[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1241 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1241

  To expand the private right of action under the Telephone Consumer 
    Protection Act for calls in violation of the Do Not Call rules.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 30, 2019

  Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Markey, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. 
Klobuchar, and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To expand the private right of action under the Telephone Consumer 
    Protection Act for calls in violation of the Do Not Call rules.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting American Consumers from 
Robocalls Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR CALLS IN VIOLATION OF DO NOT CALL 
              RULES.

    Section 227(c)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
227(c)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``more than one telephone call within any 12-month period by or 
        on behalf of the same entity'' and inserting ``a telephone call 
        by or on behalf of an entity''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``up to''.
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