Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act
This bill provides liability protection for specified information-sharing activities undertaken to trace the origins of unlawful robocalls.
Specifically, the bill protects a designated consortium that conducts private-led efforts to trace unlawful robocalls from liability for receiving, sharing, or publishing information about illegal calls, including their origin or source. The bill also applies liability protection to a voice service provider (i.e., a provider of any service that enables real-time, two-way voice communications) or other entity or person that shares information with the consortium.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7598 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7598
To amend the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement and Deterrence Act to provide liability protection for the
sharing of information regarding suspected unlawful robocalls by or
with the registered consortium that conducts private-led efforts to
trace back the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls, and for the
receipt of such information by such registered consortium, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 27, 2022
Mr. Latta (for himself, Mr. Michael F. Doyle of Pennsylvania, Mr.
Curtis, and Mr. O'Halleran) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement and Deterrence Act to provide liability protection for the
sharing of information regarding suspected unlawful robocalls by or
with the registered consortium that conducts private-led efforts to
trace back the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls, and for the
receipt of such information by such registered consortium, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Robocall Trace Back Enhancement
Act''.
SEC. 2. REGISTERED CONSORTIUM CONDUCTING PRIVATE-LED EFFORTS TO TRACE
BACK THE ORIGIN OF SUSPECTED UNLAWFUL ROBOCALLS.
(a) Immunity for Receiving, Sharing, and Publishing Trace Back
Information.--Section 13(d) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall
Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act (Public Law 116-105; 133
Stat. 3287) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Immunity for receiving, sharing, and publishing trace
back information.--
``(A) Trace back immunity.--No cause of action
shall lie or be maintained in any court against--
``(i) the registered consortium for
receiving or sharing, or publishing as
permitted by subsection (e), covered
information or information derived from covered
information; or
``(ii) any voice service provider or other
person for sharing covered information with the
registered consortium.
``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term
`covered information'--
``(i) means information regarding a
suspected unlawful robocall; and
``(ii) includes--
``(I) call detail records of a
suspected unlawful robocall;
``(II) the name of, and other
identifying information concerning, a
voice service provider that originated,
carried, or routed a suspected unlawful
robocall; and
``(III) information about the
person who made a suspected unlawful
robocall, including any contact
information of an individual that such
person provided to the voice service
provider that originated the call.''.
(b) Publication of List of Voice Service Providers.--Section 13(e)
of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and
Deterrence Act (Public Law 116-105; 133 Stat. 3288) is amended to read
as follows:
``(e) List of Voice Service Providers.--
``(1) Publication of list.--The Commission, or the
registered consortium in consultation with the Commission, may
publish a list of voice service providers based on--
``(A) information obtained by the consortium about
voice service providers that refuse to participate in
private-led efforts to trace back the origin of
suspected unlawful robocalls; and
``(B) other information the Commission or the
consortium may collect about voice service providers
that are found to originate, carry, or route
substantial amounts of unlawful robocalls.
``(2) Enforcement.--The Commission may take enforcement
action based on the information described in paragraph (1).''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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