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HR 5207 117th Congress House

Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

Official title: To direct the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interagency taskforce on unlawful robocalls.

Introduced: September 10, 2021 Introduced by: Budd, Ted Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Sep 13, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Sep 10, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 10, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 13, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interagency task force to study the most effective ways to combat unlawful robocalls made into the United States from foreign sources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 1 Republican 7
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Fallon, Pat
Texas · Jan 28, 2022
 R
Donalds, Byron
Florida · Dec 13, 2021
 R
Cammack, Kat
Florida · Sep 29, 2021
 R
Kustoff, David
Tennessee · Sep 27, 2021
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Sep 21, 2021
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Sep 20, 2021
Bishop, Dan
· Sep 10, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Sep 10, 2021
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Sep 10, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5207: Foreign Robocall Elimination Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5207/
MLA
"H.R. 5207: Foreign Robocall Elimination Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5207/.
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H.R. 5207, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5207/.
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