3.0.0 3707 2022-11-01T13:50:40Z 2022-11-01T13:50:40Z House HR 2019-07-11 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 116 (Thursday, July 11, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BABIN:H.R. 3707.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3[Page H5727]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2019-07-12T17:43:28Z Referred to 2019-07-11T14:02:35Z 2019-07-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7384-7385) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-12 hsif16 Communications and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Committee 2019-07-11 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2019-07-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-07-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001291 Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] Brian Babin R TX 36 N Science, Technology, Communications Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Criminal procedure and sentencing Fraud offenses and financial crimes State and local finance State and local government operations Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-07-11 Introduced in House 2019-12-13T22:49:20Z Double the Enforcement and Fines of Everyone Associated with Terrible Robocalls Act of 2019 or the DEFEAT Robocalls Act of 2019

This bill increases fines for robocall, spoofing, and telemarketing violations. Additionally, the bill reduces the amount that must be in controversy to give rise to a private right of action and allows a person bringing such an action to obtain twice the amount of damages sustained.

]]> DEFEAT Robocalls Act of 2019 Display Title DEFEAT Robocalls Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To increase the penalties for certain robocall, spoofing, and telemarketing violations. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced DEFEAT Robocalls Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Double the Enforcement and Fines of Everyone Associated with Terrible Robocalls Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3707ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3707ih.xml 2019-07-25 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7384-7385) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.