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116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116-173
STOPPING BAD ROBOCALLS ACT
JULY 23, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3375]
The Committee on Energy and Commerce, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3375) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to
clarify the prohibitions on making robocalls, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with
an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. Purpose and Sum m ary .................................................................................. 10
II. Background and Need for Legislation .......................................................... 11
III. C om m ittee H earings ..................................................................................... . 12
IV . Com m ittee Consideration .............................................................................. 12
V . C om m ittee V otes ........................................................................................... . 13
V I. O versigh t F in dings ........................................................................................ 15
VII. New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures.. 15
VIII. Federal M andates Statem ent ....................................................................... 15
IX. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ......................... 15
X. Duplication of Federal Program s .................................................................. 15
X I. Com m ittee Cost E stim ate ............................................................................ . 15
XII. Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff Benefits ................. 15
XIII. Advisory Com m ittee Statem ent .................................................................... 15
XIV. Applicability to Legislative Branch .............................................................. 16
XV. Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation ............................................ 16
XVI. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ........................... 20
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act.
SEC. 2. CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS RELATING TO MAKING ROBOCALLS.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, and as appro-
priate thereafter to ensure that the consumer protection and privacy purposes of
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