Stop Scams and Spam Act

Bill: 118-hr-7112
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2024-01-29
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Latest action: action_date: 2024-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-01-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop Scams and Spam Act</strong></p><p>This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to track and report on the&nbsp;top illegal robocall campaigns. The FCC is required to establish a framework for designating the top 100 campaigns, which must focus on campaigns involving primarily robocalls that are illegal or suspected to be illegal. The bill directs the FCC to release monthly reports on the designated top campaigns.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill defines <em>robocalls</em> as calls and text messages sent using (1) artificial dialing technology, or (2) an artificially generated message or an artificial or prerecorded voice. &nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7112 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Scams and Spam Act . 2. Tracking of top 100 illegal robocall campaigns (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 tracking 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 required 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 hardware, software, or a combination thereof and including an automatic telephone dialing system, that makes a call or sends a text message to— (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 subparagraph (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 message means a message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted 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; (ii) a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as MMS ) message; and (iii) a rich communication service (commonly referred to as RCS ) message. (B) Limitation The term text message does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication.