,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gaea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #af1       
#bjah,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to provide for measures  
to reduce the number of unlawful        
robocalls and unlawful spoofed calls    
received by consumers1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,stop ,harassing    
,calls ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,reducing the
 number of unlawful robocalls and       
unlawful spoofed calls  7a7 ,regulations
  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,communications 
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #aea et    
seq47 is amended by inserting after     
section #bbg the following3  #bbg;,a4   
,measures to reduce the number of       
unlawful robocalls and unlawful spoofed 
calls  7a7 ,in general ,not later than  
#a year after the date of the enactment 
of this section1 the ,commission shall  

promulgate regulations that require a   
provider of voice service or text       
messaging service to implement measures1
 to be specified by the ,commission in  
such regulations1 to reduce the number  
of unlawful robocalls and unlawful      
spoofed calls received by consumers4    
7b7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,unlawful robocall ,the term unlawful   
robocall means a call made or a text    
message sent in violation of section    
#bbg7;b74  7#b7 ,unlawful spoofed call  
,the term unlawful spoofed call means a 
call or text message in connection with 
which a caller identification service is
 caused to transmit misleading or       
inaccurate caller identification        
information in violation of section     
#bbg7;e74  7#c7 ,other definitions ,the 
terms defined in section #bbg7;e77#h7   
have the meanings given such terms in   
such section4  4  7#b7 ,transitional    
rule regarding certain definitions      
,paragraph 7#c7 of subsection 7b7 of    
section #bbg;,a of the ,communications  

,act of #aicd1 as added by paragraph    
7#a7 of this subsection1 shall apply    
before the effective date of the        
amendment made to section #bbg7;e77#h7  
of such ,act 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4             
#bbg7;e77#h77 by subparagraph 7,c7 of   
section #ejc7;a77#b7 of division ,p of  
the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 
#bjah 7,public ,law #aae-ada7 as if such
 amendment were already in effect4  7b7 
,development of plan by ,,fcc  7#a7 ,in 
general ,the ,commission shall develop a
 plan to reduce the number of unlawful  
robocalls and unlawful spoofed calls    
received by consumers4  7#b7 ,required  
contents ,the plan developed under      
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        
following3 7,a7 ,steps that the         
,commission can take to increase        
enforcement of subsections 7b7 and 7e7  
of section #bbg of the ,communications  
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg74     
7,b7 ,recommendations to ,congress for  
changes in law to give the ,commission  
additional authority to reduce unlawful 

robocalls and unlawful spoofed calls4   
7,c7 ,a strategy for outreach by the    
,commission to consumers 7with an       
emphasis on young consumers7 to help    
consumers identify calls that may be    
fraudulent4  7#c7 ,report to ,congress  
,not later than #a year after the date  
of the enactment of this ,act1 the      
,commission shall submit to ,congress a 
report containing the plan developed    
under paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,definitions 
,in this section3 7#a7 ,commission ,the 
term ,commission means the ,federal     
,communications ,commission4  7#b7      
,unlawful robocall2 unlawful spoofed    
call ,the terms unlawful robocall and   
unlawful spoofed call have the meanings 
given such terms in section #bbg;,a7b7  
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd1 as
 added by subsection 7a77#a74