1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Unwarranted Communications Shutdowns Act of 2020 . 2. Requirements for exercise of certain emergency powers of the President (a) In general Section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 606 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Requirements for actions by President under this section (1) Standard for taking action The President may not take an action under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) unless such action is— (A) necessary to protect against an imminent and specific threat to human life or an imminent and specific threat to national security; (B) narrowly tailored to achieve the purpose described in subparagraph (A); and (C) the least restrictive means to achieve such purpose. (2) Notification to congressional leaders and senior Government officials (A) In general Before or not later than 12 hours after taking any action under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d), the President shall transmit a notification with respect to such action that meets the requirements of subparagraph (B) to each congressional leader and each senior Government official. (B) Requirements The requirements of this subparagraph for a notification with respect to an action under subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d) are the following: (i) Contents Such notification shall contain the following: (I) An identification of the war, threat of war, state of public peril, disaster, national emergency, or other circumstance that is the basis for the President to take such action, as required by the subsection under which the President has acted or wishes to act. (II) A detailed description of such action, including— (aa) the geographic scope of such action; (bb) the types of communications networks impacted by such action