US Congress House Bill 805 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 28 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Pending: House Consumer Protection and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act directs the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. A "politically-oriented recorded message telephone call" is an outbound telephone call that plays a recorded message that (1) promotes, advertises, campaigns, or solicits donations for or against a political candidate or regarding a political issue; or (2) uses a political candidate's name.

Robo COP Act Robo Calls Off Phones Act

Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]

Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-29	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
2019-01-28	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2019-01-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/805/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr805/BILLS-116hr805ih.pdf