,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bd1 #bjai,mr4 
,butterfield 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,johnson
 of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,soto1 and ,mr4         
,gianforte7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,federal        
,communications ,commission to publish  
an annual report on suspected unlawful  
robocalls1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,tracing ,back and ,catching        
,unlawful ,robocallers ,act of #bjai4   
#b4 ,annual robocall report  7a7 ,in    
general ,not later than #a year after   
the date of enactment of this ,act1 and 
annually thereafter1 the ,commission    
shall make publicly available on the    
website of the ,commission1 and submit  
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,commerce1 ,science and ,transportation 

of the ,senate1 a report on the status  
of private-led efforts to trace back the
 origin of suspected unlawful robocalls 
by the registered consortium and the    
participation of voice service providers
 in such efforts4  7b7 ,contents of     
report ,the report required under       
subsection 7a7 shall include1 at        
minimum1 the following3 7#a7 ,a         
description of private-led efforts to   
trace back the origin of suspected      
unlawful robocalls by the registered    
consortium and the actions taken by the 
registered consortium to coordinate with
 the ,commission4  7#b7 ,a list of voice
 service providers identified by the    
registered consortium that participated 
in private-led efforts to trace back the
 origin of suspected unlawful robocalls 
through the registered consortium4  7#c7
 ,a list of each voice service provider 
that received a request from the        
registered consortium to participate in 
private-led efforts to trace back the   
origin of suspected unlawful robocalls  

and refused to participate1 as          
identified by the registered consortium4
  7#d7 ,the reason1 if any1 each voice  
service provider identified by the      
registered consortium provided for not  
participating in private-led efforts to 
trace back the origin of suspected      
unlawful robocalls4  7#e7 ,a description
 of how the ,commission may use the     
information provided to the ,commission 
by voice service providers or the       
registered consortium that have         
participated in private-led efforts to  
trace back the origin of suspected      
unlawful robocalls in the enforcement   
efforts by the ,commission4  7c7        
,additional information ,not later than 
#baj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 and annually    
thereafter1 the ,commission shall issue 
a notice to the public seeking          
additional information from voice       
service providers and the registered    
consortium of private-led efforts to    
trace back the origin of suspected      

unlawful robocalls necessary for the    
report by the ,commission required under
 subsection 7a74  7d7 ,registration of  
consortium of private-,led efforts ,to  
trace back the origin of suspected      
unlawful robocalls  7#a7 ,in general    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the          
,commission shall issue rules to        
establish a registration process for the
 registration of a single consortium    
that conducts private-led efforts to    
trace back the origin of suspected      
unlawful robocalls4 ,the consortium     
shall meet the following requirements3  
7,a7 ,be a neutral third-party competent
 to manage the private-led effort to    
trace back the origin of suspected      
unlawful robocalls in the judgement of  
the ,commission4  7,b7 ,maintain a set  
of written best practices about the     
management of such efforts and regarding
 providers of voice services'           
participation in private-led efforts to 
trace back the origin of suspected      

unlawful robocalls4  7,c7 ,consistent   
with section #bbb7;d77#b7 of the        
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbb7;d77#b771 any private-led
 efforts to trace back the origin of    
suspected unlawful robocalls conducted  
by the third-party focus on fraudulent1 
abusive1 or unlawful traffic4  7,d7     
,file a notice with the ,commission that
 the consortium intends to conduct      
private-led efforts to trace back in    
advance of such registration4  7#b7     
,annual notice by the ,commission       
seeking registrations ,not later than   
#abj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 and annually thereafter1 the
 ,commission shall issue a notice to the
 public seeking the registration        
described in paragraph 7#a74  7e7 ,list 
of voice service providers ,the         
,commission may publish a list of voice 
service providers from which other voice
 service providers may refuse to accept 
calls1 based on information obtained    
from the consortium about voice service 

providers that refuse to participate in 
private-led efforts to trace back the   
origin of suspected unlawful robocalls1 
and other information the ,commission   
may collect about service providers that
 are found to originate or transmit     
substantial amounts of illegal calls4   
7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,commission ,the term ,commission means 
the ,federal ,communications            
,commission4  7#b7 ,private-led effort  
to trace back ,the term private-led     
effort to trace back means an effort    
made by the registered consortium of    
voice service providers to establish a  
methodology for determining the origin  
of a suspected unlawful robocall4  7#c7 
,registered consortium ,the term        
registered consortium means the         
consortium registered under subsection  
7d74  7#d7 ,suspected unlawful robocall 
,the term suspected unlawful robocall   
means a call that the ,commission or a  
voice service provider reasonably       
believes was made in violation of       

subsection 7b7 or 7e7 of section #bbg of
 the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg 
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg74  7#e7 ,voice service   
,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-- 7i7 transmissions from a     
telephone facsimile machine1 computer1  
or other device to a telephone facsimile
 machine2 and  7ii7 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