Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
Sponsored By: Senator Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
In Committee
Summary
Creates an interagency taskforce to tackle unlawful robocalls that originate outside the United States. The taskforce would bring federal agencies and private experts together to study foreign-origin robocalls and recommend ways to improve international caller ID authentication and enforcement.
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- Families and consumers: Would get a mandated report that quantifies foreign-origin call volumes, financial losses, and identity theft and offers recommendations to reduce fraud and unwanted calls.
- Telecoms and technology companies: Seven private-sector seats would join the taskforce, including voice service and analytics providers, technologists, a marketing firm, a regular non-marketing caller, a consumer-advocacy representative, and one Consortium member.
- Federal agencies and Congress: The FCC, after consulting the FTC and the Attorney General, would set up the taskforce within 270 days and require a report to Congress within 360 days of establishment. Agencies could use available funds to participate and the taskforce would terminate soon after delivering the report.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
New federal taskforce on robocalls
If enacted, the FCC would set up a taskforce on unlawful robocalls within 270 days after enactment. The FCC would consult the FTC and the Attorney General. The taskforce would include federal agency representatives and seven private-sector members from specified categories. Private members would be jointly appointed by the FCC Chair, FTC Chair, and Attorney General, with tie-break and voting rules if they disagree. The taskforce would define "unlawful robocall" as a call that violates subsections (b) or (e) of 47 U.S.C. 227. The taskforce would send a report to Congress within 360 days after it is set up and would end 90 days after it sends the report. The FCC, FTC, and DOJ could use funds already provided by law to support taskforce work notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346.
Less frequent Consortium reports
If enacted, the bill would change the Consortium's reporting schedule from annually to once every three years. This would reduce how often the public gets consortium reports on robocall activity and technology. The change may lower administrative burden but slow public access to new data.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
NC • R
Cosponsors
Peter Welch
VT • D
Sponsored 8/1/2025
Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH]
OH • R
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Raphael Warnock
GA • D
Sponsored 2/12/2026
Roll Call Votes
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