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Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act

Introduced: January 6, 2009 Introduced by: Foxx, Virginia Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
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Jan 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Robo COP Act: Robo Calls Off Phones - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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.

Defines politically-oriented recorded message telephone call.

What's happening now January 14, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 20, 2009
 R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jan 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 116: Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-116/
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"H.R. 116: Robo Calls Off Phones (Robo COP) Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-116/.
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H.R. 116, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-116/.
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