,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bj1 #bjai,mr4 
,pallone 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,walden1    
,mr4 ,michael ,f4 ,doyle of             
,pennsylvania1 and ,mr4 ,latta7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the 
,communications ,act of #aicd to clarify
 the prohibitions on making robocalls1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stopping ,bad ,robocalls ,act4  #b4    
,consumer protection regulations        
relating to making robocalls ,not later 
than #f months after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 and as          
appropriate thereafter to ensure that   
the consumer protection and privacy     
purposes of section #bbg of the         
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7 remain effective1 the   
,commission shall prescribe such        
regulations1 or amend such existing     

regulations1 as necessary to clarify    
such descriptions of automatic telephone
 dialing systems and calls made using an
 artificial or prerecorded voice as     
will1 in the judgment of the            
,commission1 ensure that--  7#a7 the    
consumer protection and privacy purposes
 of such section are effectuated2  7#b7 
calls made and text messages sent using 
automatic telephone dialing systems and 
calls made using an artificial or       
prerecorded voice are made or sent 7as  
the case may be7 with consent1 unless   
exempted by paragraph 7#a71 7#b77;,b71  
or 7#b77;,c7 of subsection 7b7 of such  
section2  7#c7 consumers can withdraw   
consent for such calls and text         
messages2  7#d7 circumvention or evasion
 of such section is prevented2  7#e7    
callers maintain records to demonstrate 
that such callers have obtained consent1
 unless exempted by paragraph 7#a71     
7#b77;,b71 or 7#b77;,c7 of subsection   
7b7 of such section1 for such calls and 
text messages1 for a period of time that

 will permit the ,commission to         
effectuate the consumer protection and  
privacy purposes of such section2 and   
7#f7 compliance with such section is    
facilitated4  #c4 ,consumer protections 
for exemptions  7a7 ,in general ,section
 #bbg7;b77#b7 of the ,communications    
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4            
#bbg7;b77#b77 is amended--  7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,g77ii71 by striking 2 and
 and inserting a semicolon2  7#b7 in    
subparagraph 7,h71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,i7 shall ensure that any  
exemption under subparagraph 7,b7 or    
7,c7 contains requirements for calls    
made in reliance on the exemption with  
respect to--  7i7 the classes of parties
 that may make such calls2  7ii7 the    
classes of parties that may be called2  
and  7iii7 the number of such calls that
 a calling party may make to a          
particular called party4  4  7b7        
,deadline for regulations ,in the case  

of any exemption issued under           
subparagraph 7,b7 or 7,c7 of section    
#bbg7;b77#b7 of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b77#b77  
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,commission1 shall1 not later
 than #a year after such date of        
enactment1 prescribe such regulations1  
or amend such existing regulations1 as  
necessary to ensure that such exemption 
contains each requirement described in  
subparagraph 7,i7 of such section1 as   
added by subsection 7a74 ,to the extent 
such an exemption contains such a       
requirement before such date of         
enactment1 nothing in this section or   
the amendments made by this section     
shall be construed to require the       
,commission to prescribe or amend       
regulations relating to such            
requirement4  #d4 ,report on reassigned 
number database  7a7 ,report to         
,congress  7#a7 ,in general ,not later  
than #a year after the date of the      
enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission 

shall submit to ,congress1 and make     
publicly available on the website of the
 ,commission1 a report on the status of 
the efforts of the ,commission pursuant 
to the ,second ,report and ,order in the
 matter of ,advanced ,methods to ,target
 and ,eliminate ,unlawful ,robocalls    
7,,cg ,docket ,no4 #ag-ei2 ,,fcc        
#ah-agg2 adopted on ,december #ab1      
#bjah74  7#b7 ,contents ,the report     
required by paragraph 7#a7 shall        
describe the efforts of the ,commission1
 as described in such ,second ,report   
and ,order1 to ensure--  7,a7 the       
establishment of a database of telephone
 numbers that have been disconnected1 in
 order to provide a person making calls 
subject to section #bbg7;b7 of the      
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b77 with comprehensive  
and timely information to enable such   
person to avoid making calls without the
 prior express consent of the called    
party because the number called has been
 reassigned2  7,b7 that a person who    

wishes to use any safe harbor provided  
pursuant to such ,second ,report and    
,order with respect to making calls must
 demonstrate that1 before making the    
call1 the person appropriately checked  
the most recent update of the database  
and the database reported that the      
number had not been disconnected2 and   
7,c7 that if the person makes the       
demonstration described in subparagraph 
7,b71 the person will be shielded from  
liability under section #bbg7;b7 of the 
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b77 should the database 
return an inaccurate result4  7b7       
,clarification of definition of called  
party  7#a7 ,in general ,section        
#bbg7;a7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;a77 is       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#f7 ,the term called party 
means1 with respect to a call1 the      
current subscriber or customary user of 
the telephone number to which the call  
is made1 determined at the time when the

 call is made4  4  7#b7 ,conforming     
amendments ,section #bbg7;d77#c77;,b7 of
 the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg 
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;d77#c77;,b77 is         
amended-- 7,a7 by striking called       
party's line each place it appears and  
inserting telephone line called2 and    
7,b7 by striking called party has hung  
up and inserting answering party has    
hung up4  7#c7 ,effective date ,the     
amendments made by this subsection shall
 apply beginning on the date on which   
the ,commission establishes the database
 described in the ,second ,report and   
,order in the matter of ,advanced       
,methods to ,target and ,eliminate      
,unlawful ,robocalls 7,,cg ,docket ,no4 
#ag-ei2 ,,fcc #ah-agg2 adopted on       
,december #ab1 #bjah74  #e4 ,enforcement
  7a7 ,no citation required ,to seek    
forfeiture penalty  7#a7 ,for robocall  
violations ,section #bbg7;b7 of the     
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b77 is amended by adding
 at the end the following3  7#d7 ,no    

citation required to seek forfeiture    
penalty ,paragraph 7#e7 of section      
#ejc7;b7 shall not apply in the case of 
a violation made with the intent to     
cause such violation of this subsection4
  4  7#b7 ,for caller identification    
information violations ,section         
#bbg7;e77#e77;,a77iii7 of the           
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;e77#e77;,a77iii77 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3 ,paragraph 7#e7 of section   
#ejc7;b7 shall not apply in the case of 
a violation of this subsection44  7b7   
#d-,year statute of limitations  7#a7   
,for robocall violations ,section       
#bbg7;b7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b771 as      
amended by subsection 7a71 is further   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#e7 #d-year statute of     
limitations ,notwithstanding paragraph  
7#f7 of section #ejc7;b71 no forfeiture 
penalty for violation of this subsection
 shall be determined or imposed against 

any person if the violation charged     
occurred more than--  7,a7 #c years     
prior to the date of issuance of the    
notice required by paragraph 7#c7 of    
such section or the notice of apparent  
liability required by paragraph 7#d7 of 
such section 7as the case may be72 or   
7,b7 if the violation was made with the 
intent to cause such violation1 #d years
 prior to the date of issuance of the   
notice required by paragraph 7#c7 of    
such section or the notice of apparent  
liability required by paragraph 7#d7 of 
such section 7as the case may be74  4   
7#b7 ,for caller identification         
information violations ,section         
#bbg7;e77#e77;,a77iv7 of the            
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;e77#e77;,a77iv77 is     
amended-- 7,a7 in the heading1 by       
striking #b-year and inserting #d-year2 
and  7,b7 by striking #b years and      
inserting #d years4  #f4 ,annual report 
to ,congress ,section #bbg of the       
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      

,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7i7 ,annual     
report to ,congress on robocalls and    
transmission of misleading or inaccurate
 caller identification information  7#a7
 ,report required ,not later than #a    
year after the date of the enactment of 
this subsection1 and annually           
thereafter1 the ,commission1 after      
consultation with the ,federal ,trade   
,commission1 shall submit to ,congress a
 report regarding enforcement by the    
,commission of subsections 7b71 7c71    
7d71 and 7e7 during the preceding       
calendar year4  7#b7 ,matters for       
inclusion ,each report required by      
paragraph 7#a7 shall include the        
following3 7,a7 ,the number of          
complaints received by the ,commission  
during each of the preceding five       
calendar years1 for each of the         
following categories3  7i7 ,complaints  
alleging that a consumer received a call
 in violation of subsection 7b7 or 7c74 
7ii7 ,complaints alleging that a        

consumer received a call in violation of
 the standards prescribed under         
subsection 7d74  7iii7 ,complaints      
alleging that a consumer received a call
 in connection with which misleading or 
inaccurate caller identification        
information was transmitted in violation
 of subsection 7e74  7,b7 ,the number of
 citations issued by the ,commission    
pursuant to section #ejc7;b7 during the 
preceding calendar year to enforce      
subsection 7d71 and details of each such
 citation4  7,c7 ,the number of notices 
of apparent liability issued by the     
,commission pursuant to section #ejc7;b7
 during the preceding calendar year to  
enforce subsections 7b71 7c71 7d71 and  
7e71 and details of each such notice    
including any proposed forfeiture       
amount4  7,d7 ,the number of final      
orders imposing forfeiture penalties    
issued pursuant to section #ejc7;b7     
during the preceding calendar year to   
enforce such subsections1 and details of
 each such order including the          

forfeiture imposed4  7,e7 ,the amount of
 forfeiture penalties or criminal fines 
collected1 during the preceding calendar
 year1 by the ,commission or the        
,attorney ,general for violations of    
such subsections1 and details of each   
case in which such a forfeiture penalty 
or criminal fine was collected4  7,f7   
,proposals for reducing the number of   
calls made in violation of such         
subsections4  7,g7 ,an analysis of the  
contribution by providers of            
interconnected ,vo,i,p service and      
non-interconnected ,vo,i,p service that 
discount high-volume1 unlawful1         
short-duration calls to the total number
 of calls made in violation of such     
subsections1 and recommendations on how 
to address such contribution in order to
 decrease the total number of calls made
 in violation of such subsections4  7#c7
 ,no additional reporting required ,the 
,commission shall prepare the report    
required by paragraph 7#a7 without      
requiring the provision of additional   

information from providers of           
telecommunications service or voice     
service 7as defined in section #g7;d7 of
 the ,stopping ,bad ,robocalls ,act74  4
  #g4 ,regulations relating to effective
 call authentication technology  7a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #a year after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,commission shall prescribe regulations 
in ,,wc ,docket ,no4 #ag-ig4  7b7       
,requirements for effective call        
authentication technology  7#a7 ,in     
general ,the regulations required by    
subsection 7a7 shall-- 7,a7 require     
providers of voice service to implement1
 within six months after the date on    
which such regulations are prescribed1  
an effective call authentication        
technology2 and  7,b7 ensure that voice 
service providers that have implemented 
the effective authentication technology 
attest that such provider has           
determined1 when originating calls on   
behalf of a calling party1 that the     
calling party number transmitted with   

such calls has been appropriately       
authenticated4  7#b7 ,reassessment of   
regulations ,the ,commission shall      
reassess such regulations1 at least once
 every two years1 to ensure the         
regulations remain effective and up to  
date with technological capabilities4   
7#c7 ,exemption  7,a7 ,burdens and      
barriers to implementation ,the         
,commission-- 7i7 shall include findings
 on any burdens or barriers to the      
implementation required in paragraph    
7#a71 including--  7,i7 for providers of
 voice service to the extent the        
networks of such providers use          
time-division multiplexing2 and  7,,ii7 
for small providers of voice service and
 those in rural areas2 and  7ii7 in     
connection with such findings1 may      
exempt from the #f-month time period    
described in paragraph 7#a77;,a71 for a 
reasonable period of time a class of    
providers of voice service1 or type of  
voice calls1 as necessary for that class
 of providers or type of calls to       

participate in the implementation in    
order to address the identified burdens 
and barriers4  7,b7 ,full participation 
,the ,commission shall take all steps   
necessary to address any issues in the  
findings and enable as promptly as      
possible full participation of all      
classes of providers of voice service   
and types of voice calls to receive the 
highest level of attestation4  7,c7     
,alternative methodologies ,the         
,commission shall identify or develop1  
in consultation with small providers of 
service and those in rural areas1       
alternative effective methodologies to  
protect customers from unauthenticated  
calls during any exemption given under  
subparagraph 7,a77ii74 ,such            
methodologies shall be provided with no 
additional line item charge to          
customers4  7,d7 ,revision of exemption 
,not less frequently than annually after
 the first exemption is issued under    
this paragraph1 the ,commission shall   
consider revising or extending any      

exemption made1 may revise such         
exemption1 and shall issue a public     
notice with regard to whether such      
exemption remains necessary4  7#d7      
,accurate identification ,the           
regulations required by subsection 7a7  
shall include guidelines that providers 
of voice service may use as part of the 
implementation of effective call        
authentication technology under         
paragraph 7#a7 to take steps to ensure  
the calling party is accurately         
identified4  7#e7 ,no additional cost to
 consumers or small business customers  
,the regulations required by subsection 
7a7 shall prohibit providers of voice   
service from making any additional line 
item charges to consumer or small       
business customer subscribers for the   
effective call authentication technology
 required under paragraph 7#a74  7#f7   
,evaluation ,not later than #b years    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act1 and consistent with the           
regulations prescribed under subsection 

7a71 the ,commission shall initiate an  
evaluation of the success of the        
effective call authentication technology
 required under paragraph 7#a74  7#g7   
,unauthenticated calls ,the ,commission 
shall-- 7,a7 in the regulations required
 by subsection 7a71 consistent with the 
regulations prescribed under subsection 
7k7 of section #bbg of the              
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg71 as added by section #h1
 help protect subscribers from receiving
 unwanted calls from a caller using an  
unauthenticated number1 through         
effective means of enabling the         
subscriber or provider to block such    
calls1 with no additional line item     
charge to the subscriber2 and  7,b7 take
 appropriate steps to ensure that calls 
originating from a provider of service  
in an area where the provider is exempt 
from the #f-month time period described 
in paragraph 7#a77;,a7 are not wrongly  
blocked because the calls are not able  
to be authenticated4  7c7 ,report ,not  

later than #f months after the date on  
which the regulations under subsection  
7a7 are prescribed1 the ,commission     
shall submit to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce of the ,house of  
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation
 of the ,senate1 and make publicly      
available on its website1 a report on   
the implementation of subsection 7b71   
which shall include--  7#a7 an analysis 
of the extent to which providers of a   
voice service have implemented the      
effective call authentication           
technology1 including whether the       
availability of necessary equipment and 
equipment upgrades has impacted such    
implementation2 and  7#b7 an assessment 
of the effective call authentication    
technology1 as being implemented under  
subsection 7b71 in addressing all       
aspects of call authentication4  7d7    
,voice service defined ,in this section1
 the term voice service-- 7#a7 means any
 service that is interconnected with the

 public switched telephone network and  
that furnishes voice communications to  
an end user using resources from the    
,north ,american ,numbering ,plan or any
 successor to the ,north ,american      
,numbering ,plan adopted by the         
,commission under section #bea7;e77#a7  
of the ,communications ,act of #aicd    
7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bea7;e77#a772 and  7#b7 
includes-- 7,a7 transmissions from a    
telephone facsimile machine1 computer1  
or other device to a telephone facsimile
 machine2 and  7,b7 without limitation1 
any service that enables real-time1     
two-way voice communications1 including 
any service that requires internet      
protocol-compatible customer premises   
equipment 7commonly known as ,,cpe7 and 
permits out-bound calling1 whether or   
not the service is one-way or two-way   
voice over internet protocol4  #h4 ,stop
 robocalls  7a7 ,information sharing    
regarding robocall and spoofing         
violations ,section #bbg of the         
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      

,u4,s4,c4 #bbg71 as amended by section  
#f1 is further amended by adding at the 
end the following3  7j7 ,information    
sharing  7#a7 ,in general ,not later    
than #ah months after the date of the   
enactment of this subsection1 the       
,commission shall prescribe 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  7#b7  
,text message defined ,in this          
subsection1 the term text message has   
the meaning given such term in          
subsection 7e77#h74  4  7b7 ,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  

#f and subsection 7a7 of this section1  
is further amended by adding at the end 
the following3  7k7 ,robocall blocking  
service with opt-,out customer approval 
7#a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year
 after the date of the enactment of this
 subsection1 the ,commission shall take 
a final agency action to ensure the     
robocall blocking services provided on  
an opt-out basis pursuant to the        
,declaratory ,ruling of the ,commission 
in the matter of ,advanced ,methods to  
,target and ,eliminate ,unlawful        
,robocalls 7,,cg ,docket ,no4 #ag-ei2   
,,fcc #ai-ea2 adopted on ,june #f1      
#bjai7--  7,a7 are provided with        
transparency and effective redress      
options for both-- 7i7 consumers2 and   
7ii7 callers2 and  7,b7 are provided    
with no additional line item charge to  
consumers4  7#b7 ,text message defined  
,in this subsection1 the term text      
message has the meaning given such term 
in subsection 7e77#h74  4  7c7 ,study on
 information requirements for certain   

vo,i,p service providers  7#a7 ,in      
general ,the ,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  7#b7       
,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    
paragraph 7#a74  7#c7 ,covered voip     
service defined ,in this subsection1 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  7d7 ,transitional   
rule regarding definition of text       
message ,paragraph 7#b7 of subsection   
7j7 of section #bbg of the              
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg71 as added by subsection 
7a7 of this section1 and paragraph 7#b7 
of subsection 7k7 of such section #bbg1 
as added by subsection 7b7 of this      
section1 shall apply before the         
effective date of the amendment made to 
subsection 7e77#h7 of such section #bbg 
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  #i4  
,commission defined ,in this ,act1 the  
term ,commission means the ,federal     
,communications ,commission4