Title: Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
Locking Up Robocallers Act of 2019
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission, upon obtaining evidence that suggests an intentional robocall violation, to provide such evidence to the Department of Justice and to report annually on the number and type of such instances.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3325 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3325

To require the Federal Communications Commission to provide evidence of 
          certain robocall violations to the Attorney General.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2019

Mr. McEachin (for himself, Mr. Olson, Mr. Kim, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, 
 Mr. Brindisi, and Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Federal Communications Commission to provide evidence of 
          certain robocall violations to the Attorney General.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Locking Up Robocallers Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF EVIDENCE OF CERTAIN ROBOCALL VIOLATIONS TO 
              ATTORNEY GENERAL.

    (a) In General.--If the Chief of the Enforcement Bureau of the 
Commission obtains evidence that suggests a willful, knowing, and 
repeated robocall violation with an intent to defraud, cause harm, or 
wrongfully obtain anything of value, the Chief of the Enforcement 
Bureau shall provide such evidence to the Attorney General.
    (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commission 
shall publish on its website and submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report that--
            (1) states the number of instances during the preceding 
        year in which the Chief of the Enforcement Bureau provided the 
        evidence described in subsection (a) to the Attorney General; 
        and
            (2) contains a general summary of the types of robocall 
        violations to which such evidence relates.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to affect the ability of the Commission or the Chief of the 
Enforcement Bureau under other law--
            (1) to refer a matter to the Attorney General; or
            (2) to pursue or continue pursuit of an enforcement action 
        in a matter with respect to which the Chief of the Enforcement 
        Bureau provided the evidence described in subsection (a) to the 
        Attorney General.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (2) Robocall violation.--The term ``robocall violation'' 
        means a violation of subsection (b) or (e) of section 227 of 
        the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227).
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