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Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
Sponsored By: Representative McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6]
In Committee
Summary
Curbing unlawful robocalls from abroad by building a coordinated federal and private response to trace, block, and pressure foreign-origin callers. The bill creates a targeted taskforce, adjusts reporting rules, lets the FCC require bonds for robocall certifications, and shields a private traceback consortium while enabling publication and enforcement against bad actors.
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- Consumers and households: Establishes an FCC-led Taskforce to study robocalls made into the U.S., including foreign points of origin, caller authentication, international cooperation, penalties, and resource needs. The Taskforce must be formed within 270 days and deliver a report within 360 days of its start.
- Providers and technology vendors: Authorizes the FCC to require a bond up to $100,000 before a provider files a certification to the Robocall Mitigation Database and creates exemption criteria for established, regulated providers to limit unnecessary burden.
- Private traceback and enforcement: Grants legal immunity to a registered private consortium that conducts traceback for sharing and publishing covered call information. The FCC or the consortium may publish lists of providers that refuse to participate or that originate substantial unlawful robocalls, and the FCC may take enforcement action based on that information.
- Reporting and timing: Changes the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act reporting cadence from annually to once every 3 years and terminates the Taskforce 90 days after it submits its report to Congress.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
New Taskforce on foreign robocalls
This bill would require the FCC to set up a Taskforce on unlawful robocalls within 270 days. The Taskforce would include federal agency reps and seven private‑sector members with robocall expertise. It would have to send a report to Congress within 360 days of starting. The Taskforce would end 90 days after delivering the report.
Private traceback group immunity and listing
This bill would protect a registered private traceback consortium from lawsuits for receiving, sharing, or publishing covered traceback information. Covered information would include call records, identifying info about voice providers, and contact data shared for traceback. The FCC or the registered consortium (in consultation with the FCC) could publish a list naming providers that refuse to help trace calls or that originate or transmit large amounts of illegal robocalls. The FCC could use that published information for enforcement.
Bonds for robocall database filings
This bill would let the FCC require some providers to post a bond of up to $100,000 before filing a certification to the Robocall Mitigation Database, but only if the FCC finds a bond is needed to protect the database. The FCC would have to set exemptions for bona fide, regulated providers. Exemption factors would include FCC registration, state public utility certification, and being a listed issuer on a national securities exchange.
Robocall consortium reports every three years
This bill would change the TRACED Act reporting requirement from annually to once every three years. The less frequent report would reduce how often the registered consortium and other obligated groups must produce that report. It could lessen administrative burden for providers but also reduce how often the public sees updates on robocall enforcement.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6]
NC • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
IL • D
Sponsored 10/6/2026
Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3]
MN • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
FL • R
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
Sponsored 11/19/2025
Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19]
NY • D
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
OK • R
Sponsored 11/20/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/2/2025
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/5/2025
Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]
VA • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/9/2025
Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
NY • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
IL • R
Sponsored 12/15/2025
Rep. Min, Dave [D-CA-47]
CA • D
Sponsored 12/16/2025
Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]
NY • D
Sponsored 12/23/2025
Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14]
NC • R
Sponsored 1/30/2026
Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
NC • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
NJ • R
Sponsored 4/15/2026
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 5/13/2026
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
VA • R
Sponsored 6/18/2026
Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
TN • R
Sponsored 6/22/2026
Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]
NJ • R
Sponsored 7/21/2026
Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
NC • R
Sponsored 7/21/2026
Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
FL • R
Sponsored 7/21/2026
Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
PA • R
Sponsored 8/13/2026
Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]
OH • R
Sponsored 8/13/2026
Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
NY • R
Sponsored 8/20/2026
Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]
DE • D
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
OH • R
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
CA • D
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
MI • R
Sponsored 9/1/2026
Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
OH • D
Sponsored 9/1/2026
Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
CO • D
Sponsored 9/3/2026
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/8/2026
Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
Sponsored 9/14/2026
Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]
LA • D
Sponsored 9/14/2026
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 9/14/2026
Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
FL • R
Sponsored 9/15/2026
Roll Call Votes
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