service the ability to block robocalls that are 
highly likely to be illegal. 
‘‘(B) VOICE
SERVICE.—The term ‘voice 
service’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 4(a) of the Pallone-Thune TRACED 
Act (47 U.S.C. 227b(a)).’’. 
SEC. 109. TELEPHONE SOLICITATION. 
Section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 227(a)), as amended by the preceding provi-
sions of this Act, is further amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) TELEPHONE SOLICITATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘telephone 
solicitation’ means the initiation of a telephone 
call or text message, transmitted to a person, 
for the purpose of— 
‘‘(i) deception, fraud, or wrongfully 
obtaining anything of value; or 
‘‘(ii) encouraging the purchase, sale, 
or rental of, or investment in, property, 
goods, or services, including referral or hir-
ing services. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—With respect to sub-
paragraph (A)(ii), the term ‘telephone solicita-
tion’ does not include a call or message— 
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‘‘(i) to any person with that person’s 
prior express invitation or permission; 
‘‘(ii) to any person with whom the 
caller has an established business relation-
ship; or 
‘‘(iii) by a tax exempt nonprofit orga-
nization.’’. 
SEC. 110. COMMISSION DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Fed-
eral Communications Commission. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL TRADE 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 201. ADDITION OF TEXT MESSAGE TO THE DEFINITION 
OF TELEMARKETING. 
Section 7 of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud 
and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6106) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or text mes-
sage’’ after ‘‘telephone call’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) TEXT MESSAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘text mes-
sage’ means a message consisting of text, im-
ages, sounds, or other information that is trans-
mitted to or from a device that is identified as 
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the receiving or transmitting device by means of 
a 10-digit telephone number, N11 service code, 
short code telephone number, or email address, 
or that is transmitted through application-to- 
person messaging, and includes— 
‘‘(i) a short message service (com-
monly referred to as ‘SMS’) message; 
‘‘(ii) a multimedia message service 
(commonly referred to as ‘MMS’) message; 
and 
‘‘(iii) a rich communication service 
(commonly referred to as ‘RCS’) message. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The term ‘text mes-
sage’ does not include a real-time, two-way 
voice or video communication.’’. 
SEC. 202. ADOPTION OF REGULATIONS ON INBOUND TELE-
PHONE 
CALLS 
AND 
EXPANDED 
CALLING 
TIME RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) INBOUND TELEPHONE CALLS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 
310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), to prohibit 
deceptive or other abusive telemarketing acts or practices 
relating to inbound telephone calls, subject to the exemp-
tion relating to catalogs (as provided for in the Tele-
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marketing Sales Rule as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act). 
(b) CALLING TIME RESTRICTIONS.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule 
(part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), to ex-
pand the calling time restrictions contained in the Tele-
marketing Sales Rule such that it shall be an abusive tele-
marketing act or practice and a violation of the Tele-
marketing Sales Rule for a telemarketer to engage in out-
bound telephone calls to a person’s residence at any time 
other than between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time 
at the called person’s location. 
SEC. 203. DISCLOSURE REQUIRED FOR TELEMARKETING 
USING AI. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 
revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, 
Code of Federal Regulations) so as to add a requirement 
that, if a person makes a call or sends a text message 
with respect to telemarketing and uses artificial intel-
ligence in such call or text message to emulate a human 
being, such person shall disclose at the beginning of such 
call or text message the fact that artificial intelligence is 
being used. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘tele-
marketing’’ and ‘‘text message’’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 7 of the Telemarketing and Con-
sumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6106), 
as amended by this Act. 
SEC. 204. ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF 
TELEMARKETING 
RULES 
INVOLVING 
AI 
VOICE OR TEXT MESSAGE IMPERSONATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Telemarketing 
and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 
U.S.C. 6105) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS IN-
VOLVING
AI VOICE
OR
TEXT
MESSAGE
IMPERSON-
ATION.— 
‘‘(1) PENALTIES UNDER FEDERAL TRADE COM-
MISSION
ACT.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), in 
the case of a violation described in paragraph (2), 
the maximum amount of the civil penalty that may 
be imposed for such violation under subsection (l) or 
(m) (as the case may be) of section 5 of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) shall be twice 
the maximum amount that may be imposed for such 
violation under such subsection without regard to 
this subsection. 
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‘‘(2) VIOLATIONS DESCRIBED.—The violations 
described in this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) A violation of a rule prescribed by the 
Commission under section 3 with respect to 
which the party making the call or sending the 
text message uses artificial intelligence to im-
personate an individual or entity with the intent 
to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain 
anything of value. 
‘‘(B) A violation of a cease-and-desist 
order issued by the Commission under section 
5(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 45(b)) with respect to a violation de-
scribed in subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 205. COMMISSION DEFINED. 
In this title, the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Fed-
eral Trade Commission. 
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