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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7132 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Received 

AN ACT 

To preserve safe access to communications services for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Connections Act 

3 of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, terms used 

6 in this Act that are defined in section 345(a) of the Com7 munications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of this 

8 Act, have the meanings given those terms in such section 

9 345(a). 

10 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

11 Congress finds the following: 

12 (1) Domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, 

13 sexual assault, human trafficking, and related 

14 crimes are life-threatening issues and have lasting 

15 and harmful effects on individuals, families, and en16 tire communities. 

17 (2) Survivors often lack meaningful support 

18 and options when establishing independence from an 

19 abuser, including barriers such as financial insecu20 rity and limited access to reliable communications 

21 tools to maintain essential connections with family, 

22 social safety networks, employers, and support serv23 ices. 

24 (3) Perpetrators of violence and abuse described 

25 in paragraph (1) increasingly use technological and 


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1 communications tools to exercise control over, mon2 itor, and abuse their victims. 

3 (4) Communications law can play a public in4 terest role in the promotion of safety, life, and prop5 erty with respect to the types of violence and abuse 

6 described in paragraph (1). For example, inde7 pendent access to a wireless phone plan can assist 

8 survivors in establishing security and autonomy. 

9 (5) Safeguards within communications services 

10 can serve a role in preventing abuse and narrowing 

11 the digital divide experienced by survivors of abuse. 

12 SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS 

13 WITHIN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. 

14 Part I of title III of the Communications Act of 1934 

15 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 345. PROTECTION OF SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIO18 LENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND RELATED 

19 CRIMES. 

20 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

21 ‘‘(1) ABUSER.—The term ‘abuser’ means an in22 dividual who has committed or allegedly committed 

23 a covered act against— 

24 ‘‘(A) an individual who seeks relief under 

25 subsection (b); or 


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1 ‘‘(B) an individual in the care of an indi2 vidual who seeks relief under subsection (b). 

3 ‘‘(2) COVERED ACT.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered act’ 

5 means conduct that constitutes— 

6 ‘‘(i) a crime described in section 

7 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women 

8 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), includ9 ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex10 ual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking; 

11 ‘‘(ii) an act or practice described in 

12 paragraph (11) or (12) of section 103 of 

13 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

14 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) (relating to severe 

15 forms of trafficking in persons and sex 

16 trafficking, respectively); or 

17 ‘‘(iii) an act under State law, Tribal 

18 law, or the Uniform Code of Military Jus19 tice that is similar to an offense described 

20 in clause (i) or (ii). 

21 ‘‘(B) CONVICTION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth22 ing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to 

23 require a criminal conviction or any other deter24 mination of a court in order for conduct to con25 stitute a covered act. 


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1 ‘‘(3) COVERED PROVIDER.—The term ‘covered 

2 provider’ means a provider of a private mobile serv3 ice or commercial mobile service, as those terms are 

4 defined in section 332(d). 

5 ‘‘(4) PRIMARY ACCOUNT HOLDER.—The term 

6 ‘primary account holder’ means an individual who is 

7 a party to a mobile service contract with a covered 

8 provider. 

9 ‘‘(5) SHARED MOBILE SERVICE CONTRACT.— 

10 The term ‘shared mobile service contract’— 

11 ‘‘(A) means a mobile service contract for 

12 an account that includes not less than 2 con13 sumers; and 

14 ‘‘(B) does not include enterprise services 

15 offered by a covered provider. 

16 ‘‘(6) SURVIVOR.—The term ‘survivor’ means an 

17 individual who is not less than 18 years old and— 

18 ‘‘(A) against whom a covered act has been 

19 committed or allegedly committed; or 

20 ‘‘(B) who cares for another individual 

21 against whom a covered act has been committed 

22 or allegedly committed (provided that the indi23 vidual providing care did not commit or alleg24 edly commit the covered act). 


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1 ‘‘(b) SEPARATION OF LINES FROM SHARED MOBILE

2 SERVICE CONTRACT.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 business 

4 days after receiving a completed line separation re5 quest from a survivor pursuant to subsection (c), a 

6 covered provider shall, as applicable, with respect to 

7 a shared mobile service contract under which the 

8 survivor and the abuser each use a line— 

9 ‘‘(A) separate the line of the survivor, and 

10 the line of any individual in the care of the sur11 vivor, from the shared mobile service contract; 

12 or 

13 ‘‘(B) separate the line of the abuser from 

14 the shared mobile service contract. 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS ON PENALTIES, FEES, AND

16 OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in 

17 paragraphs (5) through (7), a covered provider may 

18 not make separation of a line from a shared mobile 

19 service contract under paragraph (1) contingent on 

20 any requirement other than the requirements under 

21 subsection (c), including— 

22 ‘‘(A) payment of a fee, penalty, or other 

23 charge; 


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1 ‘‘(B) maintaining contractual or billing re2 sponsibility of a separated line with the pro3 vider; 

4 ‘‘(C) approval of separation by the primary 

5 account holder, if the primary account holder is 

6 not the survivor; 

7 ‘‘(D) a prohibition or limitation, including 

8 one described in subparagraph (A), on number 

9 portability, provided such portability is tech10 nically feasible, or a request to change phone 

11 numbers; 

12 ‘‘(E) a prohibition or limitation on the sep13 aration of lines as a result of arrears accrued 

14 by the account; 

15 ‘‘(F) an increase in the rate charged for 

16 the mobile service plan of the primary account 

17 holder with respect to service on any remaining 

18 line or lines; or 

19 ‘‘(G) any other limitation or requirement 

20 not listed under subsection (c). 

21 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

22 paragraph (2) shall be construed to require a cov23 ered provider to provide a rate plan for the primary 

24 account holder that is not otherwise commercially 

25 available. 


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1 ‘‘(4) REMOTE OPTION.—A covered provider 

2 shall offer a survivor the ability to submit a line sep3 aration request under subsection (c) through secure 

4 remote means that are easily navigable, provided 

5 that remote options are commercially available and 

6 technically feasible. 

7 ‘‘(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSFERRED

8 TELEPHONE NUMBERS.—Notwithstanding para9 graph (2), beginning on the date on which a covered 

10 provider transfers billing responsibilities for and use 

11 of a telephone number or numbers to a survivor 

12 under paragraph (1)(A) in response to a line separa13 tion request submitted by the survivor under sub14 section (c), unless ordered otherwise by a court, the 

15 survivor shall assume financial responsibility, includ16 ing for monthly service costs, for the transferred 

17 telephone number or numbers. 

18 ‘‘(6) RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSFERRED

19 TELEPHONE NUMBERS FROM A SURVIVOR’S AC20 COUNT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), upon the 

21 transfer of a telephone number under paragraph 

22 (1)(B) in response to a line separation request sub23 mitted by a survivor under subsection (c), the sur24 vivor shall have no further financial responsibilities 

25 to the transferring covered provider for the services 


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1 provided by the transferring covered provider for the 

2 telephone number or for any mobile device associ3 ated with the telephone number. 

4 ‘‘(7) RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOBILE DEVICE.— 

5 Notwithstanding paragraph (2), beginning on the 

6 date on which a covered provider transfers billing re7 sponsibilities for and rights to a telephone number 

8 or numbers to a survivor under paragraph (1)(A) in 

9 response to a line separation request submitted by 

10 the survivor under subsection (c), unless otherwise 

11 ordered by a court, the survivor shall not assume fi12 nancial responsibility for any mobile device associ13 ated with the separated line, unless the survivor pur14 chased the mobile device, or affirmatively elects to 

15 maintain possession of the mobile device. 

16 ‘‘(8) NOTICE TO SURVIVOR.—If a covered pro17 vider separates a line from a shared mobile service 

18 contract under paragraph (1) and the primary ac19 count holder is not the survivor, the covered provider 

20 shall notify the survivor of the date on which the 

21 covered provider intends to give any formal notice to 

22 the primary account holder. 

23 ‘‘(c) LINE SEPARATION REQUEST.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a survivor 

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1 ice contract, the survivor shall submit to the covered 

2 provider a line separation request that— 

3 ‘‘(A) verifies that an individual who uses a 

4 line under the shared mobile service contract 

5 has committed or allegedly committed a covered 

6 act against the survivor or an individual in the 

7 survivor’s care, by providing— 

8 ‘‘(i) a copy of a signed affidavit from 

9 a licensed medical or mental health care 

10 provider, licensed military medical or men11 tal health care provider, licensed social 

12 worker, victim services provider, or licensed 

13 military victim services provider, or an em14 ployee of a court, acting within the scope 

15 of that person’s employment; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) a copy of a police report, state17 ments provided by police, including mili18 tary police, to magistrates or judges, 

19 charging documents, protective or restrain20 ing orders, military protective orders, or 

21 any other official record that documents 

22 the covered act; 

23 ‘‘(B) in the case of relief sought under 

24 subsection (b)(1)(A), with respect to— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a line used by the survivor that 

2 the survivor seeks to have separated, states 

3 that the survivor is the user of that spe4 cific line; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) a line used by an individual in 

6 the care of the survivor that the survivor 

7 seeks to have separated, includes an affi8 davit setting forth that the individual— 

9 ‘‘(I) is in the care of the survivor; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(II) is the user of that specific 

12 line; and 

13 ‘‘(C) requests relief under subparagraph 

14 (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) and identifies 

15 each line that should be separated. 

16 ‘‘(2) COMMUNICATIONS FROM COVERED PRO17 VIDERS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A covered provider 

19 shall notify a survivor seeking relief under sub20 section (b) in clear and accessible language that 

21 the covered provider may contact the survivor, 

22 or designated representative of the survivor, to 

23 confirm the line separation, or if the covered 

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1 tion for any reason, pursuant to subparagraphs 

2 (B) and (C). 

3 ‘‘(B) REMOTE MEANS.—A covered provider 

4 shall notify a survivor under subparagraph (A) 

5 through remote means, provided that remote 

6 means are commercially available and tech7 nically feasible. 

8 ‘‘(C) ELECTION OF MANNER OF CON9 TACT.—When completing a line separation re10 quest submitted by a survivor through remote 

11 means under paragraph (1), a covered provider 

12 shall allow the survivor to elect in the manner 

13 in which the covered provider may— 

14 ‘‘(i) contact the survivor, or des15 ignated representative of the survivor, in 

16 response to the request, if necessary; or 

17 ‘‘(ii) notify the survivor, or designated 

18 representative of the survivor, of the inabil19 ity of the covered provider to complete the 

20 line separation. 

21 ‘‘(3) ENHANCED PROTECTIONS UNDER STATE

22 LAW.—This subsection shall not affect any law or 

23 regulation of a State providing communications pro24 tections for survivors (or any similar category of in25 dividuals) that has less stringent requirements for 


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1 providing evidence of a covered act (or any similar 

2 category of conduct) than this subsection. 

3 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIAL AND SECURE TREATMENT OF

4 PERSONAL INFORMATION.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 

6 222(c)(2), a covered provider and any officer, direc7 tor, employee, vendor, or agent thereof shall treat 

8 any information submitted by a survivor under sub9 section (c) as confidential and securely dispose of 

10 the information not later than 90 days after receiv11 ing the information. 

12 ‘‘(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

13 paragraph (1) shall be construed to prohibit a cov14 ered provider from maintaining, for longer than the 

15 period specified in that paragraph, a record that 

16 verifies that a survivor fulfilled the conditions of a 

17 line separation request under subsection (c). 

18 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CON19 SUMERS.—A covered provider shall make information 

20 about the options and process described in subsections (b) 

21 and (c) readily available to consumers— 

22 ‘‘(1) on the website and the mobile application 

23 of the provider; 

24 ‘‘(2) in physical stores; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) in other forms of public-facing consumer 

2 communication. 

3 ‘‘(f) TECHNICAL INFEASIBILITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirement to effec5 tuate a line separation request pursuant to sub6 section (b)(1) shall not apply to a covered provider 

7 if the covered provider cannot operationally or tech8 nically effectuate the request. 

9 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—If a covered provider can10 not operationally or technically effectuate a line sep11 aration request as described in paragraph (1), the 

12 covered provider shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) notify the survivor who submitted the 

14 request of that infeasibility— 

15 ‘‘(i) at the time of the request; or 

16 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a survivor who has 

17 submitted the request using remote means, 

18 not later than 2 business days after receiv19 ing the request; and 

20 ‘‘(B) provide the survivor with information 

21 about other alternatives to submitting a line 

22 separation request, including starting a new 

23 line of service. 

24 ‘‘(g) LIABILITY PROTECTION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered provider and any 

2 officer, director, employee, vendor, or agent thereof 

3 shall not be subject to liability for any claims deriv4 ing from an action taken or omission made with re5 spect to compliance with this section and the rules 

6 adopted to implement this section. 

7 ‘‘(2) COMMISSION AUTHORITY.—Nothing in this 

8 subsection shall limit the authority of the Commis9 sion to enforce this section or any rules or regula10 tions promulgated by the Commission pursuant to 

11 this section.’’. 

12 SEC. 5. RULEMAKING ON PROTECTIONS FOR SURVIVORS 

13 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

14 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

15 (1) the term ‘‘Affordable Connectivity Pro16 gram’’ means the program established under section 

17 904(b) of division N of the Consolidated Appropria18 tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), as amended 

19 by section 60502 of the Infrastructure Investment 

20 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), or any suc21 cessor program; 

22 (2) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com23 mittees’’ means the Committee on Commerce, 

24 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 


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1 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

2 of Representatives; 

3 (3) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

4 Communications Commission; 

5 (4) the term ‘‘covered hotline’’ means a hotline 

6 related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

7 assault, stalking, sex trafficking, severe forms of 

8 trafficking in persons, or any other similar act; 

9 (5) the term ‘‘designated program’’ means the 

10 program designated by the Commission under sub11 section (b)(2)(A)(i) to provide emergency commu12 nications support to survivors; 

13 (6) the term ‘‘Lifeline program’’ means the pro14 gram set forth in subpart E of part 54 of title 47, 

15 Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu16 lation); 

17 (7) the term ‘‘text message’’ has the meaning 

18 given the term in section 227(e)(8) of the Commu19 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)); and 

20 (8) the term ‘‘voice service’’ has the meaning 

21 given such term in section 4(a) of the Pallone-Thune 

22 Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement 

23 and Deterrence Act (47 U.S.C. 227b(a)). 

24 (b) RULEMAKINGS.— 

25 (1) LINE SEPARATIONS.— 


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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

2 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

3 the Commission shall adopt rules to implement 

4 section 345 of the Communications Act of 

5 1934, as added by section 4 of this Act. 

6 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting rules 

7 under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 

8 consider— 

9 (i) privacy protections; 

10 (ii) account security and fraud detec11 tion; 

12 (iii) account billing procedures; 

13 (iv) procedures for notification of sur14 vivors about line separation processes; 

15 (v) notice to primary account holders; 

16 (vi) situations in which a covered pro17 vider cannot operationally or technically 

18 separate a telephone number or numbers 

19 from a shared mobile service contract such 

20 that the provider cannot effectuate a line 

21 separation request; 

22 (vii) the requirements for remote sub23 mission of a line separation request, in24 cluding how that option facilitates submis25 sion of verification information and meets 


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1 the other requirements of section 345 of 

2 the Communications Act of 1934, as added 

3 by section 4 of this Act; 

4 (viii) feasibility of remote options for 

5 small covered providers; 

6 (ix) implementation timelines, includ7 ing those for small covered providers; 

8 (x) financial responsibility for trans9 ferred telephone numbers; 

10 (xi) whether and how the survivor can 

11 affirmatively elect to take financial respon12 sibility for the mobile device associated 

13 with the separated line; 

14 (xii) compliance with subpart U of 

15 part 64 of title 47, Code of Federal Regu16 lations, or any successor regulations (relat17 ing to customer proprietary network infor18 mation) or any other legal or law enforce19 ment requirements; and 

20 (xiii) ensuring covered providers have 

21 the necessary account information to com22 ply with the rules and with section 345 of 

23 the Communications Act of 1934, as added 

24 by section 4 of this Act. 


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1 (2) EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

2 FOR SURVIVORS.— 

3 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

4 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

5 or as part of a general rulemaking proceeding 

6 relating to the Lifeline program or the Afford7 able Connectivity Program, whichever occurs 

8 earlier, the Commission shall adopt rules that— 

9 (i) designate a single program, which 

10 shall be either the Lifeline program or the 

11 Affordable Connectivity Program, to pro12 vide emergency communications support to 

13 survivors in accordance with this para14 graph; and 

15 (ii) allow a survivor who is suffering 

16 from financial hardship and meets the re17 quirements under section 345(c)(1) of the 

18 Communications Act of 1934, as added by 

19 section 4 of this Act, without regard to 

20 whether the survivor meets the otherwise 

21 applicable eligibility requirements of the 

22 designated program, to— 

23 (I) enroll in the designated pro24 gram as quickly as is feasible; and 


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1 (II) participate in the designated 

2 program based on such qualifications 

3 for not more than 6 months. 

4 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting rules 

5 under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 

6 consider— 

7 (i) how survivors who are eligible for 

8 relief and elected to separate a line under 

9 section 345(c)(1) of the Communications 

10 Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of this 

11 Act, but whose lines could not be separated 

12 due to operational or technical infeasibility, 

13 can participate in the designated program; 

14 and 

15 (ii) confidentiality in the transfer and 

16 retention of any necessary documentation 

17 regarding the eligibility of a survivor to en18 roll in the designated program. 

19 (C) EVALUATION.—Not later than 2 years 

20 after completing the rulemaking under subpara21 graph (A), the Commission shall— 

22 (i) evaluate the effectiveness of the 

23 Commission’s provision of support to sur24 vivors through the designated program; 


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1 (ii) assess the detection and elimi2 nation of fraud, waste, and abuse with re3 spect to the support described in clause (i); 

4 and 

5 (iii) submit to the appropriate con6 gressional committees a report that in7 cludes the evaluation and assessment de8 scribed in clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. 

9 (D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

10 this paragraph shall be construed to limit the 

11 ability of a survivor who meets the require12 ments under section 345(c)(1) of the Commu13 nications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of 

14 this Act, to participate in the designated pro15 gram indefinitely if the survivor otherwise quali16 fies for the designated program under the rules 

17 of the designated program. 

18 (E) NOTIFICATION.—A covered provider 

19 that receives a line separation request pursuant 

20 to section 345 of the Communications Act of 

21 1934, as added by section 4 of this Act, shall 

22 inform the survivor who submitted the request 

23 of— 

24 (i) the existence of the designated pro25 gram; 


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1 (ii) who qualifies to participate in the 

2 designated program under the rules adopt3 ed under subparagraph (A) that are spe4 cially applicable to survivors; and 

5 (iii) how to participate in the des6 ignated program under the rules described 

7 in clause (ii). 

8 (3) HOTLINE CALLS.— 

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

10 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

11 the Commission shall commence a rulemaking 

12 proceeding to consider whether to, and how the 

13 Commission should— 

14 (i) establish, and update on a monthly 

15 basis, a central database of covered hot16 lines to be used by a covered provider or 

17 a wireline provider of voice service; and 

18 (ii) require a covered provider or a 

19 wireline provider of voice service to omit 

20 from consumer-facing logs of calls or text 

21 messages any records of calls or text mes22 sages to covered hotlines in the central 

23 database described in clause (i), while 

24 maintaining internal records of those calls 

25 and messages. 


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1 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—The rulemaking 

2 conducted under subparagraph (A) shall include 

3 consideration of— 

4 (i) the ability of law enforcement 

5 agencies or survivors to access a log of 

6 calls or text messages in a criminal inves7 tigation or civil proceeding; 

8 (ii) the ability of a covered provider or 

9 a wireline provider of voice service to— 

10 (I) identify logs that are con11 sumer-facing; and 

12 (II) omit certain consumer-facing 

13 logs, while maintaining internal 

14 records of such calls and text mes15 sages; and 

16 (iii) any other factors associated with 

17 the implementation of clauses (i) and (ii) 

18 to protect survivors, including factors that 

19 may impact smaller providers. 

20 (C) NO EFFECT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.— 

21 Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed 

22 to— 

23 (i) limit or otherwise affect the ability 

24 of a law enforcement agency to access a 


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1 log of calls or text messages in a criminal 

2 investigation; or 

3 (ii) alter or otherwise expand provider 

4 requirements under the Communications 

5 Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (Pub6 lic Law 103–414; 108 Stat. 4279) or the 

7 amendments made by that Act. 

8 (D) COMPLIANCE.—If the Commission es9 tablishes a central database through the rule10 making under subparagraph (A) and a covered 

11 provider updates its own databases to match 

12 the central database not less frequently than 

13 once every 30 days, no cause of action shall lie 

14 or be maintained in any court against the cov15 ered provider or its officers, employees, or 

16 agents for claims deriving from omission from 

17 consumer-facing logs of calls or text messages 

18 of any records of calls or text messages to cov19 ered hotlines in the central database. 

20 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

21 The requirements under section 345 of the Commu22 nications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of this Act, 

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1 menting that section pursuant to section 5(b)(1) of this 

2 Act. 

3 SEC. 7. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

4 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

5 Act shall be construed to abrogate, limit, or otherwise af6 fect the provisions set forth in the Communications Assist7 ance for Law Enforcement Act (Public Law 103–414; 108 

8 Stat. 4279) and the amendments made by that Act, any 

9 authority granted to the Federal Communications Com10 mission pursuant to that Act or the amendments made 

11 by that Act, or any regulations promulgated by the Fed12 eral Communications Commission pursuant to that Act or 

13 the amendments made by that Act. 

14 SEC. 8. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

15 The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 

16 complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 

17 shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 

18 titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 

19 Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 

20 by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, 


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1 provided that such statement has been submitted prior to 

2 the vote on passage. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 27, 2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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