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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 373
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding
the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry to prohibit politically oriented recorded message
telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY17, 2023
Ms. F
OXXintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regula-
tions regarding the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry to prohibit po-
litically oriented recorded message telephone calls to tele-
phone numbers listed on that registry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Robo Calls Off Phones 4
Act’’ or the ‘‘Robo COP Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. POLITICALLY ORIENTED RECORDED MESSAGE 1
PHONE CALLS PROHIBITED. 2
(a) P
ROHIBITED.—Notwithstanding any other provi-3
sion of law, the Federal Trade Commission shall, not later 4
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 5
revise the ‘‘do-not-call’’ registry provisions of the Tele-6
marketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310.1 et seq.) to prohibit 7
politically oriented recorded message telephone calls to 8
telephone numbers listed on that registry. 9
(b) D
EFINITION OFPOLITICALLYORIENTEDRE-10
CORDEDMESSAGECALLS.—For purposes of this section, 11
the term ‘‘politically oriented recorded message telephone 12
call’’ means any outbound telephone call— 13
(1) in which a person is not available to speak 14
with the person answering the call, and the call in-15
stead plays a recorded message; and 16
(2)(A) the purpose of which is to promote, ad-17
vertise, campaign, or solicit donations, for or against 18
any political candidate or regarding any political 19
issue; or 20
(B) uses in the recorded message any political 21
candidate’s name. 22
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