,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bchf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bi1 #bjai,mr4
 ,latta 7for himself and ,mr4 ,michael  
,f4 ,doyle of ,pennsylvania7 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 information sharing regarding      
robocall and spoofing violations1 to    
authorize the provision of a robocall   
blocking service with opt-out customer  
approval1 and to provide for a study on 
information requirements for certain    
,vo,i,p service providers4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,support ,tools to ,obliterate ,pesky   
,robocalls ,act or the ,,stop ,robocalls
 ,act4  #b4 ,information sharing        
regarding robocall and spoofing         
violations ,section #bbg of the         
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7i7 ,information

 sharing ,not later than #ah months     
after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection1 the ,commission shall       
promulgate regulations to establish a   
process that streamlines the ways in    
which a private entity may voluntarily  
share with the ,commission information  
relating to--  7#a7 a call made or a    
text message sent in violation of       
subsection 7b72 or  7#b7 a call or text 
message for which misleading or         
inaccurate caller identification        
information was caused to be transmitted
 in violation of subsection 7e74  4  #c4
 ,robocall blocking service with opt-out
 customer approval ,section #bbg of the 
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg71 as amended by section  
#b1 is further amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7j7 ,robocall       
blocking service with opt-,out customer 
approval  7#a7 ,in general ,a voice     
service provider may provide a robocall 
blocking service to a customer on an    
informed opt-out basis if the provider  

does not charge a fee in exchange for   
such service4  7#b7 ,rules of           
construction  7,a7 ,informed opt-in     
basis ,nothing in this subsection shall 
be construed to prohibit a voice service
 provider from providing a robocall     
blocking service to customers on an     
informed opt-in basis1 whether or not in
 exchange for a fee4  7,b7 ,blocking    
calls without customer consent ,nothing 
in this subsection shall be construed to
 prohibit a voice service provider from 
blocking calls without customer consent 
as provided by rule or order of the     
,commission4  7#c7 ,definitions ,in this
 subsection3 7,a7 ,robocall blocking    
service ,the term robocall blocking     
service means a service or technology   
that enables a voice service customer to
 avoid receiving calls made in violation
 of subsection 7b74  7,b7 ,voice service
 ,the term voice service has the meaning
 given such term in subsection 7e77#h74 
,this subparagraph shall apply before   
the effective date of the amendment made

 to such subsection 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 was already in effect4
  4  #d4 ,study on information          
requirements for certain ,vo,i,p service
 providers  7a7 ,in general ,the        
,federal ,communications ,commission    
shall conduct a study regarding whether 
to require a provider of covered ,vo,i,p
 service to--  7#a7 provide to the      
,commission contact information for such
 provider and keep such information     
current2 and  7#b7 retain records       
relating to each call transmitted over  
the covered ,vo,i,p service of such     
provider that are sufficient to trace   
such call back to the source of such    
call4  7b7 ,report to ,congress ,not    
later than #ah months after the date of 
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,commission shall submit to ,congress a 
report on the results of the study      
conducted under subsection 7a74  7c7    

,covered ,vo,i,p service defined ,in    
this section1 the term covered ,vo,i,p  
service means a service that-- 7#a7 is  
an interconnected ,vo,i,p service 7as   
defined in section #c of the            
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #aec772 or  7#b7 would be an  
interconnected ,vo,i,p service 7as so   
defined7 except that the service permits
 users to terminate calls to the public 
switched telephone network but does not 
permit users to receive calls that      
originate on the public switched        
telephone network4