3.0.0 1826 2022-11-01T07:02:31Z 2022-11-01T07:02:31Z Senate S 2019-06-13 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-06-13T14:47:12Z DO NOT Call Act 116 3810 HR 2019-07-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. Identical bill CRS 2019-06-13 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2019-06-13 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-06-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-06-13 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-06-18 False Commerce Assault and harassment offenses Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Marketing and advertising Telephone and wireless communication Commerce 00 2019-06-13 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-02T16:40:07Z Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls Act of 2019 or the DO NOT Call Act

This bill increases and establishes criminal penalties, which include imprisonment for up to one year, for an intentional violation of the prohibition on automated telephone marketing and messaging. In addition, a person may be imprisoned for up to three years for an aggravated violation of such prohibition if the person (1) previously has been convicted of such an offense, (2) initiates a certain high volume of such calls during specified periods of time, (3) commits the offense in the furtherance of a felony, or (4) causes losses of at least $5,000 during any one year period to one or more persons.

The bill also increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the fine for intentionally transmitting misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.

]]> DO NOT Call Act Display Title DO NOT Call Act Short Title(s) as Introduced DO NOT Call Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Deter Obnoxious, Nefarious, and Outrageous Telephone Calls Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify the penalties for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1993. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1826is/xml/BILLS-116s1826is.xml 2019-06-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.