No Lifeline for the Dead Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7963 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7963 To direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations to improve the Lifeline program of the Commission, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2026 Mr. Obernolte introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations to improve the Lifeline program of the Commission, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``No Lifeline for the Dead Act''. SEC. 2. LIFELINE PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall promulgate regulations with respect to the Lifeline program to provide for the following: (1) The eligibility of a consumer for assistance under such program shall be determined using the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Lifeline Accountability Database, without any option for opting out of such Verifier or such Database on the basis of a State or other system related to eligibility determinations. (2) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any consumer whose eligibility for assistance under such program was determined without use of the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier and the National Lifeline Accountability Database-- (A) shall have the eligibility of such consumer for assistance under such program reexamined and determined using such Verifier and such Database; and (B) shall be no longer eligible