S 357 117th Congress Senate

DART Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking to consider establishing a process under which the Commission would maintain a … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a rulemaking to consider establishing a process under which the Commission would maintain a list of numbers that a voice service provider cannot block, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 23, 2021 Introduced by: Crapo, Mike Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov

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Elementary and secondary educationEmergency communications systemsFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Fraud offenses and financial crimesTelephone and wireless communication

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Feb 23, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Feb 23, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action February 23, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Data Analytics Robocall Technology Act of 2021 or the DART Act of 2021

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider establishing a process for maintaining a list of numbers that are ineligible to be blocked by a voice service provider.

These may include numbers used (1) for outgoing calls by a facility that is designated to originate or route emergency calls, (2) to originate calls from a government entity, or (3) by a school to provide school-related notifications.

The FCC must submit a report containing an analysis of the effectiveness of various categories of call-blocking tools and any legislative recommendations relating to this report.

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