Reps Pallone and McNerney Introduce RESILIENT Networks Act, a bill to improve network resiliency in times of emergency

House Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee member Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) introduced the Reinforcing and Evaluating Service Integrity, Local Infrastructure, and Emergency Notification for Today’s Networks Act (H.R. 5926), or the RESILIENT Networks Act, a bill to improve network resiliency in times of emergency. The RESILIENT Networks Act requires pre-planned coordination among providers of advanced communications service to take effect during times of emergency, including roaming and mutual aid arrangements.  It improves coordination between communications providers, 9-1-1 operators and public safety entities.  The legislation also includes mechanisms to ensure first responders are provided network outage data to help guide disaster response.