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Amendments

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 (S. 3199), S2204 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions

Americans With Disabilities Act: include privately owned or operated consumer facing websites and mobile applications and establish web accessibility compliance standards for such websites and applications (see H.R. 9539), H4363 [30JN]

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

Consumers: require telephone providers, cable television providers, direct broadcast satellite service providers, and Internet providers to automatically refund customers when their services are not working (see S. 4557), S2326 [18MY]

Courts: establish private right of action against person who sends unsolicited visual depictions of sexually explicit conduct (see S. 4695), S2664 [8JN] (see H.R. 9155), H3909 [4JN]

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 HHS: carry out grant program to establish toll-free telephone helpline to provide information and assistance to parents, caregivers, and youth to prevent child abuse and strengthen families (see H.R. 8156), H2790 [27MR]

——— enhance outreach to first responders in implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (see H.R. 8367), H2994 [20AP]

——— facilitate nationwide accessibility and coordination of 2-1-1 services to provide information and referral for health and human services needs (see H.R. 8520), H3123 [27AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish registry to reduce swatting (see H.R. 9887), H5176 [22JY]

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 Transportation: establish certain requirements for any communications by private entities relative to Dept. of Transportation numbers (see H.R. 8799), H3453 [13MY]

——— issue regulations to prohibit certain cell phone voice communications on aircraft in scheduled passenger interstate or intrastate air transportation (see H.R. 9530), H4316 [29JN]

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]

Disabled: establish hotline for caregivers of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 8620), H3330 [30AP]

Distracted Driving Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 1194), H2995 [20AP]

ERISA: prohibit health care providers and facilities from imposing certain facility fees for telehealth (see H.R. 9431), H4244 [24JN]

FCC: expand scope of Do Not Call rules to include all telephone subscribers and expand private right of action for telephone consumers to petition for statutory damages for unwanted, illegal robocalls (see S. 4307), S1785 [15AP] (see H.R. 8311), H2924 [15AP]

——— make grants available to States to inform individuals of potential eligibility for Affordable Connectivity and Lifeline programs (see S. 4438), S2128 [29AP] (see H.R. 8576), H3294 [29AP]

——— 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]

——— restrict use of certain automated telephone equipment relative to calls made to telephone numbers assigned to Federal department or agency (see H.R. 8120), H2776 [26MR]

FDA: allow digital communication of prescribing information for drugs, including biological products (see S. 5242), S4432 [4AU]

Federal Transit Administration: require recipients of assistance for public transportation projects to display information regarding suicide prevention hotline on public transportation owned or operated by such recipient (see H.R. 10216), H5425 [1SE]

GAO: conduct study relating to 1–800–MEDICARE (see H.R. 8216), H2829 [9AP]

IRS: improve services provided to taxpayers (see S. 4302), S1784 [15AP]

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

Mental health: establish interagency task force to review, and provide recommendations on, impact of addictive design features of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots on youth mental health (see H.R. 9948), H5202 [27JY]

——— 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 H.R. 9814), H5023 [21JY]

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]

NIST: support development of voluntary technical standard for setting screentime limit across certain devices (see H.R. 9692), H4467 [14JY]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see S. 4649), S2476 [1JN] (see H.R. 9016), H3730 [22MY]

SBA: establish Red Tape Hotline to receive notifications of burdensome agency rules (see S. 4674), S2525 [3JN]

SEC: address registration exemptions for securities of issuers that are rural telephone companies (see S. 5003), S4107 [15JY]

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] (see H. Res. 1241), H3331 [30AP]

Technology: ensure responsible age assurance practices within mobile ecosystem, particularly concerning protection of minors (see S. 4349), S1840 [20AP]

——— 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]

21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act: update (see S. 4322), S1820 [16AP] (see H.R. 8327), H2958 [16AP]

Veterans: enhance penalties for convictions for conspiracy to commit telemarketing or email marketing fraud committed against veterans (see S. 4445), S2170 [30AP] (see H.R. 8601), H3329 [30AP]

Remarks in House

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

Children and youth: protect children and teens online, empower parents, and strengthen families (H.R. 7757), H4280–H4296 [29JN], E672 [13JY]

Dept. of HHS: enhance outreach to first responders in implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (H.R. 8367), H3446 [13MY]

——— reauthorize Project ECHO Grant Program and establish grants under such program to disseminate knowledge and build capacity to address Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias (H.R. 3747), H4643–H4645 [20JY]

Drugs: require warning label advising that effects of mifepristone can be counteracted and establish hotline to provide information to women seeking to counteract effects of mifepristone (H.R. 796), H4231 [24JN]

FCC: establish vetting process for prospective applicants for high-cost Universal Service Program funding (S. 98), H2976–H2978 [20AP]

——— publish report on implementation of Kari’s Law Act (H.R. 5201), H2976 [20AP]

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

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

Remarks in Senate

Bureau of Prisons: increase penalty for prohibited provision of phone in correctional facility (S. 736), S2723, S2726 [10JN]

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

FCC: establish taskforce on unlawful robocalls (S. 2666), S4412–S4414 [3AU]

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

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 (S. 3199), S2204, S2205 [11MY]

National Slam the Scam Day: designate (S. Res. 627), S1789 [15AP]

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]

Reports filed

Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training (AADAPT) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3747) (H. Rept. 119–723), H4368 [2JY]

Foreign Robocall Elimination Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2666) (S. Rept. 119–122), S2476 [1JN]

Kari’s Law Reporting Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5201) (H. Rept. 119–574), H2775 [26MR]

Making National Parks Safer Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 290), S4264 [23JY]

988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 3199) (S. Rept. 119–119), S1935 [22AP]

Stopping Prison Contraband Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 736), S2372 [19MY]

Texts of

H.R. 3747, Accelerating Access to Dementia and Alzheimer’s Provider Training (AADAPT) Act, H4644 [20JY]

H.R. 5201, Kari’s Law Reporting Act, H2976 [20AP]

H.R. 7757, Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act, H4280–H4292 [29JN]

S. 98, Rural Broadband Protection Act, H2977 [20AP]

S. 736, Stopping Prison Contraband Act, S2726 [10JN]

S. 2666, Foreign Robocall Elimination Act, S4412–S4414 [3AU]

S. 3199, 988 Lifeline Location Improvement Act, S2204 [11MY]

S. 4307, Protecting American Consumers From Robocalls Act, S1786 [15AP]

S. 4438, Promoting Access to Broadband Act, S2131 [29AP]

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