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Pallone-Thune TRACED Act Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act This bill implements a forfeiture penalty for violations (with or without intent) of the prohibition on certain robocalls. The bill also removes an annual reporting requirement for enforcement relating to unsolicited facsimile advertisements. The bill requires voice service providers to develop call authentication technologies. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shall promulgate rules establishing when a provider may block a voice call based on information provided by the call authentication framework, but also must establish a process to permit a calling party adversely affected by the framework to verify the authenticity of their calls. The FCC shall also initiate a rulemaking to help protect a subscriber from receiving unwanted calls or texts from a caller using an unauthenticated number. This bill requires the Department of Justice and the FCC to assemble an interagency working group to study and report to Congress on the enforcement of the prohibition of certain robocalls. Specifically, the working group will look into how to better enforce against robocalls by examining issues like the types of laws, policies, or constraints that could be inhibiting enforcement. The bill requires the FCC to initiate a proceeding to determine whether its policies regarding access to number resources could be modified to help reduce access to numbers by potential robocall violators.

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John Thune (R)*,  Tammy Baldwin (D),  John Barrasso (R),  Michael Bennet (D),  Marsha Blackburn (R),  Richard Blumenthal (D),  Roy Blunt (R),  Cory Booker (D),  John Boozman (R),  Sherrod Brown (D),  Richard Burr (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  Ben Cardin (D),  Tom Carper (D),  Bob Casey (D),  Susan Collins (R),  Chris Coons (D),  John Cornyn (R),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tom Cotton (R),  Kevin Cramer (R),  Mike Crapo (R),  Steve Daines (R),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Dick Durbin (D),  Michael Enzi (R),  Joni Ernst (R),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Deb Fischer (R),  Cory Gardner (R),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Chuck Grassley (R),  Kamala Harris (D),  Maggie Hassan (D),  Josh Hawley (R),  Martin Heinrich (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  John Hoeven (R),  Cindy Hyde-Smith (R),  James Inhofe (R),  Johnny Isakson (R),  Ron Johnson (R),  Doug Jones (D),  Tim Kaine (D),  John Neely Kennedy (R),  Angus King (I),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  James Lankford (R),  Patrick Leahy (D),  Joe Manchin (I),  Ed Markey (D),  Martha McSally (R),  Bob Menendez (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Jerry Moran (R),  Chris Murphy (D),  David Perdue (R),  Gary Peters (D),  Jack Reed (D),  Jim Risch (R),  Pat Roberts (R),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Mike Rounds (R),  Marco Rubio (R),  Bernie Sanders (I),  Chuck Schumer (D),  Rick Scott (R),  Tim Scott (R),  Jeanne Shaheen (D),  Richard Shelby (R),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Tina Smith (D),  Debbie Stabenow (D),  Dan Sullivan (R),  Jon Tester (D),  Thom Tillis (R),  Pat Toomey (R),  Tom Udall (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Mark Warner (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Sheldon Whitehouse (D),  Roger Wicker (R),  Ron Wyden (D),  Todd Young (R), 

Became Public Law No: 116-105. (TXT | PDF) (on 12/30/2019)

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