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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[H.R. 7124 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7124
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal
Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that require
providers of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service at no
additional charge to the customer, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 29, 2024
Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal
Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that require
providers of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service at no
additional charge to the customer, 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 ``Roboblock Act''.
SEC. 2. OFFERING OF ROBOCALL-BLOCKING SERVICE AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER.
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Offering of Robocall-Blocking Service at No Charge to
Customer.--
``(1) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall
promulgate regulations that require a provider of voice service
to offer a robocall-blocking service to each customer of the
provider, at no additional charge to the customer.
``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Robocall.--
``(i) In general.--The term `robocall'
means a call made or text message sent--
``(I) using equipment, whether
hardware, software, or a combination
thereof and including an automatic
telephone dialing system, that makes a
call or sends a text message to--
``(aa) stored telephone
numbers; or
``(bb) telephone numbers
produced using a random or
sequential number generator; or
``(II) using an artificial or
prerecorded voice or an artificially
generated message.
``(ii) Limitation.--For purposes of clause
(i)(I), the term `robocall' does not include a
call made or text message sent using equipment
that requires substantial human intervention to
make or send the call or text message.
``(B) Robocall-blocking service.--The term
`robocall-blocking service' means a service that gives
a customer of a provider of voice service the ability
to block robocalls that are highly likely to be
illegal.
``(C) Text message.--
``(i) In general.--The term `text message'
means a message consisting of text, images,
sounds, or other information that is
transmitted to or from a device that is
identified as the receiving or transmitting
device by means of a 10-digit telephone number,
N11 service code, short code telephone number,
or email address, or that is transmitted
through application-to-person messaging, and
includes--
``(I) a short message service
(commonly referred to as `SMS')
message;
``(II) a multimedia message service
(commonly referred to as `MMS')
message; and
``(III) a rich communication
service (commonly referred to as `RCS')
message.
``(ii) Limitation.--The term `text message'
does not include a real-time, two-way voice or
video communication.
``(D) Voice service.--The term `voice service' has
the meaning given such term in section 4(a) of the
Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (47 U.S.C. 227b(a)).''.
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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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