Bill > HR1289

Introduced Session

PHONE Act of 2020 PHONE Act of 2020 Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020 Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020 This bill restricts the reassignment of a telephone number assigned to a subscriber for the provision of fixed wireline voice service. Specifically, for up to one year after a major disaster has been declared, such number may not be reassigned except at the request of the subscriber. Further, a subscriber may cancel service without a cancellation fee and resubscribe with the same number and no fee if the subscriber is located in a disaster area and the residence where the number is located is inaccessible or uninhabitable.

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Mike Thompson (D)*,  Cindy Axne (D),  Julia Brownley (D),  André Carson (D),  Ed Case (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Tom Cole (R),  Dan Crenshaw (R),  Joe Cunningham (D),  Neal Dunn (R),  Anna Eshoo (D),  Brian Fitzpatrick (R),  John Garamendi (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Steve King (R),  Ann Kuster (D),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Elaine Luria (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Michael McCaul (R),  Jerry McNerney (D),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Pete Olson (R),  Scott Peters (D),  Bill Posey (R),  Francis Rooney (R),  Harley Rouda (D),  John Rutherford (R),  Elissa Slotkin (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Dina Titus (D),  Randy Weber (R), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (on 09/30/2020)

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