S. 4557 Introduced Science, Technology, Communications

Outage Refund Protection Act

A bill to require telephone providers, cable television providers, direct broadcast satellite service providers, and internet providers to automatically refund their customers when their services are not working, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] Introduced May 18, 2026 Cosponsors 0 Latest action May 18, 2026

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  1. May 18, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  2. May 18, 2026 Introduced in Senate

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