April 15 (legislative day, April 14), 2026
Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, to expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those rules, and to modify the definition of the term automatic telephone dialing system
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act
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Sec. 2. Expanding scope of Do Not Call rules and private right of action
(a) In general
Section 227(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(c)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking residential
;
(2)
in paragraph (3)—
(A)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking residential
; and
(B)
in subparagraph (E), by striking residential
; and
(3)
in paragraph (5)—
(A)
in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking more than one telephone call within any 12-month period by or on behalf of the same entity
and inserting a telephone call by or on behalf of an entity
; and
(B)
in subparagraph (B), by striking up to
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(b) Revised regulations
Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall revise the regulations prescribed under section 227(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(c)) as necessary to implement the amendments made by subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 3. Definition of automatic telephone dialing system
Section 227(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(a)(1)) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A), by inserting or a list of telephone numbers
after using a random or sequential number generator
; and
(2)
in subparagraph (B), by inserting successively without human intervention
after to dial such numbers
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