HR6449119th CongressWALLET

DO NOT Call Act

Sponsored By: Representative Kustoff

Introduced

Summary

Adds criminal penalties for willful and knowing automated calls and texts. This bill would create a new three-tier criminal penalty framework under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and raise penalties for misleading caller ID.

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Tougher penalties for robocallers

If enacted, the bill would add a new criminal penalty for willful and knowing violations of the ban on automated calls. A first conviction would carry up to 1 year in jail, fines under Title 18, or both. Aggravated offenses would carry up to 3 years in jail, fines, or both if the caller had a prior conviction; sent more than 100,000 calls in 24 hours, more than 1,000,000 calls in 30 days, or more than 10,000,000 calls in 1 year; intended to use the calls to further a felony; or caused $5,000 or more in total loss in any 1-year period. The bill would also raise certain civil penalties for giving wrong caller ID from $10,000 to $20,000. For the criminal rules, "call" would include automated voice calls and certain text messages to North American phone numbers, and "initiate" would include sending, making, or transmitting the call.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Kustoff

TN • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Perez

    WA • D

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Strong

    AL • R

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Riley (NY)

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/15/2025

  • McDonald Rivet

    MI • D

    Sponsored 12/16/2025

  • Vindman

    VA • D

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Gillen

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/23/2025

  • Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]

    KS • D

    Sponsored 1/12/2026

  • Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]

    NH • D

    Sponsored 3/24/2026

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