3.0.0 1025 2026-09-08T18:03:40Z 2026-09-08T18:03:40Z Senate S S 2025-03-13 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1025 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-03-13T16:48:03Z 2025-03-13 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2025-03-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000570 Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Luján D NM R. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2025-03-13 True W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2025-03-13 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2025-03-13 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2025-03-13 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2025-03-13 True Science, Technology, Communications Science, Technology, Communications 2026-01-14T16:47:17Z 00 2025-03-13 Introduced in Senate 2026-07-01T14:48:06Z FCC Legal Enforcement Act

This bill authorizes the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to pursue certain unpaid fines related to unauthorized telemarketing calls.

Under current law, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits certain telemarketing calls made without the recipient’s consent and using automatic dialing technology or artificial or prerecorded voice messages. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has authority to pursue unpaid fines for TCPA violations.

Under the bill, if DOJ does not pursue an unpaid fine related to a TCPA violation within a specified period, the FCC may do so. The bill directs the FCC to prioritize the collection of unpaid fines over $25 million.

]]> FCC Legal Enforcement Act Display Title 45 FCC Legal Enforcement Act 2025-03-28T04:23:19Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 FCC Legal Enforcement Act 2025-03-28T04:23:18Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to enforce its own forfeiture penalties with respect to violations of restrictions on the use of telephone equipment, and for other purposes. 2025-03-28T04:18:19Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-03-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s1025is/xml/BILLS-119s1025is.xml 2025-03-13 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.