The full House Committee on Energy and Commerce is holding a markup this morning of a list of some 26 bills, with the first on the list being the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, H.R. 3375. As you may recall, the bill was approved by a unanimous voice vote of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on June 25. The full Committee markup session will begin at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It can be viewed here.
Per Chairman Frank Pallone’s Committee memorandum, the twelve substantive sections of the bill, including the four new sections approved during the June 25 Subcommittee markup (Sections 9-11 and 13), would provide for the following:
Section 2 of the bill would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking within six months of enactment and, as appropriate thereafter, to ensure the effectiveness of consumer protection and privacy provisions that are contained in Section 227 of the Communications Act. Specifically, the FCC would be required to prescribe rules and revise its existing rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) to protect consumers and their privacy, ensure that robocalls are only made with consent, ensure that consumers can withdraw consent, prevent circumvention or evasion of the law, ensure robocallers are keeping records to prove they have the consent of the people they are calling, and help ensure robocallers are following the law.
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