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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7116 

To strengthen certain provisions relating to restrictions on robocalls and 

telemarketing, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2024 

Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SORENSEN, 

and Mr. SOTO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To strengthen certain provisions relating to restrictions on 

robocalls and telemarketing, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Do Not Disturb Act’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 

Sec. 101. Robocall restrictions. 

Sec. 102. Text message authentication and trace back study. 


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Sec. 103. Annual robocall report. 

Sec. 104. Disclosure required for robocalls using AI. 

Sec. 105. Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message 

impersonation. 

Sec. 106. Certain requirements for VoIP service providers. 

Sec. 107. Tracking of top 100 illegal robocall campaigns. 

Sec. 108. Offering of robocall-blocking service at no charge to customer. 

Sec. 109. Telephone solicitation. 

Sec. 110. Commission defined. 

TITLE II—FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Sec. 201. Addition of text message to the definition of telemarketing. 

Sec. 202. Adoption of regulations on inbound telephone calls and expanded calling time restrictions. 

Sec. 203. Disclosure required for telemarketing using AI. 

Sec. 204. Enhanced penalties for violations of telemarketing rules involving AI 

voice or text message impersonation. 

Sec. 205. Commission defined. 

1 TITLE I—FEDERAL 

2 COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 

3 SEC. 101. ROBOCALL RESTRICTIONS. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 227(a) of the Commu5 nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking paragraph (1); 

7 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para8 graph (1); 

9 (3) by inserting before paragraph (3) the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(2) ROBOCALL.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘robocall’ 

13 means a call made or text message sent— 

14 ‘‘(i) using equipment, whether hard15 ware, software, or a combination thereof 

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1 ing system, that makes a call or sends a 

2 text message to— 

3 ‘‘(I) stored telephone numbers; or 

4 ‘‘(II) telephone numbers pro5 duced using a random or sequential 

6 number generator; or 

7 ‘‘(ii) using an artificial or prerecorded 

8 voice or an artificially generated message. 

9 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—For purposes of sub10 paragraph (A)(i), the term ‘robocall’ does not 

11 include a call made or text message sent using 

12 equipment that requires substantial human 

13 intervention to make or send the call or text 

14 message.’’; 

15 (4) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para16 graph (7); and 

17 (5) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(5) TEXT MESSAGE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘text mes21 sage’ means a message consisting of text, im22 ages, sounds, or other information that is trans23 mitted to or from a device that is identified as 

24 the receiving or transmitting device by means of 

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1 short code telephone number, or email address, 

2 or that is transmitted through application-to3 person messaging, and includes— 

4 ‘‘(i) a short message service (com5 monly referred to as ‘SMS’) message; 

6 ‘‘(ii) a multimedia message service 

7 (commonly referred to as ‘MMS’) message; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(iii) a rich communication service 

10 (commonly referred to as ‘RCS’) message. 

11 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The term ‘text mes12 sage’ does not include a real-time, two-way 

13 voice or video communication. 

14 ‘‘(6) TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE.—The term 

15 ‘text messaging service’ means a service that enables 

16 the transmission or receipt of a text message, includ17 ing a service provided as part of or in connection 

18 with a voice service.’’. 

19 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF ROBOCALLS.—Section 

20 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

21 227(b)) is amended— 

22 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

23 ‘‘AUTOMATED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘ROBOCALLS’’; 

25 (2) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

2 (i) in the matter preceding clause 

3 (i)— 

4 (I) by striking ‘‘any call’’ and in5 serting ‘‘a robocall’’; 

6 (II) by striking ‘‘a call’’ and in7 serting ‘‘a robocall’’; and 

8 (III) by striking ‘‘using any auto9 matic telephone dialing system or an 

10 artificial or prerecorded voice’’; and 

11 (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘call’’ 

12 each place it appears and inserting 

13 ‘‘robocall’’; 

14 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘any telephone call’’ 

16 and inserting ‘‘a robocall’’; 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘using an artificial or 

18 prerecorded voice to deliver a message’’; 

19 and 

20 (iii) by striking ‘‘the call’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘the robocall’’; and 

22 (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘use 

23 an automatic telephone dialing system’’ and in24 serting ‘‘make robocalls’’; and 

25 (3) in paragraph (2)— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘calls 

2 made using an artificial or prerecorded voice’’ 

3 and inserting ‘‘robocalls’’; 

4 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 ‘‘calls’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘robocalls’’; 

7 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

8 ‘‘calls’’ and inserting ‘‘robocalls’’; 

9 (D) in subparagraph (H), by striking 

10 ‘‘calls’’ and inserting ‘‘robocalls’’; and 

11 (E) in subparagraph (I)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘calls’’ each place it 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘robocalls’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘be called’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘receive such robocalls’’. 

16 (c) TECHNICAL AND PROCEDURAL STANDARDS.— 

17 Section 227(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

18 U.S.C. 227(d)) is amended— 

19 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘any telephone call using 

21 any automatic telephone dialing system’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘a robocall’’; and 

23 (B) by striking ‘‘or automatic telephone di24 aling system’’ and inserting ‘‘or robocall sys25 tem’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (3)— 

2 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

3 ‘‘ARTIFICIAL OR PRERECORDED VOICE’’ and in4 serting ‘‘ROBOCALL’’; 

5 (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

6 (A), by striking ‘‘any artificial or prerecorded 

7 voice message via telephone’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘robocalls’’; 

9 (C) in subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) by striking ‘‘artificial or 

11 prerecorded telephone messages’’ and in12 serting ‘‘robocalls using an artificial or 

13 prerecorded voice or an artificially gen14 erated message’’; and 

15 (ii) by striking ‘‘the call’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘the robocall’’; and 

17 (D) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to 

18 make or receive other calls’’. 

19 (d) PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF MISLEADING OR

20 INACCURATE CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 

21 Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

22 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and 

24 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub25 paragraph (C). 


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1 (e) EFFECT ON STATE LAW.—Section 227(f)(1) of 

2 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(f)(1)) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (B)— 

5 (A) by striking ‘‘automatic telephone dial6 ing systems’’ and inserting ‘‘robocalls’’; and 

7 (B) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

8 (2) by striking subparagraph (C); and 

9 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as sub10 paragraph (C). 

11 (f) ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ROBOCALLS

12 AND TRANSMISSION OF MISLEADING OR INACCURATE

13 CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.—Section 

14 227(h)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

15 227(h)(2)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

17 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘that a con18 sumer received a call in violation’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘a violation’’; 

20 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘that a con21 sumer received a call in violation’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘a violation’’; and 

23 (C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘that a con24 sumer received a call in connection with which 

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1 formation was transmitted in violation’’ and in2 serting ‘‘a violation’’; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘calls 

4 made in violation’’ and inserting ‘‘violations’’; and 

5 (3) in subparagraph (G)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘short-duration calls’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘short-duration calls or high-volume, 

8 unlawful text messages’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘calls made in violation’’ 

10 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘violations’’. 

11 (g) INFORMATION SHARING.—Section 227(i) of the 

12 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(i)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) by striking paragraph (2); 

15 (2) by striking ‘‘SHARING’’ and all that follows 

16 through ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting ‘‘SHAR17 ING.—Not later than’’; and 

18 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 

19 (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively (and 

20 conforming the margins accordingly). 

21 (h) ROBOCALL BLOCKING SERVICE.—Section 227(j) 

22 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(j)) 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) by striking paragraph (2); 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘SERVICE’’ and all that follows 

2 through ‘‘Not later than’’ and inserting ‘‘SERV3 ICE.—Not later than’’; 

4 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), 

5 and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively 

6 (and conforming the margins accordingly); and 

7 (4) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as sub8 paragraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and con9 forming the margins accordingly). 

10 (i) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 270 days after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

12 promulgate regulations to implement this section, includ13 ing the amendments made by this section. 

14 SEC. 102. TEXT MESSAGE AUTHENTICATION AND TRACE 

15 BACK STUDY. 

16 (a) STUDY.—The Commission shall conduct a study 

17 to determine the feasibility of— 

18 (1) creating an authentication framework with 

19 respect to text messages; and 

20 (2) requiring responses, from enforcement au21 thorities, with respect to requests to trace back the 

22 origin of text messages. 

23 (b) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study under 

24 subsection (a), the Commission shall consult with relevant 


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1 stakeholders, including representatives of private industry, 

2 public interest organizations, and academia. 

3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 

4 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

5 submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 

6 House of Representatives and the Committee on Com7 merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 

8 on the findings of the study conducted under subsection 

9 (a). 

10 (d) TEXT MESSAGE DEFINED.—In this section, the 

11 term ‘‘text message’’ has the meaning given that term in 

12 section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

13 U.S.C. 227(a)), as amended by this Act. 

14 SEC. 103. ANNUAL ROBOCALL REPORT. 

15 (a) NOTICE BY THE COMMISSION SEEKING REG16 ISTRATIONS.—Section 13(d)(2) of the Pallone-Thune 

17 Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and De18 terrence Act is amended— 

19 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘AN20 NUAL NOTICE’’ and inserting ‘‘NOTICE’’; and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘annually’’ and inserting ‘‘every 

22 3 years’’. 

23 (b) SUSPECTED UNLAWFUL ROBOCALL.—Section 

24 13(f)(3) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse 

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1 inserting ‘‘(not including a text message)’’ after ‘‘means 

2 a call’’. 

3 SEC. 104. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR ROBOCALLS USING 

4 AI. 

5 Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

6 U.S.C. 227) is amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(k) DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR ROBOCALLS

9 USING AI.—If a person making a robocall uses artificial 

10 intelligence to emulate a human being, such person shall 

11 disclose at the beginning of the call or text message the 

12 fact that artificial intelligence is being used.’’. 

13 SEC. 105. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS INVOLV14 ING AI VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSON15 ATION. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 227 of the Communica17 tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227), as amended by the 

18 preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by 

19 adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(l) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN21 VOLVING AI VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSON22 ATION.—In the case of a violation of this section with re23 spect to which the party making the call or sending the 

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1 individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause 

2 harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value— 

3 ‘‘(1) the maximum amount of the forfeiture 

4 penalty that may be imposed under subsection (b)(4) 

5 or (e)(5)(A) of this section or subsection (b) of sec6 tion 503 (as the case may be) shall be twice the 

7 maximum amount that may be imposed for such vio8 lation under such subsection without regard to this 

9 subsection; and 

10 ‘‘(2) the maximum amount of the criminal fine 

11 that may be imposed under subsection (e)(5)(B) of 

12 this section or section 501 (as the case may be) shall 

13 be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed 

14 for such violation under such subsection or section 

15 without regard to this subsection.’’. 

16 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub17 section (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring 

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 106. CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR VOIP SERVICE 

20 PROVIDERS. 

21 Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

22 U.S.C. 227), as amended by the preceding provisions of 

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1 ‘‘(m) CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR VOIP SERVICE

2 PROVIDERS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 1 year 

4 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

5 the Commission shall promulgate regulations that do 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(A) Require a provider of covered VoIP 

8 service to do the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) Verify the identity of each cus10 tomer of the provider. 

11 ‘‘(ii) Proactively and continuously 

12 monitor and analyze traffic on the service 

13 of the provider to determine whether any 

14 customer of the provider has engaged or is 

15 engaging in a pattern or practice of mak16 ing robocalls using the service of the pro17 vider. 

18 ‘‘(iii) If the provider ascertains, 

19 through the monitoring and analysis re20 quired under clause (ii) or other means, 

21 that a customer of the provider has en22 gaged or is engaging in a pattern or prac23 tice of making robocalls using the service 

24 of the provider, conduct an investigation to 

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1 substantial evidence that the customer has 

2 committed or is committing any violation 

3 of this section, or any other applicable law 

4 or regulation, with respect to such 

5 robocalls. 

6 ‘‘(iv) If the provider determines in an 

7 investigation conducted under clause (iii) 

8 that there is substantial evidence that the 

9 customer has committed or is committing 

10 any violation described in such clause, not 

11 later than 10 days after making the deter12 mination— 

13 ‘‘(I) take affirmative, effective 

14 measures to mitigate the origination 

15 or transmission of such robocalls; and 

16 ‘‘(II) submit to the Robocall 

17 Mitigation Database of the Commis18 sion a public report containing such 

19 evidence and describing such inves20 tigation and measures. 

21 ‘‘(B) Provide that the directors and offi22 cers (or any other individuals holding similar 

23 positions) and covered owners of a provider of 

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1 liable with the provider for any failure to com2 ply with— 

3 ‘‘(i) the regulations promulgated 

4 under this subsection; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) if the provider or any such direc6 tor, officer, other individual, or covered 

7 owner knew or should have known that the 

8 service of the provider was being used to 

9 facilitate robocalls in violation of any other 

10 regulation promulgated by the Commission 

11 or law enforced by the Commission, such 

12 regulation or law. 

13 ‘‘(C) Establish a process by which, if a 

14 provider of covered VoIP service receives notice 

15 of suspected illegal traffic under the rules of the 

16 Commission and fails to sufficiently respond to 

17 the notice and mitigate the suspected illegal 

18 traffic, the provider can be temporarily sus19 pended from the Robocall Mitigation Database 

20 of the Commission and have the traffic of the 

21 provider blocked by downstream voice service 

22 providers and intermediate providers, pending a 

23 final determination by the Commission of 

24 whether to remove the provider of covered VoIP 

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1 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

2 ‘‘(A) COVERED OWNER.—The term ‘cov3 ered owner’ means, with respect to a provider 

4 of covered VoIP service, any individual or entity 

5 that owns an equity interest (or the equivalent 

6 thereof) in the provider of 50 percent or great7 er. 

8 ‘‘(B) COVERED VOIP SERVICE.—The term 

9 ‘covered VoIP service’ means any of the fol10 lowing: 

11 ‘‘(i) An interconnected VoIP service. 

12 ‘‘(ii) A non-interconnected VoIP serv13 ice.’’. 

14 SEC. 107. TRACKING OF TOP 100 ILLEGAL ROBOCALL CAM15 PAIGNS. 

16 (a) FRAMEWORK AND TRACKING SYSTEM.— Not 

17 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

18 Act, the Commission shall develop a framework and track19 ing system to monitor the top 100 robocall campaigns that 

20 primarily involve robocalls that are illegal or suspected to 

21 be illegal. 

22 (b) MONTHLY REPORT.—Not later than 1 month 

23 after developing the framework and tracking system re24 quired by subsection (a), and monthly thereafter, the 

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1 website of the Commission a report, with respect to the 

2 preceding 1-month period, on the campaigns described in 

3 such subsection. 

4 (c) ROBOCALL DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

5 ‘‘robocall’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

6 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

7 227(a)), as amended by this Act. 

8 SEC. 108. OFFERING OF ROBOCALL-BLOCKING SERVICE AT 

9 NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER. 

10 Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 

11 U.S.C. 227), as amended by the preceding provisions of 

12 this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(n) OFFERING OF ROBOCALL-BLOCKING SERVICE

15 AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER.— 

16 ‘‘(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 

18 the Commission shall promulgate regulations that 

19 require a provider of voice service to offer a robocall20 blocking service to each customer of the provider, at 

21 no additional charge to the customer. 

22 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

23 ‘‘(A) ROBOCALL-BLOCKING SERVICE.—The 

24 term ‘robocall-blocking service’ means a service 

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1 service the ability to block robocalls that are 

2 highly likely to be illegal. 

3 ‘‘(B) VOICE SERVICE.—The term ‘voice 

4 service’ has the meaning given such term in 

5 section 4(a) of the Pallone-Thune TRACED 

6 Act (47 U.S.C. 227b(a)).’’. 

7 SEC. 109. TELEPHONE SOLICITATION. 

8 Section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 

9 (47 U.S.C. 227(a)), as amended by the preceding provi10 sions of this Act, is further amended by striking para11 graph (4) and inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) TELEPHONE SOLICITATION.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘telephone 

14 solicitation’ means the initiation of a telephone 

15 call or text message, transmitted to a person, 

16 for the purpose of— 

17 ‘‘(i) deception, fraud, or wrongfully 

18 obtaining anything of value; or 

19 ‘‘(ii) encouraging the purchase, sale, 

20 or rental of, or investment in, property, 

21 goods, or services, including referral or hir22 ing services. 

23 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—With respect to sub24 paragraph (A)(ii), the term ‘telephone solicita25 tion’ does not include a call or message— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to any person with that person’s 

2 prior express invitation or permission; 

3 ‘‘(ii) to any person with whom the 

4 caller has an established business relation5 ship; or 

6 ‘‘(iii) by a tax exempt nonprofit orga7 nization.’’. 

8 SEC. 110. COMMISSION DEFINED. 

9 In this title, the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Fed10 eral Communications Commission. 

11 TITLE II—FEDERAL TRADE 

12 COMMISSION 

13 SEC. 201. ADDITION OF TEXT MESSAGE TO THE DEFINITION 

14 OF TELEMARKETING. 

15 Section 7 of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud 

16 and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6106) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or text mes18 sage’’ after ‘‘telephone call’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

20 paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(5) TEXT MESSAGE.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘text mes23 sage’ means a message consisting of text, im24 ages, sounds, or other information that is trans25 mitted to or from a device that is identified as 


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1 the receiving or transmitting device by means of 

2 a 10-digit telephone number, N11 service code, 

3 short code telephone number, or email address, 

4 or that is transmitted through application-to5 person messaging, and includes— 

6 ‘‘(i) a short message service (com7 monly referred to as ‘SMS’) message; 

8 ‘‘(ii) a multimedia message service 

9 (commonly referred to as ‘MMS’) message; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(iii) a rich communication service 

12 (commonly referred to as ‘RCS’) message. 

13 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The term ‘text mes14 sage’ does not include a real-time, two-way 

15 voice or video communication.’’. 

16 SEC. 202. ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS ON INBOUND TELE17 PHONE CALLS AND EXPANDED CALLING 

18 TIME RESTRICTIONS. 

19 (a) INBOUND TELEPHONE CALLS.—Not later than 1 

20 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com21 mission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 

22 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), to prohibit 

23 deceptive or other abusive telemarketing acts or practices 

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1 marketing Sales Rule as of the date of the enactment of 

2 this Act). 

3 (b) CALLING TIME RESTRICTIONS.—Not later than 

4 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

5 Commission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule 

6 (part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), to ex7 pand the calling time restrictions contained in the Tele8 marketing Sales Rule such that it shall be an abusive tele9 marketing act or practice and a violation of the Tele10 marketing Sales Rule for a telemarketer to engage in out11 bound telephone calls to a person’s residence at any time 

12 other than between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time 

13 at the called person’s location. 

14 SEC. 203. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR TELEMARKETING 

15 USING AI. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

18 revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, 

19 Code of Federal Regulations) so as to add a requirement 

20 that, if a person makes a call or sends a text message 

21 with respect to telemarketing and uses artificial intel22 ligence in such call or text message to emulate a human 

23 being, such person shall disclose at the beginning of such 

24 call or text message the fact that artificial intelligence is 

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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘tele2 marketing’’ and ‘‘text message’’ have the meanings given 

3 such terms in section 7 of the Telemarketing and Con4 sumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6106), 

5 as amended by this Act. 

6 SEC. 204. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF 

7 TELEMARKETING RULES INVOLVING AI 

8 VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSONATION. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Telemarketing 

10 and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 6105) is amended by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(e) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN14 VOLVING AI VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSON15 ATION.— 

16 ‘‘(1) PENALTIES UNDER FEDERAL TRADE COM17 MISSION ACT.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), in 

18 the case of a violation described in paragraph (2), 

19 the maximum amount of the civil penalty that may 

20 be imposed for such violation under subsection (l) or 

21 (m) (as the case may be) of section 5 of the Federal 

22 Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) shall be twice 

23 the maximum amount that may be imposed for such 

24 violation under such subsection without regard to 

25 this subsection. 


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1 ‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED.—The violations 

2 described in this paragraph are the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) A violation of a rule prescribed by the 

4 Commission under section 3 with respect to 

5 which the party making the call or sending the 

6 text message uses artificial intelligence to im7 personate an individual or entity with the intent 

8 to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain 

9 anything of value. 

10 ‘‘(B) A violation of a cease-and-desist 

11 order issued by the Commission under section 

12 5(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 

13 U.S.C. 45(b)) with respect to a violation de14 scribed in subparagraph (A).’’. 

15 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub16 section (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 205. COMMISSION DEFINED. 

19 In this title, the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Fed20 eral Trade Commission. 

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