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.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4557 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4557 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. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2026 Mr. Lujan introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 ``Outage Refund Protection Act''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Cable provider.--The term ``cable provider'' means a provider of cable service, as defined in section 3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153), with more than 5,000 customers. (2) DBS provider.--The term ``DBS provider'' has the meaning given the term ``provider of direct broadcast satellite service'' in section 335 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 335) except that such provider shall have more than 5,000 customers. (3) Internet provider.--The term ``internet provider'' means a provider of broadband internet access service, as defined in section 801 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641), with more than 5,000 customers. (4) Telephone provider.--The term ``telephone provider'' means-- (A) a wireless carrier, as defined in section 7 of the Wireless Communications and Pub