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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7343 

To require the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade 

Commission to jointly establish a robocaller bounty pilot program, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 19, 2018 

Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana (for himself and Mr. CRIST) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To require the Federal Communications Commission and 

the Federal Trade Commission to jointly establish a 

robocaller bounty pilot program, 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. ROBOCALLER BOUNTY PILOT PROGRAM. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Commu6 nications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission 

7 shall jointly establish a robocaller bounty pilot program 

8 to reduce violations of section 227 of the Communications 

9 Act of 1947 (47 U.S.C. 227) and the do-not-call registry. 


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1 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In establishing the pilot pro2 gram under subsection (a), the Federal Communications 

3 Commission and the Federal Trade Commission shall 

4 jointly— 

5 (1) provide monetary compensation for the 

6 identification, apprehension, and prevention of fu7 ture robocalls and fraudulent callers; 

8 (2) develop an expeditious process for partici9 pants in the pilot program to submit an expedited 

10 background check, as determined by the Federal 

11 Communications Commission and the Federal Trade 

12 Commission, and approval for participation into the 

13 program; 

14 (3) develop a fee-sharing structure for partici15 pants to share in funds recovered from violations in 

16 addition to payment for participation in program; 

17 (4) consult with the Attorney General on how 

18 to ensure participants of the pilot program are pro19 tected from prosecution for specific activities author20 ized under the pilot program; 

21 (5) award competitive contracts as necessary to 

22 manage the pilot program and for addressing the 

23 vulnerabilities identified as a consequence of the 

24 pilot program; and 


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1 (6) solicit interested persons, including the pri2 vate sector, about the structure of the pilot program 

3 and constructive feedback. 

4 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

5 on which the pilot program is complete, the Federal Com6 munications Commission and the Federal Trade Commis7 sion shall submit a joint report to the Committees on En8 ergy and Commerce and the Judiciary of the House of 

9 Representatives and the Committees on Commerce, 

10 Science, and Transportation and the Judiciary of the Sen11 ate. The report shall include the following: 

12 (1) The number of individuals and companies 

13 that were approved and received compensation. 

14 (2) The number of identified and apprehended 

15 robocallers. 

16 (3) The number of identified vulnerabilities in 

17 existing law, apprehension, and enforcement of 

18 robocallers. 

19 (4) The number of resulting prosecutions. 

20 (5) The recommendations for overseas identi21 fication and apprehension of robocallers. 

22 (6) The obstacles encountered with appre23 hending robocallers and any other lessons learned 

24 from the pilot program. 


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1 (7) The payouts per participant. 

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