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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7598 
To amend the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforce-
ment and Deterrence Act to provide liability protection for the sharing 
of information regarding suspected unlawful robocalls by or with the 
registered consortium that conducts private-led efforts to trace back 
the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls, and for the receipt of such 
information by such registered consortium, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2022 
Mr. LATTA (for himself, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CUR-
TIS, and Mr. O’HALLERAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse 
Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act to provide 
liability protection for the sharing of information regard-
ing suspected unlawful robocalls by or with the registered 
consortium that conducts private-led efforts to trace back 
the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls, and for the 
receipt of such information by such registered consor-
tium, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Robocall Trace Back 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REGISTERED CONSORTIUM CONDUCTING PRIVATE- 
LED EFFORTS TO TRACE BACK THE ORIGIN 
OF SUSPECTED UNLAWFUL ROBOCALLS. 
(a) IMMUNITY FOR RECEIVING, SHARING, AND PUB-
LISHING TRACE BACK INFORMATION.—Section 13(d) of 
the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal 
Enforcement and Deterrence Act (Public Law 116–105; 
133 Stat. 3287) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) IMMUNITY FOR RECEIVING, SHARING, AND 
PUBLISHING TRACE BACK INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(A) TRACE BACK IMMUNITY.—No cause 
of action shall lie or be maintained in any court 
against— 
‘‘(i) the registered consortium for re-
ceiving or sharing, or publishing as per-
mitted by subsection (e), covered informa-
tion or information derived from covered 
information; or 
‘‘(ii) any voice service provider or 
other person for sharing covered informa-
tion with the registered consortium. 
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‘‘(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘covered information’— 
‘‘(i) means information regarding a 
suspected unlawful robocall; and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) call detail records of a sus-
pected unlawful robocall; 
‘‘(II) the name of, and other 
identifying information concerning, a 
voice service provider that originated, 
carried, or routed a suspected unlaw-
ful robocall; and 
‘‘(III) information about the per-
son who made a suspected unlawful 
robocall, including any contact infor-
mation of an individual that such per-
son provided to the voice service pro-
vider that originated the call.’’. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF LIST OF VOICE SERVICE PRO-
VIDERS.—Section 13(e) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone 
Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act 
(Public Law 116–105; 133 Stat. 3288) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(e) LIST OF VOICE SERVICE PROVIDERS.— 
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