H.R. 7598 · 117th Congress
Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act
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This bill provides liability protection for specified information-sharing activities undertaken to trace the origins of unlawful robocalls.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 27, 2022
Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act
This bill provides liability protection for specified information-sharing activities undertaken to trace the origins of unlawful robocalls.
Specifically, the bill protects a designated consortium that conducts private-led efforts to trace unlawful robocalls from liability for receiving, sharing, or publishing information about illegal calls, including their origin or source. The bill also applies liability protection to a voice service provider (i.e., a provider of any service that enables real-time, two-way voice communications) or other entity or person that shares information with the consortium.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Robocall Trace Back Enhancement Act
Latest action (Apr 28, 2022): Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 27, 2022
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.