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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Op
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-522
TO DIRECT THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO ISSUE RE-
PORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF THE DISASTER INFORMATION REPORT-
ING SYSTEM AND TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE RE-
PORTING
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5918]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 5918) to direct the Federal Communications Commis-
sion to issue reports after activation of the Disaster Information
Reporting System and to make improvements to network outage
reporting, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 3
II. Background and Need for the Legislation ................................................... 3
III. Com m ittee H earings ...................................................................................... 5
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 5
V . C om m ittee V otes ............................................................................................ 5
V I. O versight Findings ........................................................................................ 5
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures 6
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 6
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................... 6
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 6
XI. Com m ittee Cost Estim ate ........................................................................... 6
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits .................. 6
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 6
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch ............................................................. 6
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ........................................... 7
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 8
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM;
IMPROVEMENTS TO NETWORK OUTAGE REPORTING.
(a) REPORTS AFTER ACTIVATION OF DISASTER INFORMATION REPORTING SYSTEM.-
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