TELEPHONES

Bills and resolutions

Children and youth: protect children and teens online, empower parents, and strengthen families (see H.R. 7757), H2368 [3MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: permit video or telephone certifications under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see S. 3842), S577 [11FE]

Dept. of the Interior: upgrade existing emergency communications centers in units of National Park System to Next Generation 9-1-1 systems (see H.R. 7031), H717 [13JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require call centers to use multi-factor identification to verify identity of callers relative to high-impact veteran or beneficiary actions (see H.R. 7704), H2327 [25FE]

FCC: promulgate regulations to improve Lifeline program (see H.R. 7963), H2550 [17MR]

——— require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see H.R. 7752), H2336 [2MR]

Medicare: protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see H.R. 7444), H2095 [9FE]

National Slam the Scam Day: designate (see S. Res. 627), S882 [5MR]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: further deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1 services to enhance and upgrade 9-1-1 systems (see S. 4062), S1009 [11MR]

SSA: request President furnish information to House of Representatives relative to Dept. of Government Efficiency access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in SSA possession (see H. Res. 1059), H2186 [11FE]

Technology: prohibit download or use of Chinese application on any Federal Government device (see H.R. 7121), H920 [15JA]

——— prohibit use of facial recognition mobile phone applications outside ports of entry (see H.R. 7124), H920 [15JA]

——— require any person that maintains Internet website or sells or distributes mobile application affiliated with foreign adversary country to disclose that fact to those who use such website or application (see S. 3614), S130 [12JA]

Remarks in House

California: management of next-generation 911 system funding, H2321 [25FE]

Medicare: expand access to telehealth services (H.R. 4206), H927 [20JA]

National Domestic Violence Hotline: anniversary, E152 [23FE]

Remarks in Senate

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: call for release of report entitled ‘‘U.S. Telecommunications Insecurity 2022’’, S438 [2FE]

FCC: mandate full compensation from telecommunications providers to customers following service outages, S229 [15JA]

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, S304 [28JA], S949–S951 [10MR]

Texts of

S. Res. 627, National Slam the Scam Day, S887 [5MR]