To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the "do-not-call" registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

United States115th CongressHR-740House of Representatives
Updated: Feb 3, 2017

Summary

Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act This bill 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.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

    House of Representatives

  3. Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H802)

  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

    House of Representatives

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