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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7132 

To preserve safe access to communications services for survivors of domestic 

violence and other crimes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 17, 2022 

Ms. KUSTER (for herself and Ms. ESHOO) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 of 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, terms used 

8 in this Act that are defined in section 345(a) of the Com9 munications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of this 


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

2 345(a). 

3 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds the following: 

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

6 sexual assault, human trafficking, and related 

7 crimes are life-threatening issues and have lasting 

8 and harmful effects on individuals, families, and en9 tire communities. 

10 (2) Survivors often lack meaningful support 

11 and options when establishing independence from an 

12 abuser, including barriers such as financial insecu13 rity and limited access to reliable communications 

14 tools to maintain essential connections with family, 

15 social safety networks, employers, and support serv16 ices. 

17 (3) Perpetrators of violence and abuse described 

18 in paragraph (1) increasingly use technological and 

19 communications tools to exercise control over, mon20 itor, and abuse their victims. 

21 (4) Communications law can play a public in22 terest role in the promotion of safety, life, and prop23 erty with respect to the types of violence and abuse 

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1 pendent access to a wireless phone plan can assist 

2 survivors in establishing security and autonomy. 

3 (5) Safeguards within communications services 

4 can serve a role in preventing abuse and narrowing 

5 the digital divide experienced by survivors of abuse. 

6 SEC. 4. PROTECTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS 

7 WITHIN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES. 

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

9 (47 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 345. PROTECTION OF SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIO12 LENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND RELATED 

13 CRIMES. 

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

15 ‘‘(1) ABUSER.—The term ‘abuser’ means an in16 dividual who has committed or allegedly committed 

17 a covered act against— 

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

19 subsection (b); or 

20 ‘‘(B) an individual in the care of an indi21 vidual who seeks relief under subsection (b). 

22 ‘‘(2) COVERED ACT.— 

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

24 means conduct that constitutes— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a crime described in section 

2 40002(a) of the Violence Against Women 

3 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), includ4 ing domestic violence, dating violence, sex5 ual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking; 

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

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

8 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 

9 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102) (relating to severe 

10 forms of trafficking in persons and sex 

11 trafficking, respectively); or 

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

13 law, or the Uniform Code of Military Jus14 tice that is similar to an offense described 

15 in clause (i) or (ii). 

16 ‘‘(B) CONVICTION NOT REQUIRED.—Noth17 ing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed to 

18 require a criminal conviction or any other deter19 mination of a court in order for conduct to con20 stitute a covered act. 

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

22 provider’ means a provider of a private mobile serv23 ice or commercial mobile service, as those terms are 

24 defined in section 332(d). 


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

2 ‘primary account holder’ means an individual who is 

3 a party to a mobile service contract with a covered 

4 provider. 

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

6 The term ‘shared mobile service contract’— 

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

8 an account that includes not less than 2 con9 sumers; and 

10 ‘‘(B) does not include enterprise services 

11 offered by a covered provider. 

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

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

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

15 committed or allegedly committed; or 

16 ‘‘(B) who cares for another individual 

17 against whom a covered act has been committed 

18 or allegedly committed (provided that the indi19 vidual providing care did not commit or alleg20 edly commit the covered act). 

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

22 SERVICE CONTRACT.— 

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

24 days after receiving a completed line separation re25 quest from a survivor pursuant to subsection (c), a 


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1 covered provider shall, as applicable, with respect to 

2 a shared mobile service contract under which the 

3 survivor and the abuser each use a line— 

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

5 the line of any individual in the care of the sur6 vivor, from the shared mobile service contract; 

7 or 

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

9 the shared mobile service contract. 

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

11 OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Except as provided in 

12 paragraphs (5) through (8), a covered provider may 

13 not make separation of a line from a shared mobile 

14 service contract under paragraph (1) contingent on 

15 any requirement other than the requirements under 

16 subsection (c), including— 

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

18 charge; 

19 ‘‘(B) maintaining contractual or billing re20 sponsibility of a separated line with the pro21 vider; 

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

23 account holder, if the primary account holder is 

24 not the survivor; 


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

2 one described in subparagraph (A), on number 

3 portability, provided such portability is tech4 nically feasible, or a request to change phone 

5 numbers; 

6 ‘‘(E) a prohibition or limitation on the sep7 aration of lines as a result of arrears accrued 

8 by the account; 

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

10 the mobile service plan of the primary account 

11 holder with respect to service on any remaining 

12 line or lines; or 

13 ‘‘(G) any other limitation or requirement 

14 not listed under subsection (c). 

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

16 paragraph (2) shall be construed to require a cov17 ered provider to provide a rate plan for the primary 

18 account holder that is not otherwise commercially 

19 available. 

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

21 shall offer a survivor the ability to submit a line sep22 aration request under subsection (c) through secure 

23 remote means that are easily navigable, provided 

24 that remote options are commercially available and 

25 technically feasible. 


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1 ‘‘(5) RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSFERRED

2 TELEPHONE NUMBERS.—Notwithstanding para3 graph (2), beginning on the date on which a covered 

4 provider transfers billing responsibilities for and 

5 rights to a telephone number or numbers to a sur6 vivor under paragraph (1)(A) in response to a line 

7 separation request submitted by the survivor under 

8 subsection (c), unless ordered otherwise by a court, 

9 the survivor shall assume financial responsibility, in10 cluding for monthly service costs, for the transferred 

11 telephone number or numbers. 

12 ‘‘(6) RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRANSFERRED

13 TELEPHONE NUMBERS FROM A SURVIVOR’S AC14 COUNT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (2), upon the 

15 transfer of a telephone number under paragraph 

16 (1)(B) in response to a line separation request sub17 mitted by a survivor under subsection (c), the sur18 vivor shall have no further financial responsibilities 

19 to the transferring covered provider for the services 

20 provided by the transferring covered provider for the 

21 telephone number or for any mobile device associ22 ated with the telephone number. 

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

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1 sponsibilities for and rights to a telephone number 

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

3 response to a line separation request submitted by 

4 the survivor under subsection (c), unless otherwise 

5 ordered by a court, the survivor shall not assume fi6 nancial responsibility for any mobile device associ7 ated with the separated line, unless the survivor pur8 chased the mobile device, or affirmatively elects to 

9 maintain possession of the mobile device. 

10 ‘‘(8) NOTICE TO SURVIVOR.—If a covered pro11 vider separates a line from a shared mobile service 

12 contract under paragraph (1) and the primary ac13 count holder is not the survivor, the covered provider 

14 shall notify the survivor of the date on which the 

15 covered provider intends to give any formal notice to 

16 the primary account holder. 

17 ‘‘(c) LINE SEPARATION REQUEST.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A survivor shall submit to 

19 the covered provider a line separation request that— 

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

21 line under the shared mobile service contract 

22 has committed or allegedly committed a covered 

23 act against the survivor or an individual in the 

24 survivor’s care, by providing— 


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

2 a licensed medical or mental health care 

3 provider, licensed military medical or men4 tal health care provider, licensed social 

5 worker, victim services provider, or licensed 

6 military victim services provider, or an em7 ployee of a court, acting within the scope 

8 of that person’s employment; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) a copy of a police report, state10 ments provided by police, including mili11 tary police, to magistrates or judges, 

12 charging documents, protective or restrain13 ing orders, military protective orders, or 

14 any other official record that documents 

15 the covered act; 

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

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

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

19 the survivor seeks to have separated, states 

20 that the survivor is the user of that spe21 cific line; and 

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

23 the care of the survivor that the survivor 

24 seeks to have separated, includes an affi25 davit setting forth that the individual— 


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

2 and 

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

4 line; and 

5 ‘‘(C) requests relief under subparagraph 

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

7 each line that should be separated. 

8 ‘‘(2) COMMUNICATIONS FROM COVERED PRO9 VIDERS.— 

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

11 shall notify a survivor seeking relief under sub12 section (b) in clear and accessible language that 

13 the covered provider may contact the survivor, 

14 or designated representative of the survivor, to 

15 confirm the line separation, or if the covered 

16 provider is unable to complete the line separa17 tion for any reason, pursuant to subparagraphs 

18 (B) and (C). 

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

20 shall notify a survivor under subparagraph (A) 

21 through remote means, provided that remote 

22 means are commercially available and tech23 nically feasible. 

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1 quest submitted by a survivor through remote 

2 means under paragraph (1), a covered provider 

3 shall allow the survivor to elect in the manner 

4 in which the covered provider may— 

5 ‘‘(i) contact the survivor, or des6 ignated representative of the survivor, in 

7 response to the request, if necessary; or 

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

9 representative of the survivor, of the inabil10 ity of the covered provider to complete the 

11 line separation. 

12 ‘‘(3) ENHANCED PROTECTIONS UNDER STATE

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

14 regulation of a State providing communications pro15 tections for survivors (or any similar category of in16 dividuals) that has less stringent requirements for 

17 providing evidence of a covered act (or any similar 

18 category of conduct) than this subsection. 

19 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIAL AND SECURE TREATMENT OF

20 PERSONAL INFORMATION.— 

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

22 222(b), a covered provider and any officer, director, 

23 employee, vendor, or agent thereof shall treat any 

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1 the information not later than 90 days after receiv2 ing the information. 

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

4 paragraph (1) shall be construed to prohibit a cov5 ered provider from maintaining, for longer than the 

6 period specified in that paragraph, a record that 

7 verifies that a survivor fulfilled the conditions of a 

8 line separation request under subsection (c). 

9 ‘‘(e) AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CON10 SUMERS.—A covered provider shall make information 

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

12 and (c) readily available to consumers— 

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

14 of the provider; 

15 ‘‘(2) in physical stores; and 

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

17 communication. 

18 ‘‘(f) TECHNICAL INFEASIBILITY.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The requirement to effec20 tuate a line separation request pursuant to sub21 section (b)(1) shall not apply to a covered provider 

22 if the covered provider cannot operationally or tech23 nically effectuate the request. 

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1 aration request as described in paragraph (1), the 

2 covered provider shall— 

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

4 request of that infeasibility— 

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

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

7 submitted the request using remote means, 

8 not later than 2 business days after receiv9 ing the request; and 

10 ‘‘(B) provide the survivor with information 

11 about other alternatives to submitting a line 

12 separation request, including starting a new 

13 contract. 

14 ‘‘(g) LIABILITY PROTECTION.— 

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

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

17 shall not be subject to liability for any claims deriv18 ing from an action taken or omission made with re19 spect to compliance with this section and the rules 

20 adopted to implement this section. 

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

22 subsection shall limit the authority of the Commis23 sion to enforce this section or any rules or regula24 tions promulgated by the Commission pursuant to 

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1 SEC. 5. RULEMAKING ON PROTECTIONS FOR SURVIVORS 

2 OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. 

3 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

4 (1) the term ‘‘Affordable Connectivity Pro5 gram’’ means the program established under section 

6 904(b) of division N of the Consolidated Appropria7 tions Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), as amended 

8 by section 60502 of the Infrastructure Investment 

9 and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58), or any suc10 cessor program; 

11 (2) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com12 mittees’’ means the Committee on Commerce, 

13 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the 

14 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

15 of Representatives; 

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

17 Communications Commission; 

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

19 related to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 

20 assault, stalking, sex trafficking, severe forms of 

21 trafficking in persons, or any other similar act; 

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

23 program designated by the Commission under sub24 section (c)(3)(A)(i) to provide emergency commu25 nications support to survivors; 


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1 (6) the term ‘‘Lifeline program’’ means the pro2 gram set forth in subpart E of part 54 of title 47, 

3 Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regu4 lation); and 

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

6 given the term in section 227(e) of the Communica7 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)). 

8 (b) RULEMAKINGS.— 

9 (1) LINE SEPARATIONS.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

11 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

12 the Commission shall adopt rules to implement 

13 section 345 of the Communications Act of 

14 1934, as added by section 4 of this Act. 

15 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting rules 

16 under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 

17 consider— 

18 (i) privacy protections; 

19 (ii) account security and fraud detec20 tion; 

21 (iii) account billing procedures; 

22 (iv) procedures for notification of sur23 vivors about line separation processes; 

24 (v) notice to account holders; 


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1 (vi) situations in which a covered pro2 vider cannot operationally or technically 

3 separate a telephone number or numbers 

4 from a shared service plan such that the 

5 provider cannot effectuate a line separation 

6 request; 

7 (vii) the requirements for remote sub8 mission of a line separation request, in9 cluding how that option facilitates submis10 sion of verification information and meets 

11 the other requirements of section 345 of 

12 the Communications Act of 1934, as added 

13 by section 4 of this Act; 

14 (viii) feasibility of remote options for 

15 small covered providers; 

16 (ix) implementation timelines, includ17 ing those for small covered providers; 

18 (x) financial responsibility for trans19 ferred telephone numbers; 

20 (xi) whether and how the survivor can 

21 affirmatively elect to take financial respon22 sibility for the mobile device associated 

23 with the separated line; 

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1 lations, or any successor regulations (relat2 ing to customer proprietary network infor3 mation) or any other legal or law enforce4 ment requirements; and 

5 (xiii) ensuring covered providers have 

6 the necessary account information to com7 ply with the rules and with section 345 of 

8 the Communications Act of 1934, as added 

9 by section 4 of this Act. 

10 (2) EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT

11 FOR SURVIVORS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 

13 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

14 or as part of a general rulemaking proceeding 

15 relating to the Lifeline program or the Afford16 able Connectivity Program, whichever occurs 

17 earlier, the Commission shall adopt rules that— 

18 (i) designate a single program, which 

19 shall be either the Lifeline program or the 

20 Affordable Connectivity Program, to pro21 vide emergency communications support to 

22 survivors in accordance with this para23 graph; and 

24 (ii) allow a survivor who is suffering 

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1 quirements under section 345(c)(1) of the 

2 Communications Act of 1934, as added by 

3 section 4 of this Act, without regard to 

4 whether the survivor meets the otherwise 

5 applicable eligibility requirements of the 

6 designated program, to— 

7 (I) enroll in the designated pro8 gram as quickly as is feasible; and 

9 (II) participate in the designated 

10 program based on such qualifications 

11 for not more than 6 months. 

12 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In adopting rules 

13 under subparagraph (A), the Commission shall 

14 consider— 

15 (i) how survivors who are eligible for 

16 relief and elected to separate a line under 

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

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

19 Act, but whose lines could not be separated 

20 due to operational or technical infeasibility, 

21 can participate in the designated program; 

22 and 

23 (ii) confidentiality in the transfer and 

24 retention of any necessary documentation 


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1 regarding the eligibility of a survivor to en2 roll in the designated program. 

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

4 after completing the rulemaking under subpara5 graph (A), the Commission shall— 

6 (i) evaluate the effectiveness of the 

7 Commission’s provision of support to sur8 vivors through the designated program; 

9 (ii) assess the detection and elimi10 nation of fraud, waste, and abuse with re11 spect to the support described in clause (i); 

12 and 

13 (iii) submit to the appropriate con14 gressional committees a report that in15 cludes the evaluation and assessment de16 scribed in clauses (i) and (ii), respectively. 

17 (D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

18 this paragraph shall be construed to limit the 

19 ability of a survivor who meets the require20 ments under section 345(c)(1) of the Commu21 nications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of 

22 this Act, to participate in the designated pro23 gram indefinitely if the survivor otherwise quali24 fies for the designated program under the rules 

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1 (E) NOTIFICATION.—A provider of wireless 

2 communications services that receives a line 

3 separation request pursuant to section 345 of 

4 the Communications Act of 1934, as added by 

5 section 4 of this Act, shall inform the survivor 

6 who submitted the request of— 

7 (i) the existence of the designated pro8 gram; 

9 (ii) who qualifies to participate in the 

10 designated program under the rules adopt11 ed under subparagraph (A) that are spe12 cially applicable to survivors; and 

13 (iii) how to participate in the des14 ignated program under the rules described 

15 in clause (ii). 

16 (3) HOTLINE CALLS.— 

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

18 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

19 the Commission shall commence a rulemaking 

20 proceeding to consider whether to, and how the 

21 Commission should— 

22 (i) establish, and update on a monthly 

23 basis, a central database of covered hot24 lines to be used by providers of wireless 


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1 communications services or wireline voice 

2 services; and 

3 (ii) require providers of wireless com4 munications services or wireline voice serv5 ices to omit from consumer-facing logs of 

6 calls or text messages any records of calls 

7 or text messages to covered hotlines in the 

8 central database described in clause (i), 

9 while maintaining internal records of those 

10 calls and messages. 

11 (B) CONSIDERATIONS.—The rulemaking 

12 conducted under subparagraph (A) shall include 

13 consideration of— 

14 (i) the ability of law enforcement 

15 agencies or survivors to access a log of 

16 calls or text messages in a criminal inves17 tigation or civil proceeding; 

18 (ii) the ability of providers of wireless 

19 communication services or wireline voice 

20 services to— 

21 (I) identify logs that are con22 sumer-facing; and 

23 (II) omit certain consumer-facing 

24 logs, while maintaining internal 


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1 records of such calls and text mes2 sages; and 

3 (iii) any other factors associated with 

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

5 to protect survivors of domestic violence, 

6 including factors that may impact smaller 

7 providers. 

8 (C) NO EFFECT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.— 

9 Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed 

10 to— 

11 (i) limit or otherwise affect the ability 

12 of a law enforcement agency to access a 

13 log of calls or text messages in a criminal 

14 investigation; or 

15 (ii) alter or otherwise expand provider 

16 requirements under the Communications 

17 Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (Pub18 lic Law 103–414; 108 Stat. 4279) or the 

19 amendments made by that Act. 

20 (D) COMPLIANCE.—If the Commission es21 tablishes a central database through the rule22 making under subparagraph (A) and a covered 

23 provider updates its own databases to match 

24 the central database not less frequently than 

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


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1 or be maintained in any court against the cov2 ered provider or its officers, employees, or 

3 agents for claims deriving from omission from 

4 consumer-facing logs of calls or text messages 

5 any records of calls or text messages to covered 

6 hotlines in the central database. 

7 SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

8 The requirements under section 345 of the Commu9 nications Act of 1934, as added by section 4 of this Act, 

10 shall take effect 60 days after the date on which the Fed11 eral Communications Commission adopts the rules imple12 menting that section pursuant to section 5(b)(2) of this 

13 Act. 

14 SEC. 7. SAVINGS CLAUSE. 

15 Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 

16 Act shall be construed to abrogate, limit, or otherwise af17 fect the provisions set forth in the Communications Assist18 ance for Law Enforcement Act (Public Law 103–414; 108 

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

20 authority granted to the Commission pursuant to that Act 

21 or the amendments made by that Act, or any regulations 

22 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to that Act or 

23 the amendments made by that Act. 

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