Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protection from Robocalling Act of 2019”.
Protection from Robocalling Act of 2019
A BILL
To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to eliminate the common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies.
Sec. 2 Findings
Congress finds that—
illegal robocalls and spam calls are a growing annoyance and problem for the people of the United States; and
exemptions within the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) limit the enforcement capabilities of the Federal Trade Commission with respect to illegal robocalling and spam calling.
Sec. 3 Eliminating the common carrier exemption for telecommunications companies
Section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44) is amended by striking “the Act entitled “An Act to regulate commerce,” approved February 14, 1887, and all Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto and the Communications Act of 1934” and inserting “subtitle IV of title 49, United States Code,”.