Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act

Bill: 116-s-1241
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-30
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Consumer affairs

Marketing and advertising

Right of privacy

Telephone and wireless communication
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act</b><br /><br />This bill expands the private right of action that is available against telemarketers&nbsp;that call individuals who have registered their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. The bill permits bringing a lawsuit after receiving one such call, while current law requires at least two calls from the same telemarketer within a 12-month period before a lawsuit can be filed.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1241 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 30, 2019 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Hirono , Mr. Markey , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Klobuchar , and Ms. Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To expand the private right of action under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for calls in violation of the Do Not Call rules.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act . 2. Private right of action for calls in violation of Do Not Call rules Section 227(c)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(c)(5) ) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking more than one telephone call within any 12-month period by or on behalf of the same entity and inserting a telephone call by or on behalf of an entity ; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking up to .