Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2694
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-04-18
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Civil actions and liability

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2018</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934: </p> <ul> <li>to lengthen the statute of limitations from two years to three&nbsp;years&nbsp;for pursuing caller identification information violations (known as "spoofing"), </li> <li>to &nbsp;lengthen the statute of limitations from one year to three years for pursing automated telephone equipment violations (known as "robocalls"), and </li> <li>to authorize the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)&nbsp;to impose forfeiture penalties without first sending a citation regarding the charged violation against persons not licensed by the FCC who violate prohibitions on the use of automated telephone equipment.</li></ul>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2694 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 18, 2018 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Udall , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Markey , Ms. Cortez Masto , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Tester , Mr. Peters , Mr. Blumenthal , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Baldwin , and Ms. Cantwell ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to lengthen the statute of limitations for enforcing robocall violations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Robocall Enforcement Enhancement Act of 2018 . 2. Statute of limitations for robocall enforcement actions (a) Provision of inaccurate caller identification information Section 227(e)(5)(A)(iv) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)(A)(iv) ) is amended— (1) in the heading, by striking 2-year and inserting 3-year ; and (2) by striking 2 years and inserting 3 years . (b) Use of automated telephone equipment Section 503(b)(6)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 503(b)(6)(B) ) is amended— (1) by striking occurred more than 1 year and inserting the following: occurred— (i) except as provided in clause (ii), more than 1 year ; and (2) by striking liability. and inserting the following: liability; or (ii) in the case of a violation of section 227(b)(1), more than 3 years prior to the date of issuance of the required notice or notice of apparent liability. . 3. Imposition of forfeitures without citations Section 503(b)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 503(b)(5) ) is amended, in the second sentence— (1) by striking or in the case of and inserting in the case of ; and (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: , or in the case of a violation of section 227(b)(1) .