Congress orders study on sharing caller location with suicide crisis line
H.R. 9814 — 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act of 2026 · Filed by Joe Neguse (D-CO) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jul 21, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill tells the FCC to study how to send a caller's spot to 988. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is a crisis phone line. It also tells the Government Accountability Office to report on issues. The issues are technical, legal, safety, and cost. The bill does not require spot-sharing. It only requires study and ideas on whether it could work.
Who it affects
People in crisis who call 988 could get faster help. This could happen if their spot is shared. Phone companies may need to help with the system.
One thing to notice
The bill only orders a study. It does not require spot-sharing to happen.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 3 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
- Jul 21, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jul 21, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- FCC — The Federal Communications Commission, the government agency that makes rules about phones.
- Government Accountability Office — A government agency that studies how well federal programs work.
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — A free phone line people can call when they are in crisis.
- spot — Data that shows where a person is calling from.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (5,255 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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