US Congress · S. 725 · Passed the Senate

Enhancing First Response Act

Introduced

Moved

Reached a final decision

Introduced 2025-02-25

Derived from the official record below.

Officially: “Enhancing First Response Act” Read the full text

Science, Technology, Communications

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 leas

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.

Where it is

Introduced · 2025-02-25

In the Senate.

Passed the Senate · 2025-09-10

House floor vote · next · the next step

Official documents

Full bill textread it on this site, version es (Engrossed in Senate), as published by GovInfo

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Congressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO

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The on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.

The numbers

29%

of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)

sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass

Who is lobbying on this

CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INCvia CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

6 filings

COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATIONvia COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

6 filings

CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATIONvia CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION

3 filings

CTIA: THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATIONvia MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC

3 filings

AARPvia AARP

2 filings

CTIA-THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATIONvia MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.

1 filing

INTRADO LIFE AND SAFETY, INC.via PACESETTER STRATEGIES FORMERLY KNOWN AS K. BLACK STRATEGIES LLC

1 filing

From 22 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.

Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Held at the desk. (2025-09-11).