(d) VOICE SERVICE DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘voice service’’— 
(1) means any service that is interconnected 
with the public switched telephone network and that 
furnishes voice communications to an end user using 
resources from the North American Numbering Plan 
or any successor to the North American Numbering 
Plan adopted by the Commission under section 
251(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 251(e)(1)); and 
(2) includes— 
(A) transmissions from a telephone fac-
simile machine, computer, or other device to a 
telephone facsimile machine; and 
(B) without limitation, any service that en-
ables real-time, two-way voice communications, 
including any service that requires internet pro-
tocol-compatible customer premises equipment 
(commonly known as ‘‘CPE’’) and permits out- 
bound calling, whether or not the service is one- 
way or two-way voice over internet protocol. 
SEC. 8. STOP ROBOCALLS. 
(a) INFORMATION SHARING REGARDING ROBOCALL 
AND SPOOFING VIOLATIONS.—Section 227 of the Commu-
nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227), as amended by 
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section 6, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(j) INFORMATION SHARING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 
the Commission shall prescribe regulations to estab-
lish a process that streamlines the ways in which a 
private entity may voluntarily share with the Com-
mission information relating to— 
‘‘(A) a call made or a text message sent in 
violation of subsection (b); or 
‘‘(B) a call or text message for which mis-
leading or inaccurate caller identification infor-
mation was caused to be transmitted in viola-
tion of subsection (e). 
‘‘(2) TEXT MESSAGE DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘text message’ has the meaning 
given such term in subsection (e)(8).’’. 
(b) ROBOCALL BLOCKING SERVICE WITH OPT-OUT 
CUSTOMER APPROVAL.—Section 227 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227), as amended by section 
6 and subsection (a) of this section, is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) ROBOCALL BLOCKING SERVICE WITH OPT-OUT 
CUSTOMER APPROVAL.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this subsection, the 
Commission shall take a final agency action to en-
sure the robocall blocking services provided on an 
opt-out basis pursuant to the Declaratory Ruling of 
the Commission in the matter of Advanced Methods 
to Target and Eliminate Unlawful Robocalls (CG 
Docket No. 17–59; FCC 19–51; adopted on June 6, 
2019)— 
‘‘(A) are provided with transparency and 
effective redress options for both— 
‘‘(i) consumers; and 
‘‘(ii) callers; and 
‘‘(B) are provided with no additional line 
item charge to consumers. 
‘‘(2) TEXT MESSAGE DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘text message’ has the meaning 
given such term in subsection (e)(8).’’. 
(c) STUDY ON INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR 
CERTAIN VOIP SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall con-
duct a study regarding whether to require a provider 
of covered VoIP service to— 
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(A) provide to the Commission contact in-
formation for such provider and keep such in-
formation current; and 
(B) retain records relating to each call 
transmitted over the covered VoIP service of 
such provider that are sufficient to trace such 
call back to the source of such call. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Commission shall submit to Congress a report 
on the results of the study conducted under para-
graph (1). 
(3) COVERED VOIP SERVICE DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘‘covered VoIP service’’ means 
a service that— 
(A) is an interconnected VoIP service (as 
defined in section 3 of the Communications Act 
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153)); or 
(B) would be an interconnected VoIP serv-
ice (as so defined) except that the service per-
mits users to terminate calls to the public 
switched telephone network but does not permit 
users to receive calls that originate on the pub-
lic switched telephone network. 
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(d) TRANSITIONAL RULE REGARDING DEFINITION 
OF TEXT MESSAGE.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (j) of 
section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227), as added by subsection (a) of this section, 
and paragraph (2) of subsection (k) of such section 227, 
as added by subsection (b) of this section, shall apply be-
fore the effective date of the amendment made to sub-
section (e)(8) of such section 227 by subparagraph (C) 
of section 503(a)(2) of division P of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) as if such 
amendment was already in effect. 
SEC. 9. COMMISSION DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Commission’’ means the Fed-
eral Communications Commission. 
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