<enum>I</enum><header>Federal Communications Commission</header><section id="H1EE84FD48DD14255A9EDC1ABB374DA50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Robocall restrictions</header><subsection id="H1576AA20B8D14ECF8AC446659F1231DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC43E1A66F5E840408BE20B7D9402B246"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9222A92705574262BAE1FC3A772CD913"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H287D7788B4814462985D1C9E93CAE117"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD3443C47A1D241E98DBD9DDE816E1280" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H2EB770CD799548E1B0F2061CD9D9AB00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Robocall</header><subparagraph id="H41FBED3FCA7A4A4BABCCAEF917E459D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>robocall</quote> means a call made or text message sent—</text><clause id="HFA824D37BFB74DE6A02D76189EDC5995"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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—</text><subclause id="HB0BCAF2B224B46869957C59B5C489C9C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>stored telephone numbers; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H0E0B7F06635247F38992AF3785F08496"><enum>(II)</enum><text>telephone numbers produced using a random or sequential number generator; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HF8999EE7AFE7407EAAA0E00372D8822A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>using an artificial or prerecorded voice or an artificially generated message.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6301ABE446FF463C82C8709846789814"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), the term <quote>robocall</quote> 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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H26364890387449C1BE278C7C4732A83B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF9AE1D8E56D7480F8DECA482CC7F0B72"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD9267CA3146C4324B9FC84DEEF7A056C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HC3A8F963E157421EB6A848835817FB51"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Text message</header><subparagraph id="HDEF49BA64DD741A99F44B3CDE2424C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>text message</quote> 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—</text><clause id="H0A8753711E49448CA47EC3B39663D35B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a short message service (commonly referred to as <quote>SMS</quote>) message;</text></clause><clause id="H210940F8255349F6AA9CC0268797392C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as <quote>MMS</quote>) message; and</text></clause><clause id="H62A43F9488914FE091C54A64E63A5340"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a rich communication service (commonly referred to as <quote>RCS</quote>) message. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC653B0B36134FFE8DDED59F408771D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The term <quote>text message</quote> does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H504DAC6D2CF5487A91448B7FE85FB6A6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Text messaging service</header><text>The term <quote>text messaging service</quote> means a service that enables the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a voice service.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB40C45D4D4004F51A5B73A3BF1054717"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions on use of robocalls</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HA9CC5F1F85D74D08AE76A5778F1BF8B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">automated telephone equipment</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">robocalls</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H39B5381D6341418A8B7BEB270B58D323"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H89725C908777491789354D33D6440C07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="H4350ED16B45D438C95B9A1686B378D2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text><subclause id="HE82D1B862EBF4236B01B107B644387CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any call</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HDA096D54EBC0442E830C9E12D45156BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a call</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H15025499D8AD49AAAD37BAFDF0061FEF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using any automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HC92A43C2BFB2404392819796C9AF733C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>call</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>robocall</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C218CD7BE2F4B5EB65E84ABD20958E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="H5F9847C6846B4AD48F18B2E7BB34B03B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any telephone call</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H01D3AD45466D4FDEB059DCA8F5AEFF0D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H2541301198F44B5B87F42FEC384BC8C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the call</quote> and inserting <quote>the robocall</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H831E347A1E4743B1A781434BBEE6B896"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>use an automatic telephone dialing system</quote> and inserting <quote>make robocalls</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F26DDDCB9184416994C39782BD8E190"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="H7CFE788ABD04449C9B6F5C71823FA58E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>calls made using an artificial or prerecorded voice</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A81BAAC130048E48BB9B30074C761F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>calls</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D5541D8AF5E4E3EA46FA76907320513"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>calls</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21DC33F6BF2340EE8E1F9FBB83807004"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>calls</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1E136BD6AD544C09638266EBE0D2F16"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I)—</text><clause id="HDE24B9A571904362BDDB4D4DB04E0984"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>calls</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H1DA1C11077404AD989A9FA2ECC78C814"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>be called</quote> and inserting <quote>receive such robocalls</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E022DE26C53454A9739C209E4FB5C8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and procedural standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB7B557EFE100466A91DCCFF6C0F41192"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text><subparagraph id="H7EA7C82476DE4925AE467D76A848436A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any telephone call using any automatic telephone dialing system</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H423E8A6E81A34490BFECAB71B181589E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or automatic telephone dialing system</quote> and inserting <quote>or robocall system</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H770D98CD8C6A4628BFD236427614FADD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="HBA3668FFB9B44E8EB41C909651EEB18D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Artificial or prerecorded voice</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Robocall</header-in-text></quote>; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H096E9356DD3E45778F4EB2675118358C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>any artificial or prerecorded voice message via telephone</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7561F6E4D8442A595AA10D6FD84FF6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="H111AFC8C7BC64EA79B2877983A74C3BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>artificial or prerecorded telephone messages</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls using an artificial or prerecorded voice or an artificially generated message</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H2B4A9CADB81A46CA9EA836F92B9BC1D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the call</quote> and inserting <quote>the robocall</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H522B5279C4F4447D8D8054A7B2EBF26A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>to make or receive other calls</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE075AC054C99428FB166F67E68AB5BBA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H661092EC4BB04705A3E43660D13C2A79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H03D0A1FDCBBB43D9B6AF8833D248736F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65CA47D619784706BF1F5B0B659A6F1F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect on State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(f)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HAD4CA3F97B77476792231475AB29A149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph id="H674E32CCA4FB48B89D82934F1688D85F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>automatic telephone dialing systems</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADB4BC6AB9534435A5BDEAD858C53131"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA0AB91B341C4F7689EB044C307997DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H75199A53B03C43ECAA76F387D443F8FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E9E3EB94FF4462AAE1BFC2797C81CEC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual Report to Congress on Robocalls and Transmission of Misleading or Inaccurate Caller Identification Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(h)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H9E96BCC2D7B94250A83BE0FB48A0B1E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="H7DD05BBD5C194BB29854844756295EA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>that a consumer received a call in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>a violation</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D064D9C989746DE875F68865E749D43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>that a consumer received a call in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>a violation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC106FB266C242BC94285FF435B157EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>that a consumer received a call in connection with which misleading or inaccurate caller identification information was transmitted in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>a violation</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC00DBA9CAE7E4941B4E1A2F3EE3D9917"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>calls made in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>violations</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2EAD1FB70D824351AA4C31D9BD0C81FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G)—</text><subparagraph id="H1BD0250A11D147428BB2B50ACD8BBA77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>short-duration calls</quote> and inserting <quote>short-duration calls or high-volume, unlawful text messages</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42F91A374A324B8CB3E79D5A20648D0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>calls made in violation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>violations</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC249A4B18BF04D789BCCEC7BCD543A4D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD1DE35B43058486F8340BAD9B0706713"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H53CEB54D3F6546F6853E87CCA556D878"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Sharing</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>Not later than</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Sharing.—</header-in-text>Not later than</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H60DA20E786FC456C83284FAF831C173D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively (and conforming the margins accordingly).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H814F68A17A1C4B2EA31DA939F19C2186" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Robocall blocking service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H0F9A835B3DF848E8B8C9140C5191FF41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E4100524CDE4D1FAE53198B0433052E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Service</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>Not later than</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Service.—</header-in-text>Not later than</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H49FF1D347B7149B2AAB40E75D38502C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively (and conforming the margins accordingly); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB71B61DF1122424FBC74BB3B1B364A5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and conforming the margins accordingly).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21631718788F428F8209C50EB2765821"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement this section, including the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="H646D685AD549419EA9F5626C2686A8C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Text message authentication and trace back study</header><subsection id="H395611D3A60249B196C8D6A567C3069B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of—</text><paragraph id="H0906ABF224F549F680D325D1A141794A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>creating an authentication framework with respect to text messages; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H144F6B903069405D8063FABD97208962"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requiring responses, from enforcement authorities, with respect to requests to trace back the origin of text messages.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA7E9A3C1FB946338E0C7C9AD93B6D23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Commission shall consult with relevant stakeholders, including representatives of private industry, public interest organizations, and academia.</text></subsection><subsection id="H694720B1F18642D7AC231937E9A3E267"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H7A665F6ABF814A3E82B36E3E6F6D76E5" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Text message defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>text message</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H7C9C508F63724D4BA3AE3A1F6CBD652E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Annual robocall report</header><subsection id="H7584F1137A8340A0B5D260A93CF53CE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notice by the commission seeking registrations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13(d)(2) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8FB2ED0532D547AF9B1252E19CFCC312"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Annual notice</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Notice</header-in-text></quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H90794DA1A0A34D23B9ABB9100AB94852"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>annually</quote> and inserting <quote>every 3 years</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D4D2C68D6FB42AAB4433DEC461B8FAF" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspected unlawful robocall</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13(f)(3) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act is amended by inserting <quote>(not including a text message)</quote> after <quote>means a call</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="H7B8DB4EDA4BB4DCC946736D9B0FC90B7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Disclosure required for robocalls using AI</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2706BB8BDB144691B422AC99113510F5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H0680ED27CCD1403B9AA0E220E6CE086C"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Disclosure required for robocalls using AI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a person making a robocall uses artificial intelligence to emulate a human being, such person shall disclose at the beginning of the call or text message the fact that artificial intelligence is being used.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HC383CEEA887D4BA997BA687EEC353556"><enum>105.</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message impersonation</header><subsection id="HBBA1BC0D4970463A819AE1F63FA80B65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H061B3622C88746B08F8AF6E60821FCFA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H8DF0918C9F2C4E1F9E5913969C3CB72B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message impersonation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a violation of this section with respect to which the party making the call or sending the text message uses artificial intelligence to impersonate an individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value—</text><paragraph id="H9A0AF5987A4C4DDD8985FBB9E918175D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the maximum amount of the forfeiture penalty that may be imposed under subsection (b)(4) or (e)(5)(A) of this section or subsection (b) of section 503 (as the case may be) shall be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed for such violation under such subsection without regard to this subsection; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3D87382A4764B16B075DC7A52F300A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the maximum amount of the criminal fine that may be imposed under subsection (e)(5)(B) of this section or section 501 (as the case may be) shall be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed for such violation under such subsection or section without regard to this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HB6B9B6312B9344DFB9FC2852B4FA80B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H268DFEAA80744A269BF5CE27341E493C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Certain requirements for VoIP service providers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFED26B33801746F1B280819DA18DCAF0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H2BDD14906C644606A9F17C4E0B76B371"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Certain requirements for VoIP service providers</header><paragraph id="H7D82543B793840E6A91243C70BD78B2E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that do the following:</text><subparagraph id="H3C1CA14914BB41CD9DF5E162C782B396"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Require a provider of covered VoIP service to do the following:</text><clause id="H16BDC6F5FABD47079DEAB75A30AE2B7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Verify the identity of each customer of the provider.</text></clause><clause id="HF48E1A40E6DE4F6ABC8754B090D762FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proactively and continuously monitor and analyze traffic on the service of the provider to determine whether any customer of the provider has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice of making robocalls using the service of the provider.</text></clause><clause id="H283B5532AA30439CA3E7428C6AB8BCE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the provider ascertains, through the monitoring and analysis required under clause (ii) or other means, that a customer of the provider has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice of making robocalls using the service of the provider, conduct an investigation to determine expeditiously whether there is substantial evidence that the customer has committed or is committing any violation of this section, or any other applicable law or regulation, with respect to such robocalls.</text></clause><clause id="H843A6643B4B54E9EA1044A5A70BA4C29"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the provider determines in an investigation conducted under clause (iii) that there is substantial evidence that the customer has committed or is committing any violation described in such clause, not later than 10 days after making the determination—</text><subclause id="H3CA0F54A3C4241FBA476312988B1E0A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>take affirmative, effective measures to mitigate the origination or transmission of such robocalls; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HD06648B55EB7420D838A11C2A9EF74BD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>submit to the Robocall Mitigation Database of the Commission a public report containing such evidence and describing such investigation and measures.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA8F0CA7033A434DAF6DEB8A9BE85F72"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide that the directors and officers (or any other individuals holding similar positions) and covered owners of a provider of covered VoIP service are jointly and severally liable with the provider for any failure to comply with—</text><clause id="HD5E2972AC15143738D3BF94F0501AA9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the regulations promulgated under this subsection; or</text></clause><clause id="HE21264FAA2D541C28BC95BD543DFB7D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the provider or any such director, officer, other individual, or covered owner knew or should have known that the service of the provider was being used to facilitate robocalls in violation of any other regulation promulgated by the Commission or law enforced by the Commission, such regulation or law.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0CF6732AE5744F999C63C1B991C2F54"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establish a process by which, if a provider of covered VoIP service receives notice of suspected illegal traffic under the rules of the Commission and fails to sufficiently respond to the notice and mitigate the suspected illegal traffic, the provider can be temporarily suspended from the Robocall Mitigation Database of the Commission and have the traffic of the provider blocked by downstream voice service providers and intermediate providers, pending a final determination by the Commission of whether to remove the provider of covered VoIP service from the Robocall Mitigation Database.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H307BEAA5F6544561A6867C12855587BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="HEEE6C9B7511546C9AAD9F9ED9213E3D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered owner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>covered owner</quote> means, with respect to a provider of covered VoIP service, any individual or entity that owns an equity interest (or the equivalent thereof) in the provider of 50 percent or greater.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H789FB705AB70452FB47630DB1D58610D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered VoIP service</header><text>The term <quote>covered VoIP service</quote> means any of the following:</text><clause id="H399E6B28D530422688E3A9968DF1CE72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An interconnected VoIP service.</text></clause><clause id="HF4DA2E4652544D1A8326EEDF8FA5B377"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A non-interconnected VoIP service.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H81E8530D68FF45E39A3182DAAE9D9FBB"><enum>107.</enum><header>Tracking of top 100 illegal robocall campaigns</header><subsection id="H15425E5BEA1A4069BD10626713056C4B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Framework and tracking system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> 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.</text></subsection><subsection id="H050119B403704E50926BF9A913D61767"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Monthly report</header><text>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.</text></subsection><subsection id="HACED14F7A1AA4827A80AC248111B1886"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Robocall defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>robocall</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H2B72865CC2804CB9AE7EB41044119822"><enum>108.</enum><header>Offering of robocall-blocking service at no charge to customer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC0F312F9050642B4B9A6893CE62A50CC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H82B8E110A5C1450383289017C0272B26"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Offering of robocall-Blocking service at no charge to customer</header><paragraph id="HD51E3F8379B74A91938302655E4CC459"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that require a provider of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service to each customer of the provider, at no additional charge to the customer.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A928BA0B7124290BA673FEE2AD13326"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="HD1CC6EBDA34E41F6909BA99A4DE09040"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Robocall-blocking service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>robocall-blocking service</quote> means a service that gives a customer of a provider of voice service the ability to block robocalls that are highly likely to be illegal.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBCC10154E60467F900DC9A5EFED2A5F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Voice service</header><text>The term <quote>voice service</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 4(a) of the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227b">47 U.S.C. 227b(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H56984AEA18714AD7A2DFB37C6AB5024A"><enum>109.</enum><header>Telephone solicitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDAA737CBCCB04E3BA0C8515BBB3C5BBE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H1284A2AE9D5C4121BB665AF07130FDE1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Telephone solicitation</header><subparagraph id="H4B80ED6095884DCD9C68951DA2598999"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>telephone solicitation</quote> means the initiation of a telephone call or text message, transmitted to a person, for the purpose of—</text><clause id="H4AAFE4D968F94919B004C0E5D8B16BE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deception, fraud, or wrongfully obtaining anything of value; or</text></clause><clause id="H068E4ECD40EC46B4B47ACD11DE4FE621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>encouraging the purchase, sale, or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services, including referral or hiring services.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20C361E9C8FE4AB6BEA65CEB7DD24978"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>With respect to subparagraph (A)(ii), the term <quote>telephone solicitation</quote> does not include a call or message—</text><clause id="H28EFF870F65B41A58975F3AEAEB4FE57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to any person with that person’s prior express invitation or permission;</text></clause><clause id="HA564B97D796F4016887E865F65058E24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to any person with whom the caller has an established business relationship; or</text></clause><clause id="H82723CBDDEBA4052BCFF1590BFE86F00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by a tax exempt nonprofit organization.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HFA1521C8D0284CAEBDF0E257B7F909AE"><enum>110.</enum><header>Commission defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></section>

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Short title; table of contents

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Do Not Disturb Act

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Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Title I—Federal Communications Commission

Sec. 101. Robocall restrictions.

Sec. 102. Text message authentication and trace back study.

Sec. 103. Annual robocall report.

Sec. 104. Disclosure required for robocalls using AI.

Sec. 105. Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message impersonation.

Sec. 106. Certain requirements for VoIP service providers.

Sec. 107. Tracking of top 100 illegal robocall campaigns.

Sec. 108. Offering of robocall-blocking service at no charge to customer.

Sec. 109. Telephone solicitation.

Sec. 110. Commission defined.

Title II—Federal Trade Commission

Sec. 201. Addition of text message to the definition of telemarketing.

Sec. 202. Adoption of regulations on inbound telephone calls and expanded calling time restrictions.

Sec. 203. Disclosure required for telemarketing using AI.

Sec. 204. Enhanced penalties for violations of telemarketing rules involving AI voice or text message impersonation.

Sec. 205. Commission defined.

<enum>I</enum><header>Federal Communications Commission</header><section id="H1EE84FD48DD14255A9EDC1ABB374DA50" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Robocall restrictions</header><subsection id="H1576AA20B8D14ECF8AC446659F1231DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HC43E1A66F5E840408BE20B7D9402B246"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H9222A92705574262BAE1FC3A772CD913"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H287D7788B4814462985D1C9E93CAE117"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD3443C47A1D241E98DBD9DDE816E1280" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H2EB770CD799548E1B0F2061CD9D9AB00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Robocall</header><subparagraph id="H41FBED3FCA7A4A4BABCCAEF917E459D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>robocall</quote> means a call made or text message sent—</text><clause id="HFA824D37BFB74DE6A02D76189EDC5995"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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—</text><subclause id="HB0BCAF2B224B46869957C59B5C489C9C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>stored telephone numbers; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H0E0B7F06635247F38992AF3785F08496"><enum>(II)</enum><text>telephone numbers produced using a random or sequential number generator; or</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HF8999EE7AFE7407EAAA0E00372D8822A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>using an artificial or prerecorded voice or an artificially generated message.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6301ABE446FF463C82C8709846789814"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), the term <quote>robocall</quote> 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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="H26364890387449C1BE278C7C4732A83B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (7); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HF9AE1D8E56D7480F8DECA482CC7F0B72"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HD9267CA3146C4324B9FC84DEEF7A056C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HC3A8F963E157421EB6A848835817FB51"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Text message</header><subparagraph id="HDEF49BA64DD741A99F44B3CDE2424C6C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>text message</quote> 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—</text><clause id="H0A8753711E49448CA47EC3B39663D35B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a short message service (commonly referred to as <quote>SMS</quote>) message;</text></clause><clause id="H210940F8255349F6AA9CC0268797392C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as <quote>MMS</quote>) message; and</text></clause><clause id="H62A43F9488914FE091C54A64E63A5340"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a rich communication service (commonly referred to as <quote>RCS</quote>) message. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC653B0B36134FFE8DDED59F408771D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The term <quote>text message</quote> does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H504DAC6D2CF5487A91448B7FE85FB6A6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Text messaging service</header><text>The term <quote>text messaging service</quote> means a service that enables the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a voice service.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB40C45D4D4004F51A5B73A3BF1054717"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions on use of robocalls</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(b) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HA9CC5F1F85D74D08AE76A5778F1BF8B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">automated telephone equipment</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">robocalls</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H39B5381D6341418A8B7BEB270B58D323"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="H89725C908777491789354D33D6440C07"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="H4350ED16B45D438C95B9A1686B378D2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text><subclause id="HE82D1B862EBF4236B01B107B644387CD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any call</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="HDA096D54EBC0442E830C9E12D45156BE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a call</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="H15025499D8AD49AAAD37BAFDF0061FEF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using any automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="HC92A43C2BFB2404392819796C9AF733C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>call</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>robocall</quote>; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C218CD7BE2F4B5EB65E84ABD20958E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="H5F9847C6846B4AD48F18B2E7BB34B03B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any telephone call</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="H01D3AD45466D4FDEB059DCA8F5AEFF0D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>using an artificial or prerecorded voice to deliver a message</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H2541301198F44B5B87F42FEC384BC8C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the call</quote> and inserting <quote>the robocall</quote>; and </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H831E347A1E4743B1A781434BBEE6B896"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>use an automatic telephone dialing system</quote> and inserting <quote>make robocalls</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F26DDDCB9184416994C39782BD8E190"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="H7CFE788ABD04449C9B6F5C71823FA58E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>calls made using an artificial or prerecorded voice</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A81BAAC130048E48BB9B30074C761F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>calls</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D5541D8AF5E4E3EA46FA76907320513"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>calls</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21DC33F6BF2340EE8E1F9FBB83807004"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>calls</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1E136BD6AD544C09638266EBE0D2F16"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I)—</text><clause id="HDE24B9A571904362BDDB4D4DB04E0984"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>calls</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H1DA1C11077404AD989A9FA2ECC78C814"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>be called</quote> and inserting <quote>receive such robocalls</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E022DE26C53454A9739C209E4FB5C8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and procedural standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HB7B557EFE100466A91DCCFF6C0F41192"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text><subparagraph id="H7EA7C82476DE4925AE467D76A848436A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any telephone call using any automatic telephone dialing system</quote> and inserting <quote>a robocall</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H423E8A6E81A34490BFECAB71B181589E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or automatic telephone dialing system</quote> and inserting <quote>or robocall system</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H770D98CD8C6A4628BFD236427614FADD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subparagraph id="HBA3668FFB9B44E8EB41C909651EEB18D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Artificial or prerecorded voice</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Robocall</header-in-text></quote>; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H096E9356DD3E45778F4EB2675118358C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>any artificial or prerecorded voice message via telephone</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7561F6E4D8442A595AA10D6FD84FF6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="H111AFC8C7BC64EA79B2877983A74C3BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>artificial or prerecorded telephone messages</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls using an artificial or prerecorded voice or an artificially generated message</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="H2B4A9CADB81A46CA9EA836F92B9BC1D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the call</quote> and inserting <quote>the robocall</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H522B5279C4F4447D8D8054A7B2EBF26A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>to make or receive other calls</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE075AC054C99428FB166F67E68AB5BBA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H661092EC4BB04705A3E43660D13C2A79"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H03D0A1FDCBBB43D9B6AF8833D248736F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H65CA47D619784706BF1F5B0B659A6F1F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effect on State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(f)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HAD4CA3F97B77476792231475AB29A149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text><subparagraph id="H674E32CCA4FB48B89D82934F1688D85F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>automatic telephone dialing systems</quote> and inserting <quote>robocalls</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADB4BC6AB9534435A5BDEAD858C53131"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA0AB91B341C4F7689EB044C307997DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H75199A53B03C43ECAA76F387D443F8FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E9E3EB94FF4462AAE1BFC2797C81CEC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual Report to Congress on Robocalls and Transmission of Misleading or Inaccurate Caller Identification Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(h)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H9E96BCC2D7B94250A83BE0FB48A0B1E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><subparagraph id="H7DD05BBD5C194BB29854844756295EA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>that a consumer received a call in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>a violation</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D064D9C989746DE875F68865E749D43"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>that a consumer received a call in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>a violation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC106FB266C242BC94285FF435B157EF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>that a consumer received a call in connection with which misleading or inaccurate caller identification information was transmitted in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>a violation</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC00DBA9CAE7E4941B4E1A2F3EE3D9917"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>calls made in violation</quote> and inserting <quote>violations</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H2EAD1FB70D824351AA4C31D9BD0C81FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G)—</text><subparagraph id="H1BD0250A11D147428BB2B50ACD8BBA77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>short-duration calls</quote> and inserting <quote>short-duration calls or high-volume, unlawful text messages</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42F91A374A324B8CB3E79D5A20648D0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>calls made in violation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>violations</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC249A4B18BF04D789BCCEC7BCD543A4D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(i) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="HD1DE35B43058486F8340BAD9B0706713"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H53CEB54D3F6546F6853E87CCA556D878"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Sharing</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>Not later than</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Sharing.—</header-in-text>Not later than</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H60DA20E786FC456C83284FAF831C173D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively (and conforming the margins accordingly).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H814F68A17A1C4B2EA31DA939F19C2186" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Robocall blocking service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227(j) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H0F9A835B3DF848E8B8C9140C5191FF41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E4100524CDE4D1FAE53198B0433052E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Service</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>Not later than</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Service.—</header-in-text>Not later than</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H49FF1D347B7149B2AAB40E75D38502C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively (and conforming the margins accordingly); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HB71B61DF1122424FBC74BB3B1B364A5D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively (and conforming the margins accordingly).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21631718788F428F8209C50EB2765821"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations to implement this section, including the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="H646D685AD549419EA9F5626C2686A8C3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Text message authentication and trace back study</header><subsection id="H395611D3A60249B196C8D6A567C3069B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of—</text><paragraph id="H0906ABF224F549F680D325D1A141794A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>creating an authentication framework with respect to text messages; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H144F6B903069405D8063FABD97208962"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requiring responses, from enforcement authorities, with respect to requests to trace back the origin of text messages.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA7E9A3C1FB946338E0C7C9AD93B6D23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Commission shall consult with relevant stakeholders, including representatives of private industry, public interest organizations, and academia.</text></subsection><subsection id="H694720B1F18642D7AC231937E9A3E267"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></subsection><subsection id="H7A665F6ABF814A3E82B36E3E6F6D76E5" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Text message defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <quote>text message</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H7C9C508F63724D4BA3AE3A1F6CBD652E"><enum>103.</enum><header>Annual robocall report</header><subsection id="H7584F1137A8340A0B5D260A93CF53CE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Notice by the commission seeking registrations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13(d)(2) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act is amended—</text><paragraph id="H8FB2ED0532D547AF9B1252E19CFCC312"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Annual notice</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Notice</header-in-text></quote>; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="H90794DA1A0A34D23B9ABB9100AB94852"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>annually</quote> and inserting <quote>every 3 years</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D4D2C68D6FB42AAB4433DEC461B8FAF" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspected unlawful robocall</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13(f)(3) of the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act is amended by inserting <quote>(not including a text message)</quote> after <quote>means a call</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="H7B8DB4EDA4BB4DCC946736D9B0FC90B7"><enum>104.</enum><header>Disclosure required for robocalls using AI</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H2706BB8BDB144691B422AC99113510F5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H0680ED27CCD1403B9AA0E220E6CE086C"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Disclosure required for robocalls using AI</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a person making a robocall uses artificial intelligence to emulate a human being, such person shall disclose at the beginning of the call or text message the fact that artificial intelligence is being used.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HC383CEEA887D4BA997BA687EEC353556"><enum>105.</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message impersonation</header><subsection id="HBBA1BC0D4970463A819AE1F63FA80B65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="H061B3622C88746B08F8AF6E60821FCFA" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H8DF0918C9F2C4E1F9E5913969C3CB72B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message impersonation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a violation of this section with respect to which the party making the call or sending the text message uses artificial intelligence to impersonate an individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value—</text><paragraph id="H9A0AF5987A4C4DDD8985FBB9E918175D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the maximum amount of the forfeiture penalty that may be imposed under subsection (b)(4) or (e)(5)(A) of this section or subsection (b) of section 503 (as the case may be) shall be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed for such violation under such subsection without regard to this subsection; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC3D87382A4764B16B075DC7A52F300A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the maximum amount of the criminal fine that may be imposed under subsection (e)(5)(B) of this section or section 501 (as the case may be) shall be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed for such violation under such subsection or section without regard to this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HB6B9B6312B9344DFB9FC2852B4FA80B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H268DFEAA80744A269BF5CE27341E493C"><enum>106.</enum><header>Certain requirements for VoIP service providers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFED26B33801746F1B280819DA18DCAF0" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H2BDD14906C644606A9F17C4E0B76B371"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Certain requirements for VoIP service providers</header><paragraph id="H7D82543B793840E6A91243C70BD78B2E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that do the following:</text><subparagraph id="H3C1CA14914BB41CD9DF5E162C782B396"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Require a provider of covered VoIP service to do the following:</text><clause id="H16BDC6F5FABD47079DEAB75A30AE2B7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Verify the identity of each customer of the provider.</text></clause><clause id="HF48E1A40E6DE4F6ABC8754B090D762FA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Proactively and continuously monitor and analyze traffic on the service of the provider to determine whether any customer of the provider has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice of making robocalls using the service of the provider.</text></clause><clause id="H283B5532AA30439CA3E7428C6AB8BCE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the provider ascertains, through the monitoring and analysis required under clause (ii) or other means, that a customer of the provider has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice of making robocalls using the service of the provider, conduct an investigation to determine expeditiously whether there is substantial evidence that the customer has committed or is committing any violation of this section, or any other applicable law or regulation, with respect to such robocalls.</text></clause><clause id="H843A6643B4B54E9EA1044A5A70BA4C29"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the provider determines in an investigation conducted under clause (iii) that there is substantial evidence that the customer has committed or is committing any violation described in such clause, not later than 10 days after making the determination—</text><subclause id="H3CA0F54A3C4241FBA476312988B1E0A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>take affirmative, effective measures to mitigate the origination or transmission of such robocalls; and</text></subclause><subclause id="HD06648B55EB7420D838A11C2A9EF74BD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>submit to the Robocall Mitigation Database of the Commission a public report containing such evidence and describing such investigation and measures.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA8F0CA7033A434DAF6DEB8A9BE85F72"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Provide that the directors and officers (or any other individuals holding similar positions) and covered owners of a provider of covered VoIP service are jointly and severally liable with the provider for any failure to comply with—</text><clause id="HD5E2972AC15143738D3BF94F0501AA9D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the regulations promulgated under this subsection; or</text></clause><clause id="HE21264FAA2D541C28BC95BD543DFB7D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the provider or any such director, officer, other individual, or covered owner knew or should have known that the service of the provider was being used to facilitate robocalls in violation of any other regulation promulgated by the Commission or law enforced by the Commission, such regulation or law.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0CF6732AE5744F999C63C1B991C2F54"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establish a process by which, if a provider of covered VoIP service receives notice of suspected illegal traffic under the rules of the Commission and fails to sufficiently respond to the notice and mitigate the suspected illegal traffic, the provider can be temporarily suspended from the Robocall Mitigation Database of the Commission and have the traffic of the provider blocked by downstream voice service providers and intermediate providers, pending a final determination by the Commission of whether to remove the provider of covered VoIP service from the Robocall Mitigation Database.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H307BEAA5F6544561A6867C12855587BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="HEEE6C9B7511546C9AAD9F9ED9213E3D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered owner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>covered owner</quote> means, with respect to a provider of covered VoIP service, any individual or entity that owns an equity interest (or the equivalent thereof) in the provider of 50 percent or greater.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H789FB705AB70452FB47630DB1D58610D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Covered VoIP service</header><text>The term <quote>covered VoIP service</quote> means any of the following:</text><clause id="H399E6B28D530422688E3A9968DF1CE72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An interconnected VoIP service.</text></clause><clause id="HF4DA2E4652544D1A8326EEDF8FA5B377"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A non-interconnected VoIP service.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H81E8530D68FF45E39A3182DAAE9D9FBB"><enum>107.</enum><header>Tracking of top 100 illegal robocall campaigns</header><subsection id="H15425E5BEA1A4069BD10626713056C4B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Framework and tracking system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> 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.</text></subsection><subsection id="H050119B403704E50926BF9A913D61767"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Monthly report</header><text>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.</text></subsection><subsection id="HACED14F7A1AA4827A80AC248111B1886"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Robocall defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>robocall</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H2B72865CC2804CB9AE7EB41044119822"><enum>108.</enum><header>Offering of robocall-blocking service at no charge to customer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC0F312F9050642B4B9A6893CE62A50CC" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H82B8E110A5C1450383289017C0272B26"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Offering of robocall-Blocking service at no charge to customer</header><paragraph id="HD51E3F8379B74A91938302655E4CC459"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that require a provider of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service to each customer of the provider, at no additional charge to the customer.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A928BA0B7124290BA673FEE2AD13326"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text><subparagraph id="HD1CC6EBDA34E41F6909BA99A4DE09040"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Robocall-blocking service</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>robocall-blocking service</quote> means a service that gives a customer of a provider of voice service the ability to block robocalls that are highly likely to be illegal.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBCC10154E60467F900DC9A5EFED2A5F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Voice service</header><text>The term <quote>voice service</quote> has the meaning given such term in section 4(a) of the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227b">47 U.S.C. 227b(a)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="H56984AEA18714AD7A2DFB37C6AB5024A"><enum>109.</enum><header>Telephone solicitation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 227(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/47/227">47 U.S.C. 227(a)</external-xref>), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDAA737CBCCB04E3BA0C8515BBB3C5BBE" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="H1284A2AE9D5C4121BB665AF07130FDE1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Telephone solicitation</header><subparagraph id="H4B80ED6095884DCD9C68951DA2598999"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>telephone solicitation</quote> means the initiation of a telephone call or text message, transmitted to a person, for the purpose of—</text><clause id="H4AAFE4D968F94919B004C0E5D8B16BE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deception, fraud, or wrongfully obtaining anything of value; or</text></clause><clause id="H068E4ECD40EC46B4B47ACD11DE4FE621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>encouraging the purchase, sale, or rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services, including referral or hiring services.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20C361E9C8FE4AB6BEA65CEB7DD24978"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>With respect to subparagraph (A)(ii), the term <quote>telephone solicitation</quote> does not include a call or message—</text><clause id="H28EFF870F65B41A58975F3AEAEB4FE57"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to any person with that person’s prior express invitation or permission;</text></clause><clause id="HA564B97D796F4016887E865F65058E24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to any person with whom the caller has an established business relationship; or</text></clause><clause id="H82723CBDDEBA4052BCFF1590BFE86F00"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by a tax exempt nonprofit organization.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HFA1521C8D0284CAEBDF0E257B7F909AE"><enum>110.</enum><header>Commission defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Communications Commission.</text></section><enum>II</enum><header>Federal Trade Commission</header><section id="HAFF589AF0E784443A146AAD5002363B7"><enum>201.</enum><header>Addition of text message to the definition of telemarketing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7 of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6106">15 U.S.C. 6106</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H18DBF34641A94BD692C5A788CBD6A174"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>or text message</quote> after <quote>telephone call</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H47565F9B02DF4AA1B48B0AF3B103780B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HDE70D8D756874ACABC21DB68BE4B245C" display-inline="no-display-inline"><paragraph id="HFCC7E0C0B94B47CFA4AB9276DDC1A659" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Text message</header><subparagraph id="H9CCF540A0A3F4EC4A08A9C4FB25AA994" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <quote>text message</quote> 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—</text><clause id="HA1D6FDA1041B41FFB25DF97BD9F684F9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a short message service (commonly referred to as <quote>SMS</quote>) message;</text></clause><clause id="H52124AA77ECC4B43B1E0B1A59F6E3894" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as <quote>MMS</quote>) message; and</text></clause><clause id="H36E1CEFFD1EE4AAAADF6AB1664C34978" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a rich communication service (commonly referred to as <quote>RCS</quote>) message. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H605A4FE4B3234363A850F57DE1F31115" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The term <quote>text message</quote> does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="H36AFAAAD1B2A4057B24DB6A1D6877249"><enum>202.</enum><header>Adoption of regulations on inbound telephone calls and expanded calling time restrictions</header><subsection id="HFB8FC65B4E964510A8D5A2D34A4017BA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inbound telephone calls</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), to prohibit deceptive or other abusive telemarketing acts or practices relating to inbound telephone calls, subject to the exemption relating to catalogs (as provided for in the Telemarketing Sales Rule as of the date of the enactment of this Act).</text></subsection><subsection id="H0E20316E529449BCB65C101E1FBDF281"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Calling time restrictions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations), to expand the calling time restrictions contained in the Telemarketing Sales Rule such that it shall be an abusive telemarketing act or practice and a violation of the Telemarketing Sales Rule for a telemarketer to engage in outbound telephone calls to a person’s residence at any time other than between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time at the called person’s location.</text></subsection></section><section id="HE9F5657875DC49C2B0C5C0ADCD47D1F9"><enum>203.</enum><header>Disclosure required for telemarketing using AI</header><subsection id="HA5F77E7737054D91A72BE5FE7C04DECC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations) so as to add a requirement that, if a person makes a call or sends a text message with respect to telemarketing and uses artificial intelligence in such call or text message to emulate a human being, such person shall disclose at the beginning of such call or text message the fact that artificial intelligence is being used.</text></subsection><subsection id="HB0C8699F838F42F38C901FFE2D0F2464"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the terms <quote>telemarketing</quote> and <quote>text message</quote> have the meanings given such terms in section 7 of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6106">15 U.S.C. 6106</external-xref>), as amended by this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="HBFC38A366B1B4D56A34BC1F9ABEFBBFC"><enum>204.</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for violations of telemarketing rules involving AI voice or text message impersonation</header><subsection id="HDE1A6097192A4BFC857FF2B07286BB9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/6105">15 U.S.C. 6105</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEA07756941464C0B95E36F83C70D9C6B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><subsection id="H911818C7F2E54925BFB7F45ACCD03F35"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Enhanced penalties for violations involving AI voice or text message impersonation</header><paragraph id="H369A2E6825BF4146A693E342CED5930E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Penalties under Federal Trade Commission Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (b), in the case of a violation described in paragraph (2), the maximum amount of the civil penalty that may be imposed for such violation under subsection (l) or (m) (as the case may be) of section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/45">15 U.S.C. 45</external-xref>) shall be twice the maximum amount that may be imposed for such violation under such subsection without regard to this subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H944F9415BB71411E969310BB813627DB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Violations described</header><text>The violations described in this paragraph are the following:</text><subparagraph id="HB899D585A37248F791694690B893998D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A violation of a rule prescribed by the Commission under section 3 with respect to which the party making the call or sending the text message uses artificial intelligence to impersonate an individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC31D4B738FD4CE08D8BAF784147FA51" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A violation of a cease-and-desist order issued by the Commission under section 5(b) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/45">15 U.S.C. 45(b)</external-xref>) with respect to a violation described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HE1CE19D1B5E24EA3816CB788DB092ECC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="H2AF2552F11CC47CFBBEC49B63ADCB641" commented="no"><enum>205.</enum><header>Commission defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Trade Commission.</text></section>