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A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require that telephone monitoring by employers be accompanied by a regular audible warning tone.

Introduced: April 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 15, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 6, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
Apr 6, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Apr 6, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal criminal code to make it unlawful for an employer to monitor an employee's work phone call unless a repeating audible warning tone is utilized. Allows any person whose call is monitored in violation of this Act to recover civil damages.

What's happening now July 15, 1987

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7 Republican 1
R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 10, 1988
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · May 10, 1988
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Nov 2, 1987
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jul 8, 1987
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 23, 1987
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 22, 1987
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 22, 1987
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Apr 22, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1950: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require that telephone monitoring by employers be accompanied by a regular audible warning tone.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1950/
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"H.R. 1950: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to require that telephone monitoring by employers be accompanied by a regular audible warning tone.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1950/.
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H.R. 1950, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-1950/.
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