Federal Communications Commission Reporting Modernization Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 819 To modernize the reporting requirement under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 14, 2019 Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. SCHATZ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To modernize the reporting requirement under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Communica- 4 tions Commission Reporting Modernization Act of 2019’’. 5 SEC. 2. TCPA ENFORCEMENT REPORT. 6 Section 227(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 7 (47 U.S.C. 227(h)) is amended to read as follows: 8 ‘‘(h) TCPA ENFORCEMENT REPORT.—The Commis- 9 sion shall submit an annual report to Congress regarding 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S819.IS S819 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 819 IS the enforcement during the preceding year of laws, regula- 1 tions, and policies relating to robocalls and spoofed calls, 2 which report shall include— 3 ‘‘(1) the number of complaints received by the 4 Commission during the year alleging that a con- 5 sumer received a robocall or spoofed call; 6 ‘‘(2) the number of citations issued by the Com- 7 mission pursuant to section 503 during the year to 8 enforce any law, regulation, or policy relating to a 9 robocall or spoofed call; 10 ‘‘(3) the number of notices of apparent liability 11 issued by the Commission pursuant to section 503 12 during the year to enforce any law, regulation, or 13 policy relating to a robocall or spoofed call; and 14 ‘‘(4) for each notice referred to in paragraph 15 (3)— 16 ‘‘(A) the amount of the proposed forfeiture 17 penalty involved; 18 ‘‘(B) the person to whom the notice was 19 issued; and 20 ‘‘(C) the status of the proceeding.’’. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:53 Mar 28, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S819.IS S819 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS