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S. 120, Safe Connections Act of 2022 (CBO Report for Congress)

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Congress 117th
Date Requested March 17, 2022
Requested By the Senate
Date Sent May 12, 2022
Description:
S. 120 would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: Issue rules that require mobile service providers, upon request, to separate the line of a domestic violence survivor from a mobile service contract that they share with their convicted or alleged abuser; Issue rules that allow a domestic violence survivor suffering from financial hardship to participate in the Lifeline program or Affordable Connectivity Program without meeting all of the current eligibility requirements; Evaluate the effectiveness of relaxing the Lifeline program or Affordable Connectivity Program eligibility requirements for domestic violence survivors; and Conduct a rulemaking to consider whether it should require voice service providers to omit calls or text messages to domestic violence hotlines from any consumer-facing records.

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