116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2204 

AN ACT 

To allow the Federal Communications Commission to carry 

out a pilot program under which voice service providers 

could block certain automated calls, 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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Data Analytics 

3 Robocall Technology Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘DART Act of 

4 2019’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

6 In this Act— 

7 (1) the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal 

8 Communications Commission; 

9 (2) the term ‘‘covered ruling’’ means the ‘‘De10 claratory Ruling and Third Further Notice of Pro11 posed Rulemaking in the matter of Advanced Meth12 ods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls’’, 

13 adopted by the Commission on June 6, 2019 (FCC 

14 19–51; CG Docket No. 17–59); 

15 (3) the term ‘‘public safety answering point’’ 

16 has the meaning given the term in section 222(h) of 

17 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

18 222(h)); and 

19 (4) the term ‘‘voice service’’ means any service 

20 that— 

21 (A) is interconnected with the public 

22 switched telephone network; and 

23 (B) furnishes voice communications to an 

24 end user using resources from the North Amer25 ican Numbering Plan or any successor to the 

26 North American Numbering Plan adopted by 
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1 the Commission under section 251(e)(1) of the 

2 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 

3 251(e)(1)). 

4 SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 

5 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking 

7 to consider establishing a process under which the Com8 mission shall maintain a list of numbers that are not eligi9 ble to be blocked by a voice service provider, which may 

10 include a number used— 

11 (1) for outgoing calls by a public safety answer12 ing point or a similar facility that is designated to 

13 originate or route emergency calls; 

14 (2) to originate calls from a government entity, 

15 such as a call generated during an emergency; 

16 (3) by a school, or a similar institution, to pro17 vide school-related notifications, such as a notifica18 tion regarding— 

19 (A) a weather-related closure; or 

20 (B) the existence of an emergency affect21 ing a school or students attending a school; and 

22 (4) for similar or emergency purposes, as deter23 mined appropriate by the Commission. 
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1 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON DEPLOYMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 

2 OF CALL BLOCKING AND CALLER ID AUTHEN3 TICATION. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date on which the 

5 Commission receives any report under paragraph 90 of the 

6 covered ruling, the Commission shall submit to the Com7 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

8 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

9 the House of Representatives— 

10 (1) an analysis by the Commission with respect 

11 to the effectiveness of various categories of call 

12 blocking tools, as evaluated in the report; and 

13 (2) any legislative recommendations of the 

14 Commission relating to the report. 

15 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

16 Nothing in this Act may be construed to impede or 

17 delay the analysis by the Commission of the most effective 

18 means by which to maintain and administer a list of num19 bers that may not be blocked (referred to in the covered 

20 ruling as a ‘‘Critical Calls List’’), as considered in the cov21 ered ruling. 

Passed the Senate December 19, 2020. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2204 

AN ACT 

To allow the Federal Communications Commission 

calls, and for other purposes. service providers could block certain automated to carry out a pilot program under which voice