall issue a report that includes1 with respect to the events to which such hearing relates and to the extent known without requiring the collection of additional information-- 7,a7 the number and duration of any outages of-- 7i7 broadband internet access service2 7ii7 interconnected ,vo,i,p service2 7iii7 commercial mobile service2 and 7iv7 commercial mobile data service2 7,b7 the approximate number of users and the amount of communications infrastructure potentially affected by an outage described in subparagraph 7,a72 7,c7 the number and duration of any outages that prevent emergency communications centers from receiving caller location or number information or receiving emergency calls and routing such calls to emergency service personnel2 and 7,d7 any recommendations of the ,commission on how to improve the resiliency of affected communications services or networks4 7#c7 ,development of reports ,in developing a report required by paragraph 7#b71 the ,commission shall consider information collected by the ,commission with respect to the events to which such report relates1 including information collected through the ,system and the relevant public hearing4 7#d7 ,publication of reports 7,a7 ,in general ,except as provided in subparagraph 7,b71 the ,commission shall publish each report required by paragraph 7#b7 on the website of the ,commission upon the issuance of such report4 7,b7 ,exclusion ,in publishing a report under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,commission shall exclude information that is otherwise exempt from public disclosure under the rules of the ,commission or that was submitted to the ,commission with a proper request for confidential treatment as described in section #j4dei of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any successor regulation74 7b7 ,improvements to network outage reporting ,not later than #a year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission shall conduct an investigation and publish on the website of the ,commission a report on-- 7#a7 the value to public safety agencies of originating service providers including visual information to improve situational awareness about outages in the notifications provided to emergency communications centers1 as required by the rules of the ,commission2 7#b7 the volume and nature of #i-a-a outages that may go unreported under the outage notification thresholds of the ,commission2 7#c7 the balance between the value described in paragraph 7#a7 to public safety agencies and the burden and practicality for originating service providers of including visual information in outage notifications as described in such paragraph2 and 7#d7 recommended changes to the rules of the ,commission to address the matters reported under paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b74 7c7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in this section shall be construed to provide the ,commission or any other person authority over any provider of broadband internet access service beyond what is specifically authorized under this section4 7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,broadband internet access service ,the term broadband internet access service has the meaning given such term in section #h4a7;b7 of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any successor regulation74 7#b7 ,commercial mobile data service ,the term commercial mobile data service has the meaning given such term in section #fjja of the ,middle ,class ,tax ,relief and ,job ,creation ,act of #bjab 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #adja74 7#c7 ,commercial mobile service ,the term commercial mobile service has the meaning given such term in section #ccb7;d7 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #ccb7;d774 7#d7 ,commission ,the term ,commission means the ,federal ,communications ,commission4 7#e7 ,emergency communications center 7,a7 ,in general ,the term emergency communications center means-- 7i7 a facility that-- 7,i7 is designated to receive a #i-a-a request for emergency assistance2 and 7,,ii7 performs #a or more of the functions described in subparagraph 7,b72 or 7ii7 a public safety answering point 7as defined in section #bbb of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbb774 7,b7 ,functions described ,the functions described in this subparagraph are the following3 7i7 ,processing and analyzing #i-a-a requests for emergency assistance and information and data related to such requests4 7ii7 ,dispatching appropriate emergency response providers4 7iii7 ,transferring or exchanging #i-a-a requests for emergency assistance and information and data related to such requests with #a or more other emergency communications centers and emergency response providers4 7iv7 ,analyzing any communications received from emergency response providers4 7v7 ,supporting incident command functions4 7#f7 ,indian tribal government2 local government ,the terms ,indian tribal government and local government have the meanings given such terms in section #ajb of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eabb74 7#g7 ,interconnected ,vo,i,p service2 ,state ,the terms interconnected ,vo,i,p service and ,state have the meanings given such terms in section #c of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #aec74 7#h7 ,outage ,the term outage has the meaning given such term in section #d4e of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or any successor regulation74 7#i7 ,system ,the term ,system means the ,disaster ,information ,reporting ,system of the ,commission4 ,passed the ,house of ,representatives ,april #bj1 #bjbf4,kevin ,f4 ,mc,cumber1,clerk4 ,april #ba1 #bjbf,received2 read twice and placed on the calendar