[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3991 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3991

   To expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone 
 Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, and to 
  expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those 
                                 rules.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 2024

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. King, Ms. Smith, Mr. Welch, 
 Mr. Sanders, Ms. Hirono, and Ms. Duckworth) 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 scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone 
 Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, and to 
  expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those 
                                 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. EXPANDING SCOPE OF DO NOT CALL RULES AND PRIVATE RIGHT OF 
              ACTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 227(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 227(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by striking ``residential'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``residential''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
                ``residential''; and
            (3) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) 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
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``up to''.
    (b) Revised Regulations.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall 
revise the regulations prescribed under section 227(c) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(c)) as necessary to implement 
the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section.
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