HR7963-119

In Committee

No Lifeline for the Dead Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 17, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, No Lifeline for the Dead Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services. The main policy domain is Technology, Transportation, Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

technology companies and users of digital services may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, technology companies and users of digital services may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H57B8883D14FA47C28F32A95F4FC8FF63: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Lifeline for the Dead Act.
  • Section H78F1C3660A1444A4926229AE379716EF: 2. Lifeline program improvement Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall promulgate...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, No Lifeline for the Dead Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Key Policy Areas

Technology, Transportation, Immigration

Primary Purpose

This bill, No Lifeline for the Dead Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting technology companies and users of digital services.

Policy Domains

Technology Transportation Immigration

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • technology companies and users of digital services
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technology companies and users of digital services:
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • technology companies and users of digital services
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: ih
federal implementing agencies:
technology companies and users of digital services:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 17, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 17, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 17, 2026

Mr. Obernolte introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Technology Transportation Immigration
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section

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