[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4682 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4682

To repeal debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act 
                                of 2015.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2016

  Ms. Duckworth (for herself and Ms. Eshoo) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To repeal debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act 
                                of 2015.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Help Americans Never Get Unwanted 
Phone Calls Act of 2016'' or as the ``HANGUP Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DEBT COLLECTION AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 227(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking ``, 
                unless such call is made solely to collect a debt owed 
                to or guaranteed by the United States''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``, is made 
                solely pursuant to the collection of a debt owed to or 
                guaranteed by the United States,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (F), by adding ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``; and'' at 
                the end and inserting a period; and
                    (C) by striking subparagraph (H).
    (b) Regulations.--Section 301(b) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 
2015 is repealed.
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