HOUSE 1421116th CongressSubcommittee Hearings Held.

HANGUP Act

Last Action: 4/30/2019

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2019-04-30Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2019-03-01Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
2019-02-28Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-02-28Introduced in House
2019-02-28Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2019-02-28 (00)

Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2019 or the HANGUP Act

This bill prohibits a debt collector from robocalling or texting without consent an individual for purposes of collecting a debt owed to or guaranteed by the federal government.

Cosponsors (14)

JAMES COOPER (D-TN)
SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)
BENNIE THOMPSON (D-MS)
Ed Case (D-HI)
Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
Susan Wild (D-PA)
Karen Bass (D-CA)
ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)
Jimmy Panetta (D-CA)

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Debt collection
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication

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