TELEPHONES

Amendments

National Warrior Call Day: designate (S. Res. 208), S4664, S4665 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: authorize provision of non-medical counseling services to members or their dependents by mental health professional without regard to location of provider or recipient of such services (see H.R. 3267), H2310 [11MY]

Army: ensure that members of reserve components may access Army Training Requirements and Resources System using personal Internet-enabled devices (see H.R. 4344), H3141 [23JN]

Business and industry: prohibit all transactions from TikTok Inc., or other social media companies in, or under influence of, certain foreign countries of concern (see S. 347), S311 [9FE] (see H.R. 1081), H852 [17FE]

ByteDance Ltd.: require to divest itself of certain assets and require Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review certain business relationships between ByteDance and U.S. businesses (see H.R. 4927), H4029 [26JY]

China: require anyone who maintains Internet site or mobile app owned by Chinese Communist Party or located in China to disclose that fact to anyone who downloads or otherwise uses such application (see S. 3329), S5540 [15NO] (see H.R. 784), H677 [2FE]

——— require anyone who maintains Internet site or mobile app that stores information in China to disclose that fact and whether Chinese Communist Party or Chinese state-owned entity has access (see H.R. 742), H675 [2FE]

Consumers: require creditors to establish phone line to assist obligors 50 years of age and older to resolve billing errors (see H.R. 4743), H3857 [19JY]

Correctional institutions: provide for additional prohibitions and enhanced penalties for providing or possessing wireless communications devices in detention facilities (see H.R. 3949), H2786 [9JN]

Crime: penalize false communications to cause emergency response (see H.R. 3913), H2778 [7JN]

——— prohibit people from intentionally impeding 9-8-8 suicide and crisis lifeline telephone number (see H.R. 3648), H2596 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: permit States to record in writing that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants have provided telephonic verbal affirmation of application (see S. 2885), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5643), H4455 [21SE]

——— permit video or telephone certifications under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 984), S954 [27MR] (see H.R. 2424), H1691 [30MR]

——— reauthorize Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network and establish national agricultural crisis hotline (see H.R. 5246), H4196 [22AU]

Dept. of Commerce: require continuation of export controls relative to Huawei Technologies Co. (see H.R. 686), H576 [31JA]

——— submit report assessing value, cost, and feasibility of developing trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting contiguous U.S., Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria (see H.R. 3385), H2376 [16MY]

Dept. of Defense: carry out pilot program to pre-program suicide prevention resources into smart devices issued to Armed Forces members (see H.R. 3009), H2117 [28AP]

Dept. of Education: conduct study on use of mobile devices in elementary and secondary schools and establish pilot program of awarding grants to enable certain schools to create school environment free of mobile devices (see S. 3266), S5458 [9NO]

——— prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education unless it has banned use of TikTok on electronic devices (see H.R. 231), H149 [10JA]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to establish national network of statewide legal hotlines for senior citizens (see S. 2009), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 4153), H2956 [15JN]

——— award grants to eligible entities to establish or maintain student mental health and safety helpline (see H.R. 822), H679 [2FE]

——— carry out grant program for States to provide telephone reassurance services to certain older adults and to other adults with disabilities (see H.R. 6388), H5728 [13NO]

——— facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 2-1-1 and 9-8-8 services to provide information and referrals for mental health emergencies, homeless needs, and social and human services needs (see S. 1729), S1744 [18MY] (see H.R. 3498), H2454 [18MY]

——— maintain peer-to-peer support line, provide information, brief intervention, and mental health resources to at-risk youth, and establish grant for local educational agencies to employ mental health coordinators (see S. 3525), S5996 [14DE]

——— provide temporary licensing reciprocity for telehealth and interstate health care treatment (see H.R. 5541), H4380 [18SE]

——— require entities that contract with National Human Trafficking Hotline to cooperate with State and local law enforcement agencies when receiving tips via hotline (see H.R. 2601), H1724 [13AP]

——— secure National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from cybersecurity incidents (see S. 1493), S1566 [9MY] (see H.R. 498), H322 [25JA]

——— study and report on actions taken to expand access to telehealth services under Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance programs (see H.R. 1110), H864 [21FE]

Dept. of Justice: clarify causation element in Federal hate crime statute (see H.R. 1091), H853 [17FE]

——— provide funding to States to implement anonymous school threat reporting programs (see H.R. 5126), H4157 [1AU]

Dept. of the Interior: identify locations in national parks with greatest need for broadband Internet access service and with greatest need for cellular service (see S. 2018), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 5919), H4998 [11OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs and SSA: implement automated systems with callback functionality for each customer service telephone line (see H.R. 6656), H6739 [7DE]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: carry out certain activities to enhance recreational opportunities for gateway communities and establish digital National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass (see S. 390), S351 [13FE] (see H.R. 3200), H2244 [10MY]

Disabled: ensure people with disabilities have full access to mainstream communication products and services necessary to participate equally in professional, educational, recreational, and civic contexts (see S. 2904), S4654 [21SE] (see H.R. 5705), H4497 [26SE]

Drugs: allow for use of telehealth in substance use disorder treatment (see S. 3193), S5315 [1NO] (see H.R. 5163), H4165 [4AU]

——— study effects of remote monitoring on individuals who are prescribed opioids (see H.R. 4093), H2930 [14JN]

Executive Office of the President: announce whether action will be taken on covered transaction under Defense Production Act that passed Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. transaction review deadline (see H.R. 2895), H2048 [26AP]

——— prohibit downloading or using of TikTok video app on U.S. devices and require Director of National Intelligence submit report on threat to national security posed by TikTok (see S. 85), S98 [25JA] (see H.R. 503), H323 [25JA]

FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (see S. 1047), S1053 [29MR] (see H.R. 2380), H1640 [29MR]

——— collect and maintain data on growth in use of Internet of Things devices and devices that use fifth generation (5G) mobile networks to determine amount of electromagnetic spectrum needed for such use (see H.R. 904), H823 [9FE]

——— enforce forfeiture penalties relative to violations of restrictions on use of telephone equipment (see S. 2095), S2185 [21JN] (see H.R. 4224), H2990 [20JN]

——— establish council to make recommendations on ways to increase security, reliability, and interoperability of communications networks (see S. 828), S798 [15MR] (see H.R. 1370), H1113 [3MR]

——— establish 6G Task Force (see H.R. 1513), H1248 [9MR]

——— establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (see S. 275), S264 [7FE]

——— exclude certain projects to place, modify, or construct eligible personal wireless facilities from environmental or historical preservation review regulations (see H.R. 3289), H2342 [15MY]

——— exclude certain projects to place, modify, or construct eligible telecommunications service facilities from environmental or historical preservation review regulations (see H.R. 3288), H2342 [15MY]

——— exclude deployment of small personal wireless service facilities from environmental or historical preservation review regulations (see H.R. 3323), H2345 [15MY]

——— identify social media entities under influence of certain foreign entities and take measures to protect U.S. from such entities (see S. 872), S826 [16MR]

——— improve access by Indian Tribes to support from universal service programs (see S. 2810), S4525 [14SE] (see H.R. 5494), H4345 [14SE]

——— improve coordination with National Telecommunications and Information Administration relative to spectrum management (see H.R. 1341), H1112 [3MR]

——— improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see S. 3324), S5540 [15NO] (see H.R. 800), H678 [2FE]

——— issue rules for provision of emergency connectivity service (see H.R. 1353), H1112 [3MR]

——— make grants available to States to inform Medicaid enrollees, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants, and low-income residents of potential eligibility for Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs (see S. 3024), S4948 [4OC] (see H.R. 5886), H4985 [3OC]

——— prohibit granting license or U.S. access for non-geostationary orbit satellite system if license or access would be held by entity that produces covered communications equipment or service (see H.R. 675), H575 [31JA]

——— prohibit schools that receive certain support from allowing access to social media platforms on subsidized services, devices, or networks (see S. 3074), S5088 [18OC]

——— provide for moratorium on telephone number reassignment after disaster declaration (see H.R. 6836), H6985 [14DE]

——— require providers of cable and telephone service to charge veterans’ organizations residential rates (see H.R. 3075), H2126 [2MY]

——— require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see H.R. 6823), H6984 [14DE]

FDA: allow digital communication of prescribing information for drugs, including biological products (see S. 2916), S4678 [26SE] (see H.R. 1503), H1248 [9MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit officers, employees, and elected officials of Federal Government from having, establishing, or maintaining official accounts on Tik Tok (see H.R. 5144), H4164 [4AU]

Federal aid programs: prohibit receipt of Federal funds by individuals or entities conducting business with social media companies associated with countries of concern (see S. 875), S826 [16MR]

Financial Literacy and Education Commission: study impact of language barriers to financial health and require website and toll-free telephone number to be provided in most commonly spoken languages in U.S. (see H.R. 2835), H1946 [25AP]

FTC: revise ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 373), H242 [17JA]

Information technology: preempt State and local encryption laws to ensure uniform, national policy for interstate issue of encryption technology (see H.R. 5311), H4211 [29AU]

——— prohibit U.S. Government phones from using any financial service application owned or operated, directly or indirectly, by Chinese Communist Party or any member of such Party (see H.R. 4453), H3159 [30JN]

——— regulate or prohibit transactions using mobile applications or software programs that engage in theft of user data on behalf of communist country, foreign adversary, or state sponsor of terrorism (see H.R. 57), H100 [9JA]

Law enforcement: prohibit use of cell-site simulators by Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies without probable cause warrants (see H.R. 6194), H5362 [2NO]

Medicare: ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth (see H.R. 3432), H2425 [17MY]

——— expand access to telehealth services (see S. 2016), S2122 [15JN] (see H.R. 4189), H2958 [15JN]

——— protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see S. 1636), S1704 [17MY] (see H.R. 3440), H2425 [17MY]

——— provide coverage and payment for certain tests and assistive telehealth consultations (see H.R. 207), H105 [9JA]

——— provide for permanent payments for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 5611), H4437 [20SE]

——— provide for waiver of certain telehealth requirements to permit reimbursement of audio-only telehealth services during emergency declarations (see S. 729), S742 [9MR]

——— remove geographic requirements and expand originating site for telehealth services (see H.R. 134), H102 [9JA]

Mental health: establish multi-stakeholder advisory committee to provide recommendations to address challenges to transmitting geolocation information with calls to 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline (see S. 3482), S5961 [13DE] (see H.R. 6763), H6941 [13DE]

National security: create risk framework to evaluate foreign mobile applications of concern (see H.R. 6106), H5174 [26OC]

National ‘‘Slam the Scam’’ Day: designate (see S. Res. 101), S743 [9MR]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: audit Federal spectrum (see S. 998), S999 [28MR]

——— further deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1 services to enhance and upgrade 9-1-1 systems (see S. 2712), S3757 [27JY] (see H.R. 1784), H1437 [24MR]

National Warrior Call Day: designate (see S. Res. 208), S1624 [11MY] (see H. Res. 535), H3071 [21JN]

Privacy: prevent law enforcement and intelligence agencies from obtaining subscriber or customer records in exchange for anything of value and address communications and records in possession of intermediary Internet providers (see S. 2576), S3753 [27JY] (see H.R. 4639), H3611 [14JY]

SEC: revise shareholder threshold for registration under Securities Exchange Act for issuers that receive support through certain Federal universal service support mechanisms (see S. 3242), S5402 [7NO] (see H.R. 4360), H3142 [23JN]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: direct Center for Mental Health Services to develop and disseminate strategy to address effects of new technologies on children’s mental health (see H.R. 3164), H2171 [9MY]

——— improve accessibility of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see S. 3444), S5851 [7DE] (see H.R. 4974), H4137 [27JY]

——— improve implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (see H.R. 4851), H3948 [25JY]

Taxation: exclude gain from sale or exchange of entire interest in wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier (see H.R. 1178), H874 [24FE]

——— make permanent permissible first-dollar coverage of telehealth services in health savings accounts (see S. 731), S742 [9MR]

Technology: require anyone that sells or distributes mobile app to disclose if it has been prohibited for Government-owned devices (see H.R. 750), H675 [2FE]

Telecommunications: exclude certain broadband projects from environmental or historical preservation review regulations (see H.R. 3297), H2343 [15MY]

——— exclude certain communications projects from environmental or historical preservation review regulations (see H.R. 4141), H2956 [15JN]

——— preserve and protect ability of State and local governments, public-private partnerships, and cooperatives to provide broadband services (see S. 1197), S1255 [19AP] (see H.R. 2552), H1717 [10AP]

——— provide outreach and technical assistance to small providers regarding benefits of open radio access networks, known as ‘‘Open RAN’’ (see H.R. 1340), H1112 [3MR]

——— streamline State and local government regulatory process over decisions on placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless service facilities (see H.R. 3279), H2342 [15MY]

——— streamline State and local government regulatory process over decisions on placement, construction, and modification of telecommunications service facilities (see H.R. 3295), H2343 [15MY]

Telehealth Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 368), S4678 [26SE] (see H. Res. 676), H4263 [12SE]

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act: update (see S. 2494), S3522 [25JY] (see H.R. 4858), H3948 [25JY]

Veterans: enhance penalties for convictions for conspiracy to commit telemarketing or email marketing fraud committed against veterans (see S. 2503), S3619 [26JY] (see H.R. 3956), H2786 [9JN]

World War I: award Congressional Gold Medal to female telephone operators of Army Signal Corps, known as ‘‘Hello Girls’’ (see S. 815), S798 [15MR] (see H.R. 1572), H1284 [14MR]

Letters

Questions relative to relationship between ByteDance Ltd and TikTok Inc.: Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal, S4908 [3OC]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Commerce: submit report assessing value, cost, and feasibility of developing trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting contiguous U.S., Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria (H.R. 3385), H3076 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit from purchasing data that would otherwise require search warrant, court order, or subpoena, H3584, H3585 [14JY]

——— raise awareness of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline veterans crisis line, H3484 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to eligible entities to establish or maintain student mental health and safety helpline (H.R. 822), H5663 [9NO]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being used to create national hotline providing counseling to individuals seeking abortions or other family planning services, H2506 [23MY]

Distracted Driving Awareness Month: observance, E328 [18AP]

FCC: allow State or Federal correctional facilities to utilize jamming equipment to prevent contraband cell phone use in prisons (H.R. 2380), H1532 [29MR]

——— anniversary of 9-8-8 national suicide prevention hotline, H3602 [14JY]

——— issue rules for provision of emergency connectivity service (H.R. 1353), H1922–H1924 [25AP]

——— prohibit granting license or U.S. access for non-geostationary orbit satellite system if license or access would be held by entity that produces covered communications equipment or service (H.R. 675), H3925 [25JY]

FTC: encourage inter-agency collaboration to pursue fraud targeting senior citizens, H5583 [8NO]

Medicare: provide for permanent payments for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, H4388 [19SE]

National 211 Day: observance, E89 [2FE]

OMB: reclassify public safety telecommunicators (9-1-1 operators and dispatchers) as protective service occupations within Standard Occupational Classification system, H2339, H2340 [15MY]

Technology: address potential national security threat of TikTok video app, H1890 [20AP]

Remarks in Senate

ByteDance Ltd.: require to divest itself of certain assets and require Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. to review certain business relationships between ByteDance and U.S. businesses, S4907 [3OC]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit download or use of TikTok video app on U.S. devices and require Director of National Intelligence submit report on threat to national security posed by TikTok (S. 85), unanimous-consent request, S1033, S1035 [29MR], S5419, S5420 [8NO]

——— prohibit downloading or using of TikTok video app on U.S. devices and require Director of National Intelligence submit report on threat to national security posed by TikTok (S. 85), S1032–S1037 [29MR], S5418–S5421 [8NO]

FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (S. 275), S2087 [14JN]

National ‘‘Slam the Scam’’ Day: designate (S. Res. 101), S750, S751 [9MR]

National Warrior Call Day: designate (S. Res. 208), S4665 [21SE]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: improve accessibility of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (S. 3444), S5853 [7DE]

Telehealth Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 368), S4676 [26SE]

TikTok Inc.: allegations of promoting pro-Hamas (terrorist organization) propaganda and antisemitic content, censorship of speech, unauthorized surveillance and tracking, and use against Chinese dissidents through video app, S5593 [27NO]

——— prohibit from accessing U.S. citizen user data from within China, S885 [22MR], S969–S971 [27MR]

——— prohibit from accessing U.S. citizens’ user data from within China, S887 [22MR]

Reports filed

Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1353) (H. Rept. 118–39), H1914 [24AP]

DiasporaLink Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3385) (H. Rept. 118–239), H4950 [2OC]

9-8-8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 498) (H. Rept. 118–52), H2306 [11MY]

Secure Space Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 675) (H. Rept. 118–41), H1944 [25AP]

Texts of

H.R. 1353, Advanced, Local Emergency Response Telecommunications (ALERT) Parity Act, H1922 [25AP]

S. 3024, Promoting Access to Broadband Act, S4951 [4OC]

S. Res. 101, National ‘‘Slam the Scam’’ Day, S747 [9MR]

S. Res. 208, National Warrior Call Day, S1629 [11MY], S4665 [21SE]

S. Res. 368, Telehealth Awareness Week, S4686 [26SE]