REAL PEACE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3668
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-11-28
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-11-28
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Robocall Elimination At Last Protecting Every American Consumer's Ears Act of 2018 or the REAL PEACE Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate the activities of common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio.</p> <p>Under current law, common carriers are regulated exclusively by the Federal Communications Commission and are exempt from regulation by the FTC. The bill removes this exemption and subjects common carriers to FTC regulation. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3668 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 28, 2018 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Blumenthal , and Ms. Klobuchar ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to eliminate the common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Robocall Elimination At Last Protecting Every American Consumer’s Ears Act of 2018 or the REAL PEACE Act of 2018 . 2. Findings Congress finds that— (1) illegal robocalls and spam calls are a growing annoyance and problem for the people of the United States; and (2) exemptions within the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) limit the enforcement capabilities of the Federal Trade Commission with respect to illegal robocalling and spam calling. 3. Eliminating the common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies (a) In general Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 44 ) is amended by striking the Act entitled An Act to regulate commerce, approved February 14, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto and the Communications Act of 1934 and inserting subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code, . (b) Rule of construction Nothing in this Act, or an amendment made by this Act, may be construed to displace any authority of the Federal Communications Commission or the States to take action to protect net neutrality or otherwise protect consumers and competition, including in the provision of broadband services.