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H.R. 1289 (116th)

PHONE Act of 2020

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Introduced

14 February 2019

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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Summary

Preserving Home and Office Numbers in Emergencies Act of 2019 This bill restricts the reassignment of telephone numbers during a declared major disaster. Specifically, a number may not be reassigned except at the request of the subscriber during a period in which a major disaster has been declared. The bill also allows a subscriber to cancel service without a cancellation fee and to subscribe again with the same number with no fee if the subscriber is located in a disaster area and the disaster resulted in certain types of damage to the subscriber's residence.

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