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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7112 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to develop a framework 
and tracking system to monitor the top 100 illegal robocall campaigns 
and to publish a monthly report on such campaigns, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 29, 2024 
Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to de-
velop a framework and tracking system to monitor the 
top 100 illegal robocall campaigns and to publish a 
monthly report on such campaigns, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 Scams and Spam 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRACKING OF TOP 100 ILLEGAL ROBOCALL CAM-
PAIGNS. 
(a) FRAMEWORK
AND TRACKING SYSTEM.— Not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Commission shall develop a framework and track-
ing system to monitor the top 100 robocall campaigns that 
primarily involve robocalls that are illegal or suspected to 
be illegal. 
(b) MONTHLY REPORT.—Not later than 1 month 
after developing the framework and tracking system re-
quired by subsection (a), and monthly thereafter, the 
Commission shall make available to the public on the 
website of the Commission a report, with respect to the 
preceding 1-month period, on the campaigns described in 
such subsection. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) ROBOCALL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘robocall’’ 
means a call made or text message sent— 
(i) using equipment, whether hard-
ware, software, or a combination thereof 
and including an automatic telephone dial-
ing system, that makes a call or sends a 
text message to— 
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(I) stored telephone numbers; or 
(II) telephone numbers produced 
using a random or sequential number 
generator; or 
(ii) using an artificial or prerecorded 
voice or an artificially generated message. 
(B) LIMITATION.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (A)(i), the term ‘‘robocall’’ does not 
include a call made or text message sent using 
equipment that requires substantial human 
intervention to make or send the call or text 
message. 
(3) 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 
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 (commonly 
referred to as ‘‘SMS’’) message; 
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(ii) a multimedia message service 
(commonly referred to as ‘‘MMS’’) mes-
sage; 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. 
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