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Legislative Progress
Introduced
February 28, 2019
Latest Action
February 28, 2019
Primary Sponsor
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratic(MA)
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Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2019 or the HANGUP Act This bill prohibits a debt collector from robocalling or texting without consent an individual for purposes of collecting a debt owed to or guaranteed by the federal government.
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2019 · first_quarter · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV
Issue related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act Issues related to call blocking and labeling technologies Issues related to Shaken/Stir Issues related to Federal Data Privacy legislation H.R. 946 Stopping Bad Robocalls Act H.R.1304 To require the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, to establish a robocaller bounty pilot program, and for other purposes H.R. 1421 HANGUP Act H.R.1575 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to lengthen the statute of limitations for enforcing robocall violations, and for other purposes H.R. 1602 To deter criminal robocall violations S.151 TRACED Act S. 626 HANGUP Act S.819 The FCC Reporting Modernization Act
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE, Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury, Dept of