,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdca  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #a1    
#bjai ,mr4 ,manchin 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,jones7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,commerce1         
,science1 and ,transportation  ,a ,,bill
  ,to require the ,federal              
,communications ,commission to          
promulgate regulations requiring voice  
service providers to provide consumers  
opt-out call-blocking programs by       
default and free of charge4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop ,unwanted ,calls for ,all ,act4   
#b4 ,call-blocking programs  7a7        
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,call-blocking program ,the term        
call-blocking program means a           
call-blocking program described in the  
,declaratory ,ruling in the matter of   
,advanced ,methods to ,target and       
,eliminate ,unlawful ,robocalls1 adopted
 by the ,commission on ,june #f1 #bjai  

7,,fcc #ai-ea2 ,,cg ,docket ,no4        
#ag-ei74  7#b7 ,commission ,the term    
,commission means the ,federal          
,communications ,commission4  7b7       
,regulations  7#a7 ,in general ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission 
shall promulgate regulations to require 
voice service providers to provide      
consumers opt-out call-blocking programs
 by default and free of charge4  7#b7   
,delayed implementation for small and   
rural providers ,the ,commission shall  
delay by #a year the applicability of   
the regulations promulgated under       
paragraph 7#a7 to small voice service   
providers and rural voice service       
providers1 as defined by the            
,commission4  7#c7 ,exempted calls ,the 
,commission1 in consultation with voice 
service providers1 shall ensure that the
 call-blocking programs required under  
the regulations promulgated under       
paragraph 7#a7 do not block calls that  
are exempted from the prohibitions under

 section #bbg of the ,communications    
,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg74