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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. 

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. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Scams and Spam 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRACKING OF TOP 100 ILLEGAL ROBOCALL CAM2 PAIGNS. 

3 (a) FRAMEWORK AND TRACKING SYSTEM.— Not 

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

5 Act, the Commission shall develop a framework and track6 ing system to monitor the top 100 robocall campaigns that 

7 primarily involve robocalls that are illegal or suspected to 

8 be illegal. 

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

10 after developing the framework and tracking system re11 quired by subsection (a), and monthly thereafter, the 

12 Commission shall make available to the public on the 

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

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

15 such subsection. 

16 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

17 (1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 

18 means the Federal Communications Commission. 

19 (2) ROBOCALL.— 

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

21 means a call made or text message sent— 

22 (i) using equipment, whether hard23 ware, software, or a combination thereof 

24 and including an automatic telephone dial25 ing system, that makes a call or sends a 

26 text message to— 


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1 (I) stored telephone numbers; or 

2 (II) telephone numbers produced 

3 using a random or sequential number 

4 generator; or 

5 (ii) using an artificial or prerecorded 

6 voice or an artificially generated message. 

7 (B) LIMITATION.—For purposes of sub8 paragraph (A)(i), the term ‘‘robocall’’ does not 

9 include a call made or text message sent using 

10 equipment that requires substantial human 

11 intervention to make or send the call or text 

12 message. 

13 (3) TEXT MESSAGE.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘text mes15 sage’’ means a message consisting of text, im16 ages, sounds, or other information that is trans17 mitted to or from a device that is identified as 

18 the receiving or transmitting device by means of 

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

20 short code telephone number, or email address, 

21 or that is transmitted through application-to22 person messaging, and includes— 

23 (i) a short message service (commonly 

24 referred to as ‘‘SMS’’) message; 


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1 (ii) a multimedia message service 

2 (commonly referred to as ‘‘MMS’’) mes3 sage; and 

4 (iii) a rich communication service 

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

6 (B) LIMITATION.—The term ‘‘text mes7 sage’’ does not include a real-time, two-way 

8 voice or video communication. 

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