,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajbe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ac1    
#bjbe,mr4 ,lujn 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 
,mr4 ,durbin1 and ,ms4 ,klobuchar7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and  
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
authorize the ,federal ,communications  
,commission to enforce its own          
forfeiture penalties with respect to    
violations of restrictions on the use of
 telephone equipment1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,,fcc ,legal        
,enforcement ,act4  #b4 ,enforcement of 
forfeiture penalties by ,federal        
,communications ,commission  7a7 ,in    
general ,title ,v of the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #eja et   
seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section      
#ejc7;b77#c77;,b7 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4        
#ejc7;b77#c77;,b771 by striking ,in such

 action1 and inserting the following3   
,if1 during the #abj-;day period        
beginning on the date of a referral of  
an unpaid forfeiture penalty imposed for
 a violation of section #bbg 7relating  
to restrictions on the use of telephone 
equipment71 the ,attorney ,general does 
not commence an action to recover the   
amount assessed1 the ,commission may    
commence and supervise the litigation of
 such an action and any appeal of such  
an action in its own name by any of its 
attorneys designated by it for such     
purpose4 ,in any action under this      
subparagraph12 and  7#b7 in section     
#ejd7;a7 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #ejd7;a77-- 7,a7
 by striking ,it shall be the duty and  
inserting ,except as provided in the    
subsequent sentence1 it shall be the    
duty2 and  7,b7 by striking ,the costs  
and expenses of such prosecutions and   
inserting the following3 ,if1 during the
 #abj-;day period beginning on the date 
on which the ,commission refers an      
unpaid forfeiture penalty imposed for a 

violation of section #bbg 7relating to  
restrictions on the use of telephone    
equipment7 to the ,attorney ,general for
 prosecution under this subsection1 the 
,attorney ,general does not commence    
such a prosecution1 the ,commission may 
prosecute for the recovery of the       
forfeiture penalty4 ,the costs and      
expenses of a prosecution under this    
subsection4  7b7 ,priority ,in carrying 
out the amendments made by subsection   
7a7 of this section1 the ,federal       
,communications ,commission shall       
prioritize enforcement of unpaid        
forfeiture penalties imposed for a      
violation of section #bbg of the        
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7 7relating to            
restrictions on the use of telephone    
equipment7 that are greater than        
#be1jjj1jjj4  #c4 ,regulations for      
restrictions on use of automated        
telephone equipment ,section            
#bbg7;b77#b7 of the ,communications ,act
 of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;b77#b77  

is amended1 in the matter preceding     
subparagraph 7,a71 by inserting before  
the period the following3 as necessary  
in the judgment of the ,commission to   
protect subscribers from unwanted calls4