Roboblock Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7124 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7124 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that require providers of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service at no additional charge to the customer, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 29, 2024 Mr. Soto introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission to promulgate regulations that require providers of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service at no additional charge to the customer, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Roboblock Act''. SEC. 2. OFFERING OF ROBOCALL-BLOCKING SERVICE AT NO CHARGE TO CUSTOMER. Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(k) Offering of Robocall-Blocking Service at No Charge to Customer.-- ``(1) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall promulgate regulations that require a provider of voice service to offer a robocall-blocking service to each customer of the provider, at no additional charge to the customer. ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection: ``(A) Robocall.-- ``(i) In general.--The term `robocall' means a call made or text message sent-- ``(I) using equipment, whether hardware, software, or a combination thereof and including an automatic telephone dialing system, that makes a call or sends a t