,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gabd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #bi1        
#bjbd,mr4 ,soto introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications   
,act of #aicd to direct the ,federal    
,communications ,commission to          
promulgate regulations that require     
providers of voice service to offer a   
robocall-blocking service at no         
additional charge to the customer1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,roboblock ,act4  #b4 ,offering of      
robocall-blocking service at no charge  
to customer ,section #bbg of the        
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7k7 ,offering of
 robocall-,blocking service at no charge
 to customer  7#a7 ,regulations ,not    
later than #ahj days after the date of  
the enactment of this subsection1 the   

,commission shall promulgate regulations
 that require a provider of voice       
service to offer a robocall-blocking    
service to each customer of the         
provider1 at no additional charge to the
 customer4  7#b7 ,definitions ,in this  
subsection3 7,a7 ,robocall  7i7 ,in     
general ,the term robocall means a call 
made or text message sent-- 7,i7 using  
equipment1 whether hardware1 software1  
or a combination thereof and including  
an automatic telephone dialing system1  
that makes a call or sends a text       
message to-- 7aa7 stored telephone      
numbers2 or  7bb7 telephone numbers     
produced using a random or sequential   
number generator2 or  7,,ii7 using an   
artificial or prerecorded voice or an   
artificially generated message4  7ii7   
,limitation ,for purposes of clause     
7i77,i71 the term robocall does not     
include a call made or text message sent
 using equipment that requires          
substantial human intervention to make  
or send the call or text message4  7,b7 

,robocall-blocking service ,the term    
robocall-blocking service means a       
service that gives a customer of a      
provider of voice service the ability to
 block robocalls that are highly likely 
to be illegal4  7,c7 ,text message  7i7 
,in general ,the term text message means
 a message consisting of text1 images1  
sounds1 or other information that is    
transmitted to or from a device that is 
identified as the receiving or          
transmitting device by means of a       
#aj-;digit telephone number1 ,n#aa      
service code1 short code telephone      
number1 or email address1 or that is    
transmitted through                     
application-to-person messaging1 and    
includes-- 7,i7 a short message service 
7commonly referred to as ,,sms7 message2
  7,,ii7 a multimedia message service   
7commonly referred to as ,,mms7 message2
 and  7,,iii7 a rich communication      
service 7commonly referred to as ,,rcs7 
message4  7ii7 ,limitation ,the term    
text message does not include a         

real-time1 two-way voice or video       
communication4  7,d7 ,voice service ,the
 term voice service has the meaning     
given such term in section #d7;a7 of the
 ,pallone-,thune ,,traced ,act 7#dg     
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg;b7a774  4