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Bill114th CongressFiled Dec 3, 2015Science, Technology, Communications
H.R. 4167

Kari's Law Act of 2016

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What it doesSummary passed house amended (May 23, 2016)

Kari's Law Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses from manufacturing or importing for use in the United States, or selling or leasing in the United States, a multi-line telephone system unless it is pre-configured to allow users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities.

Businesses are prohibited from installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems without such a direct 9-1-1 call configuration.

Businesses installing, managing, or operating such systems for use in the United States must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed, or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware or software.

What just happenedMay 24, 2016

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1](R-TX)Sponsor
24 cosponsors5 D19 R
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  1. May 24, 2016IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

    Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
  2. May 23, 2016FloorH38800

    The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.

  3. May 23, 2016FloorH38310

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  4. May 23, 2016FloorH37300

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2888)

  5. May 23, 2016Floor8000

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2888)

  6. May 23, 2016FloorH30000

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2930-2931)

  7. May 23, 2016FloorH37210

    At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Sarbanes objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.

  8. May 23, 2016FloorH8D000

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4167.

  9. May 23, 2016FloorH30000

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2888-2889)

  10. May 23, 2016FloorH30300

    Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

  11. May 23, 2016CalendarsH12410

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 449.

  12. May 23, 2016CommitteeH12200

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-579.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  13. May 23, 2016Committee5000

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 114-579.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  14. Apr 28, 2016Committee

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  15. Apr 28, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  16. Apr 27, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  17. Apr 26, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  18. Apr 25, 2016Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  19. Apr 19, 2016Committee

    Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .

    Communications and Technology Subcommittee
  20. Apr 19, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Communications and Technology Subcommittee
  21. Apr 18, 2016Committee

    Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Communications and Technology Subcommittee
  22. Dec 4, 2015Committee

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

    Communications and Technology Subcommittee
  23. Dec 3, 2015IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    Energy and Commerce Committee
  24. Dec 3, 2015IntroReferralB00100

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9006-9009)

  25. Dec 3, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  26. Dec 3, 2015IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Passed House amendedMay 23, 201636

Kari's Law Act of 2016

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses from manufacturing or importing for use in the United States, or selling or leasing in the United States, a multi-line telephone system unless it is pre-configured to allow users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities.

Businesses are prohibited from installing, managing, or operating multi-line telephone systems without such a direct 9-1-1 call configuration.

Businesses installing, managing, or operating such systems for use in the United States must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed, or to another person or organization regardless of location, if the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware or software.

Introduced in HouseDec 3, 2015

Kari's Law Act of 2015

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that allows users to directly initiate a call to 9-1-1 (without dialing any additional digit, code, prefix, or post-fix, including any trunk-access code such as the digit "9") from any station equipped with dialing facilities.

Businesses installing such systems must configure the systems to provide a notification to a central location at the facility where the system is installed when a person at the facility initiates a call to 9-1-1 using the system, provided that the system is able to be so configured without an improvement to the hardware.

Kari's Law Act of 2016 — Informed