HANGUP Act
Latest action · Nov 4, 2015 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 4, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone Calls Act of 2015 or the HANGUP Act
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 and the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 to repeal provisions that authorize the use of automated telephone equipment to call cellular telephones for the purpose of collecting debts owed to the U.S. government.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 4, 2015 to Jun 23, 2016; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Nov 4, 2015 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Dec 2, 2015 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Feb 10, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Mar 3, 2016 | |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | May 12, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | May 17, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jun 23, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Nov 4, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Nov 4, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 114-560 | THE TELEPHONE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT AT 25: EFFECTS ON CONSUMERS AND BUSINESS124 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | May 18, 2016 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4682 | HANGUP Act | Related bill | Mar 4, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to repeal debt collection amendments made by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Help Americans Never Get Unwanted Phone calls Act of 2015
- HANGUP Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 4, 2015Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
