# 114-hr-4167: Kari's Law Act of 2016

114-hr-4167, Kari's Law Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] (R-TX); status Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4167
- Congress: 114
- Title: Kari's Law Act of 2016
- Status: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Introduced: 2015-12-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 24
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

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.

## Cosponsors (24)

- Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (R-TX), 2015-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN DUNCAN (R-TN), 2015-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2015-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN CULBERSON (R-TX), 2015-12-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6] (R-TN), 2016-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22] (R-TX), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16] (D-TX), 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] (R-TX), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2016-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] (R-TX), 2016-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN SHIMKUS (R-IL), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] (R-AL), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2016-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] (R-TN), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX), 2016-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4] (R-WA), 2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Byrne, Bradley [R-AL-1] (R-AL), 2016-03-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2016-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3] (R-NV), 2016-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2016-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015
- 114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 114-hr-893: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act
- 114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act
- 114-hr-3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4167 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4167)

## Related
- [114-hr-1190: Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1190)
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
- [114-hr-893: Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-893)
- [114-hr-4773: Protecting Workplace Advancement and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4773)
- [114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1624)
- [114-hr-3516: Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3516)
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