3.0.0 4682 2023-01-11T13:31:55Z 2023-01-11T13:31:55Z House HR 2016-03-03 114 [Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 35 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. DUCKWORTH:H.R. 4682.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 18, Section 8, Article 1 of the Constitution of theUnited States[Page H1144]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2016-03-04T15:00:40Z Referred to 2016-03-03T14:05:15Z Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2015 114 2235 S 2015-11-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2016-03-04 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2016-03-03 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2016-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2016-03-03 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000622 Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8] Tammy Duckworth D IL 8 N E000215 Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18] ANNA ESHOO D CA G. 18 2016-03-03 True N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2016-03-16 False S001145 Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] JANICE SCHAKOWSKY D IL D. 9 2016-03-22 False M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2016-11-16 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Debt collection Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2016-03-03 Introduced in House 2016-03-22T13:38:35Z Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone Calls Act of 2016 or the HANGUP Act

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 to repeal provisions that authorize the use of automated telephone equipment to call cellular telephones for the purpose of collecting debts owed to the U.S. government.

]]> HANGUP Act Display Title HANGUP Act Official Title as Introduced To repeal debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced HANGUP Act Short Titles as Introduced Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone Calls Act of 2016 Introduced in House 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr4682ih/xml/BILLS-114hr4682ih.xml 2016-03-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.