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Tracing Back and Catching Unlawful Robocallers Act of 2019

Introduced: June 24, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 24, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Tracing Back and Catching Unlawful Robocallers Act of 2019

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to report annually on the status of private-led efforts to trace the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls and to list telecommunication service providers that have not sufficiently participated. The FCC shall also foster the establishment of a single consortium to conduct private-led efforts to trace the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls.

What's happening now June 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 151 Related bill Pallone-Thune TRACED Act
  • HR 3375 Related bill Stopping Bad Robocalls Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Jun 26, 2019
Gianforte, Greg
· Jun 24, 2019
Johnson, Bill
· Jun 24, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Jun 24, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3434: Tracing Back and Catching Unlawful Robocallers Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3434/
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"H.R. 3434: Tracing Back and Catching Unlawful Robocallers Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3434/.
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H.R. 3434, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3434/.
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