HR 1289 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

PHONE Act of 2020

Introduced Feb 14, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Mike Thompson D-CA

Latest action · Sep 30, 2020 Received in the Senate and 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.

IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
Passed HouseSep 29, 2020
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020 or the PHONE Act of 2020

This bill restricts the reassignment of a telephone number assigned to a subscriber for the provision of fixed wireline voice service.

Specifically, for up to one year after a major disaster has been declared, such number may not be reassigned except at the request of the subscriber. Further, a subscriber may cancel service without a cancellation fee and resubscribe with the same number and no fee if the subscriber is located in a disaster area and the residence where the number is located is inaccessible or uninhabitable.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Aug 14, 2020; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 14, 2019
R-FL	Francis Rooney	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Feb 14, 2019
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Feb 14, 2019
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Feb 14, 2019
D-TX	Sylvia R. Garcia	Original	Feb 14, 2019
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Feb 26, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 18, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Mar 18, 2019
R-TX	Pete Olson		Mar 27, 2019
R-IA	Steve King		Apr 12, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey		Apr 18, 2019

Show all 36 cosponsors

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2019Markup Sep 9, 2020Reported Sep 29, 2020
	Communications and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Feb 15, 2019Hearings Feb 27, 2020Markup Mar 10, 2020Reported Mar 10, 2020
Senate	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Referred Sep 30, 2020

Actions 16

Everything that happened, newest first.

Sep 30, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Sep 29, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-541.
Sep 29, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 441.
Sep 29, 2020Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 29, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4971-4973)
Sep 29, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1289.
Sep 29, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4971-4972)
Sep 29, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 9, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 9, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Mar 10, 2020Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 10, 2020Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
Feb 27, 2020Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 15, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H4971–H4973Text printed H4971	Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, Jerry McNerney D-CA, Mike Thompson D-CA	Sep 29, 2020

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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 116-541

Constitutional authority

[Pages H8720-H8721] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Ms. WEXTON: H.R. 4971. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 7 By Miss. RICE of New York: H.R. 4972. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors were added to public bills and resolutions, as follows: H.R. 3: Ms. Judy Chu of California, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Perlmutter, and Ms. Davids of Kansas. H.R. 35: Mr. Neguse. H.R. 40: Ms. DeGette. H.R. 180: Mr. Thompson of Mississippi. H.R. 230: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 566: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 838: Mr. Meeks and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 849: Mr. Langevin and Mr. Casten of Illinois. H.R. 935: Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky. H.R. 1043: Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 1049: Mr. Lynch. H.R. 1092: Mr. Raskin. H.R. 1110: Mr. Wright. H.R. 1133: Ms. Ocasio-Cortez. H.R. 1155: Mr. Pence. H.R. 1171: Mr. Meeks. H.R. 1175: Mr. Richmond. H.R. 1188: Mr. Doggett. H.R. 1254: Ms. Wexton. H.R. 1257: Mr. Rutherford. H.R. 1289: Ms. Matsui. H.R. 1309: Mr. Richmond and Mr. Bishop of Georgia. H.R. 1367: Mr. Johnson of Georgia and Mr. Levin of Michigan. H.R. 1383: Mr. Olson. H.R. 1418: Mr. Schrader. H.R. 1468: Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1498: Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Perlmutter, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Dean, and Mr. Grijalva. H.R. 1528: Mr. Trone. H.R. 1652: Mr. Schrader, Mrs. Axne, Mr. Correa, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Evans, and Ms. Velazquez. H.R. 1673: Mr. Harris. H.R. 1680: Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Womack, Mr. Ferguson, and Mr. Byrne. H.R. 1705: Mrs. Lawrence. H.R. 1748: Mr. Sherman, Mr. Crow, Mr. Visclosky, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico, and Mr. Keating. H.R. 1754: Mr. Lynch, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Kind, Ms. Bass, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut. H.R. 1765: Mr. McKinley. H.R. 1777: Ms. Meng. H.R. 1923: Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lowenthal, and Ms. Garcia of Texas. H.R. 2051: Mr. Suozzi. H.R. 2075: Ms. Mucarsel-Powell. H.R. 2086: Mrs. Luria. H.R. 2117: Mr. Joyce of Ohio. H.R. 2147: Mr. Kildee, Ms. Moore, Mrs. Luria, Mr. Gottheimer, and Mr. Calvert. H.R. 2210: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2222: Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 2235: Mr. Crawford, Mr. Payne, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2279: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Rush, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Kennedy. H.R. 2283: Mr. Lewis. H.R. 2301: Mr. Bacon. H.R. 2411: Ms. Spanberger and Mr. Comer. H.R. 2433: Mr. Sires. H.R. 2498: Ms. Sewell of Alabama. H.R. 2501: Mr. Soto. H.R. 2521: Mr. Soto, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Bucshon, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois. H.R. 2584: Mr. Olson and Mr. Hice of Georgia. H.R. 2645: Ms. Jackson Lee. H.R. 2653: Mrs. Axne. H.R. 2656: Ms. Slotkin. H.R. 2668: Mr. Young and Ms. Finkenauer. H.R. 2693: Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Holding, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Arrington. H.R. 2746: Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico. H.R. 2747: Ms. Speier and Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2788: Mr. Amodei. H.R. 2802: Ms. Finkenauer and Ms. Schakowsky. H.R. 2825: Mrs. Walorski. H.R. 2862: Mr. Balderson. H.R. 2867: Ms. Brownley of California. H.R. 2985: Mr. Nunes and Mr. Rouda. H.R. 2986: Mr. Lewis and Mr. Blumenauer. H.R. 2990: Mr. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Norman, Ms. Stevens, and Mr. Davidson of Ohio. H.R. 3048: Mr. Smith of Missouri. H.R. 3062: Mr. Johnson of Ohio. H.R. 3080: Mr. Brindisi and Ms. Waters. H.R. 3127: Mr. Welch and Mr. Smith of Nebraska. H.R. 3138: Mr. Norcross. H.R. 3155: Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Waltz, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Perry, Mr. Collins of Georgia, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Reed, Mr. Pence, Mr[...]

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 173, October 31, 2019.

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
Serial No. 116-105	STRENGTHENING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS TO HELP AMERICANS IN CRISIS215 pages	Energy and Commerce Committee	Feb 27, 2020

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 7131	Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2018	Reintroduction of	Nov 14, 2018

Titles 8

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for a moratorium on number reassignment after a disaster declaration, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: PHONE Act of 2020; Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020
Short Title(s) as Passed House: PHONE Act of 2020; Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: PHONE Act of 2020; Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 30, 2020Referred in Senate
Sep 29, 2020Engrossed in House
Sep 29, 2020Reported in House
Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House

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