Robo COP Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10310 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10310

   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations 
regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented 
 recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that 
                               registry.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2026

   Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations 
regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented 
 recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that 
                               registry.

    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 ``Robo Calls Off Phones Act'' or the 
``Robo COP Act''.

SEC. 2. POLITICALLY-ORIENTED RECORDED MESSAGE PHONE CALLS PROHIBITED.

    (a) Prohibited.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Federal Trade Commission shall revise the ``do-not-call'' registry 
provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, Code 
of Federal Regulations) to prohibit politically-oriented recorded 
message telephone calls to any telephone number listed on that 
registry.
    (b) Politically-Oriented Recorded Message Calls Defined.--In this 
section, the term ``politically-oriented recorded message telephone 
call'' means any outbound telephone call--
            (1) in which a person is not available to speak with the 
        person answering the call, and the call instead plays a 
        recorded message; and
            (2) the--
                    (A) purpose of which is to promote, advertise, 
                campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any 
                political candidate or regarding any political issue; 
                or
                    (B) recorded message includes the name of a 
                political candidate.
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