I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7151 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for measures to 
reduce the number of unlawful robocalls and unlawful spoofed calls 
received by consumers, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2018 
Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for 
measures to reduce the number of unlawful robocalls 
and unlawful spoofed calls received by consumers, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Harassing Calls 
Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 
2. 
REDUCING 
THE 
NUMBER 
OF 
UNLAWFUL 
ROBOCALLS 
AND 
UNLAWFUL 
SPOOFED 
CALLS. 
(a) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended by insert-
ing after section 227 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 227A. MEASURES TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UN-
LAWFUL 
ROBOCALLS 
AND 
UNLAWFUL 
SPOOFED CALLS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Commission 
shall promulgate regulations that require a provider of 
voice service or text messaging service to implement meas-
ures, to be specified by the Commission in such regula-
tions, to reduce the number of unlawful robocalls and un-
lawful spoofed calls received by consumers. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) UNLAWFUL ROBOCALL.—The term ‘unlaw-
ful robocall’ means a call made or a text message 
sent in violation of section 227(b). 
‘‘(2) UNLAWFUL
SPOOFED
CALL.—The term 
‘unlawful spoofed call’ means a call or text message 
in connection with which a caller identification serv-
ice is caused to transmit misleading or inaccurate 
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caller identification information in violation of sec-
tion 227(e). 
‘‘(3) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—The terms defined 
in section 227(e)(8) have the meanings given such 
terms in such section.’’. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL RULE REGARDING CERTAIN 
DEFINITIONS.—Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of 
section 227A of the Communications Act of 1934, as 
added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, shall 
apply before the effective date of the amendment 
made to section 227(e)(8) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 
227(e)(8)) by subparagraph (C) of section 503(a)(2) 
of division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2018 (Public Law 115–141) as if such amendment 
were already in effect. 
(b) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN BY FCC.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall de-
velop a plan to reduce the number of unlawful 
robocalls and unlawful spoofed calls received by con-
sumers. 
(2) REQUIRED CONTENTS.—The plan developed 
under paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) Steps that the Commission can take to 
increase enforcement of subsections (b) and (e) 
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of section 227 of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 227). 
(B) Recommendations to Congress for 
changes in law to give the Commission addi-
tional authority to reduce unlawful robocalls 
and unlawful spoofed calls. 
(C) A strategy for outreach by the Com-
mission to consumers (with an emphasis on 
young consumers) to help consumers identify 
calls that may be fraudulent. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall submit to Congress a report con-
taining the plan developed under paragraph (1). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) 
UNLAWFUL
ROBOCALL; 
UNLAWFUL 
SPOOFED CALL.—The terms ‘‘unlawful robocall’’ and 
‘‘unlawful spoofed call’’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 227A(b) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a)(1). 
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