,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eihe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,budd 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,bishop of ,north ,carolina1 and ,mr4   
,clay7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
direct the ,federal ,communications     
,commission to establish an interagency 
taskforce on unlawful robocalls4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,foreign ,robocall ,elimination     
,act4  #b4 ,interagency taskforce on    
unlawful robocalls  7a7 ,establishment  
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,federal ,communications ,commission1 in
 consultation with the ,federal ,trade  
,commission and the ,attorney ,general1 
shall establish an interagency taskforce
 on unlawful robocalls4  7b7 ,membership
  7#a7 ,in general ,the taskforce shall 
be composed of the following members3   
7,a7 ,a representative of each ,federal 

agency that the ,federal ,communications
 ,commission1 in consultation with the  
,federal ,trade ,commission and the     
,attorney ,general1 considers           
appropriate1 to be appointed by the head
 of such agency4  7,b7 ,three           
representatives of private-sector       
entities1 to be appointed as described  
in paragraph 7#b7-- 7i7 one of whom is a
 representative of a provider of        
telephone service2 and  7ii7 two of whom
 are representatives of other           
private-sector entities with expertise  
in combating unlawful robocalls and who 
may be technologists and technology     
experts4  7#b7 ,appointment of          
representatives of private-sector       
entities ,the members of the taskforce  
described in paragraph 7#a77;,b7 shall  
be jointly appointed by the ,chairman of
 the ,federal ,communications           
,commission1 the ,chairman of the       
,federal ,trade ,commission1 and the    
,attorney ,general4 ,if the ,chairman of
 the ,federal ,communications           

,commission1 the ,chairman of the       
,federal ,trade ,commission1 and the    
,attorney ,general cannot reach         
agreement regarding such an appointment1
 as determined by the ,chairman of the  
,federal ,communications ,commission1   
the ,chairman of the ,federal           
,communications ,commission shall make  
such appointment4  7c7 ,study  7#a7 ,in 
general ,the taskforce shall conduct a  
study on unlawful robocalls1 including  
the most effective ways to combat       
unlawful robocalls made into the ,united
 ,states from outside the ,united       
,states4  7#b7 ,matters to be studied   
,in conducting the study required by    
paragraph 7#a71 the taskforce shall--   
7,a7 compare the number of unlawful     
robocalls made within the ,united       
,states and the number of unlawful      
robocalls made into the ,united ,states 
from outside the ,united ,states2  7,b7 
examine methods for encouraging adoption
 of caller authentication technology in 
foreign countries2  7,c7 examine and    

provide information on options for      
countries to share caller authentication
 information for international calls2   
7,d7 examine how technical solutions    
such as caller authentication technology
 would improve coordination between the 
,united ,states and foreign countries in
 combating unlawful robocalls2  7,e7    
examine ways to incentivize foreign     
countries to cooperate with ,united     
,states law enforcement efforts to      
combat unlawful robocalls2  7,f7 examine
 ways to incentivize providers of       
telephone service to take measures to   
combat unlawful robocalls placed across 
international borders2 and  7,g7 examine
 whether or not additional resources are
 needed by any ,federal agency that     
combats unlawful robocalls or any other 
organization that combats unlawful      
robocalls1 in order to more effectively 
combat unlawful robocalls made into the 
,united ,states from outside the ,united
 ,states4  7#c7 ,collaboration with     
private sector ,in conducting the study 

required by paragraph 7#a71 the         
taskforce shall collaborate with        
technologists and private-sector        
innovators1 including through the       
members of the taskforce appointed under
 subsection 7b77#b71 to find solutions  
for combating unlawful robocalls4  7d7  
,report to ,congress ,not later than #aj
 months after the date of the enactment 
of this ,act1 the taskforce shall submit
 to ,congress a report on the findings  
of the study required by subsection     
7c77#a74  7e7 ,termination ,the         
taskforce shall terminate on the date   
that is #ij days after the taskforce    
submits the report required by          
subsection 7d74  7f7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,federal agency ,the 
term ,federal agency has the meaning    
given the term agency in section #eea of
 title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,state ,the term ,state means each      
,state of the ,united ,states1 the      
,district of ,columbia1 each            
commonwealth1 territory1 or possession  

of the ,united ,states1 and each        
federally recognized ,indian ,tribe4    
7#c7 ,taskforce ,the term taskforce     
means the taskforce on unlawful         
robocalls established under subsection  
7a74  7#d7 ,unlawful robocall ,the term 
unlawful robocall means a telephone call
 made in violation of-- 7,a7 section    
#bbg7;b7 of the ,communications ,act of 
#aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b772 or  7,b7
 a similar law of a ,state or a foreign 
country that prohibits calls made using 
an automatic telephone dialing system or
 an artificial or prerecorded voice4