119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 25, 2025
Enhancing First Response Act
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Latest action (Sep 11, 2025): Held at the desk.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: 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.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Held at the desk.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6555; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6555)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 146.
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.
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.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,230,000
Spent on own lobbying
…- all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum - all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act - all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills. P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill A…
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COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
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CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,450,000
Spent on own lobbying
…- all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum - all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act - all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills. P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,500,000
Spent on own lobbying
…- all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum - all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act - all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills. P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 10, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$150,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…unications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for further deployment and coordination of Next Generation 9-1-1, and for other purposes. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act S. 2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$5,460,000
Spent on own lobbying
…unications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for further deployment and coordination of Next Generation 9-1-1, and for other purposes. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act S. 2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimination Act Issues related to 911 reliability Issues related to 988 Issues related to accessibili…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,570,000
Spent on own lobbying
…- all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum - all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act - all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills. P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$150,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 28, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…R. 2784 - Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025; H.R. 2350/S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025; H.R. 3447 - Chip Security Act; S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act; S. 2480 - Telecom Cybersecurity Transparency Act; and S. 2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimination Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$3,910,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 2350 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 H.R. 2784 - Stopping the Theft and Destruction of Broadband Act of 2025 H.R. 3447 - Chip Security Act S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 S. 2480 - Telecom Cybersecurity Transparency Act S. 2666 - Foreign Robocall Elimi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,610,000
Spent on own lobbying
…- all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum - all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act - all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills. P.L. 119-21 - One Big Beautiful Bill A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 10, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AARP · lobbying firm or registrant: AARP
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Oct 9, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$6,630,000
Spent on own lobbying
…xt Generation 911. No bill number. Discussed network resiliency and copper retirements. No bill number. Discussed Spectrum auction reauthorization and privacy. S. 725, the Enhancing First Response Act of 2025. H.R. 637, the 911 SAVES Act of 2025.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 25, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…ED for BEAD Act H.R. 2076/S. 1003 -- Lulus Law H.R. 2350/S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025; H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act; S. 503 - NET Act; and S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,610,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t, all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum, all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act, all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills. H.R. 1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act, pr…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$3,980,000
Spent on own lobbying
…lity Act H.R. 1870 - SPEED for BEAD Act H.R. 2076 - Lulus Law H.R. 2350 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 H.R. 2449 - FUTURE Networks Act S. 503 - NET Act S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act S. 1003 - Lulus Law S. 1137 - Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 Issues related to 911 reliability Issues related to accessibi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC · lobbying firm or registrant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
$2,690,000
Spent on own lobbying
…t, all provisions. S. 794 - A bill to require the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information to audit Federal spectrum, all provisions. S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act, all provisions. Issues related to Federal Communications Commission pole dispute bills.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 11, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$160,000
Spent on own lobbying
…oadband Buildout Accountability Act - Issues relating to Infrastructure Deployment, Permitting and Siting, Including on Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Lands S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act - Issues relating to Public Safety, E-911, NG-911, Location Accuracy, and Network Resiliency S. 792, Government Spectrum Valuatio…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
INTRADO LIFE AND SAFETY, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: PACESETTER STRATEGIES FORMERLY KNOWN AS K. BLACK STRATEGIES LLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 11, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
Amount not reported
Issues and matters related to public safety and telecommunications Issues and matters related to Next Generation 911 H.R. 1524 - ALYSSA Act S. 725 - Enhancing First Response Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. View filing
CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 7, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
ALERT Parity Act; S. 503, Network Equipment Transparency (NET) Act; FUTURE Networks Act; S. 725, Enhancing First Response Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing