H.R. 1289 · 116th Congress
PHONE Act of 2020
- Stage
- Passed a chamber
- Sponsor
- Mike Thompson
- Introduced
- 2019-02-14
- Latest action
- 2020-09-30 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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.