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119-hr-10310119th CongressWALLET

Robo COP Act

Sponsored By: Representative Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]

Introduced

Summary

Prohibits politically-oriented prerecorded calls to numbers on the national do-not-call (DNC) registry. This bill would require the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to add that ban within 180 days.

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  • Families and households: People who put their phone numbers on the national do-not-call registry would be shielded from prerecorded political robocalls that play a message instead of connecting to a live person.
  • Political campaigns and advocacy groups: The bill would bar prerecorded calls that promote, advertise, campaign for, or solicit donations for or against a candidate or political issue, or that include a candidate's name, when the call reaches a DNC-listed number.
  • Federal regulators: The Federal Trade Commission must update the Telemarketing Sales Rule to implement the prohibition and enforcement would rely on the rule's existing framework.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Ban political robocalls to Do-Not-Call numbers

If enacted, this bill would require the Federal Trade Commission to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to bar politically-oriented prerecorded telephone calls to any number on the national Do-Not-Call registry. The FTC would have 180 days after enactment to complete the rule change. A banned call would be an outbound call that plays a recorded message with no live person available and that either promotes or opposes a candidate or political issue, solicits donations, or names a political candidate. The bill would rely on the existing Telemarketing Sales Rule for enforcement and does not create new penalties or funding.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]

NC • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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