119th Congress Science, Technology, Communications
S. 2666: Foreign Robocall Elimination Act
Passed Senate
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill establishes an interagency task force on unlawful robocalls to advise federal agencies and Congress on combating robocalls made from outside of the United States.
The bill also increases the term applicable to the Federal Communications Commission’s designation of an industry-led consortium to trace the origin of suspected unlawful robocalls. Under current law, the commission must annually seek applications from industry groups to serve as the designated consortium; under the bill, the commission must seek applications once every three years.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Peter Welch D-VTOriginal
- Jon Husted R-OH
- Raphael Warnock D-GA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Ted Budd SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reported, passed Senate4 events+56
- 2Jon HustedCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Raphael WarnockCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Peter WelchCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
See all scorers and every scoring event
Introductions and cosponsorships count toward weekly caps and show no points.
Other bills by Ted Budd
History
- Passed the Senate with an amendment by unanimous consent.
- Introduced in the Senate by Ted Budd.
Show the full action history (11 actions)
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4412-4414; text: CR S4412-4414)
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-122.
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422.
- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.