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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7112 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7112

To direct the Federal Communications Commission to develop a framework 
 and tracking system to monitor the top 100 illegal robocall campaigns 
   and to publish a monthly report on such campaigns, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2024

  Ms. Matsui introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to develop a framework 
 and tracking system to monitor the top 100 illegal robocall campaigns 
   and to publish a monthly report on such campaigns, 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 ``Stop Scams and Spam Act''.

SEC. 2. TRACKING OF TOP 100 ILLEGAL ROBOCALL CAMPAIGNS.

    (a) Framework and Tracking System.-- Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall develop a 
framework and tracking system to monitor the top 100 robocall campaigns 
that primarily involve robocalls that are illegal or suspected to be 
illegal.
    (b) Monthly Report.--Not later than 1 month after developing the 
framework and tracking system required by subsection (a), and monthly 
thereafter, the Commission shall make available to the public on the 
website of the Commission a report, with respect to the preceding 1-
month period, on the campaigns described in such subsection.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (2) Robocall.--
                    (A) 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--
                                    (I) stored telephone numbers; or
                                    (II) telephone numbers produced 
                                using a random or sequential number 
                                generator; or
                            (ii) using an artificial or prerecorded 
                        voice or an artificially generated message.
                    (B) Limitation.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A)(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.
            (3) Text message.--
                    (A) 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.
                    (B) Limitation.--The term ``text message'' does not 
                include a real-time, two-way voice or video 
                communication.
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