[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2235

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 4, 2015

 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, Mr. 
   Blumenthal, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Warren, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Franken, Ms. 
 Klobuchar, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was 
  read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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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 2015'' or ``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2015 is repealed.
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