Senate Commerce Plans Oct. 8 Vote on Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
The Senate Commerce Committee said Wednesday night that it plans to vote Oct. 8 on the Foreign Robocall Elimination Act (S-2666). The measure would direct the FCC to create a public-private task force to recommend new methods “to combat unlawful…
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robocalls made into” the U.S. from outside the country, as well as determine whether the agency’s Stir/Shaken rules “adequately provide call authentication for unlawful robocalls from foreign originating providers or foreign intermediate providers through gateway providers” in the U.S. The task force would also examine whether creating a robocall-focused office within DOJ would improve the department’s ability to conduct enforcement against unlawful robocalls. The Senate Commerce meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in 253 Russell.