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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 357 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking 

to consider establishing a process under which the Commission would 

maintain a list of numbers that a voice service provider cannot block, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 

Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Ms. KLOBUCHAR) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 

Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking to consider establishing a process 

under which the Commission would maintain a list of 

numbers that a voice service provider cannot block, 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 ‘‘Data Analytics 

5 Robocall Technology Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘DART Act of 

6 2021’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this Act— 

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

4 Communications Commission; 

5 (2) the term ‘‘covered ruling’’ means the ‘‘De6 claratory Ruling and Third Further Notice of Pro7 posed Rulemaking in the matter of Advanced Meth8 ods to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls’’, 

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

10 19–51; CG Docket No. 17–59); 

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

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

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

14 222(h)); and 

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

16 that— 

17 (A) is interconnected with the public 

18 switched telephone network; and 

19 (B) furnishes voice communications to an 

20 end user using resources from the North Amer21 ican Numbering Plan or any successor to the 

22 North American Numbering Plan adopted by 

23 the Commission under section 251(e)(1) of the 

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

25 251(e)(1)). 


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1 SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 

2 Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 

3 of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a rulemaking 

4 to consider establishing a process under which the Com5 mission shall maintain a list of numbers that are not eligi6 ble to be blocked by a voice service provider, which may 

7 include a number used— 

8 (1) for outgoing calls by a public safety answer9 ing point or a similar facility that is designated to 

10 originate or route emergency calls; 

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

12 such as a call generated during an emergency; 

13 (3) by a school, or a similar institution, to pro14 vide school-related notifications, such as a notifica15 tion regarding— 

16 (A) a weather-related closure; or 

17 (B) the existence of an emergency affect18 ing a school or students attending a school; and 

19 (4) for similar or emergency purposes, as deter20 mined appropriate by the Commission. 

21 SEC. 4. REPORTS ON DEPLOYMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION 

22 OF CALL BLOCKING AND CALLER ID AUTHEN23 TICATION. 

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

25 Commission receives any report under paragraph 90 of the 

26 covered ruling, the Commission shall submit to the ComVerDate Sep 11 2014 16:05 Feb 28, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S357.IS S357

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1 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 

2 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 

3 the House of Representatives— 

4 (1) an analysis by the Commission with respect 

5 to the effectiveness of various categories of call 

6 blocking tools, as evaluated in the report; and 

7 (2) any legislative recommendations of the 

8 Commission relating to the report. 

9 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

10 Nothing in this Act may be construed to impede or 

11 delay the analysis by the Commission of the most effective 

12 means by which to maintain and administer a list of num13 bers that may not be blocked (referred to in the covered 

14 ruling as a ‘‘Critical Calls List’’), as considered in the cov15 ered ruling. 

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