3.0.0 626 2022-11-01T17:03:30Z 2022-11-01T17:03:30Z Senate S 2019-02-28 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-28T20:33:45Z HANGUP Act 116 1421 HR 2019-04-30 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2019-02-28 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2019-02-28 True Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Debt collection Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Public contracts and procurement Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2019-12-13T21:17:01Z 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.

]]> HANGUP Act Display Title HANGUP Act Short Title(s) as Introduced HANGUP Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to repeal debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s626is/xml/BILLS-116s626is.xml 2019-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.