S2495Referred to Committee
Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2025-07-29
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
S
ⓘType
Sponsor
Ruben Gallego
Democrat · AZ · Senator
Votes with party: 77.7% (749 recorded votes)
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Cosponsors (1)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
2025-07-29
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Committee Activity
Currently in
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2025-07-29
Previously
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReferred To · 2025-07-29
Plain-English Summary
Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025 This bill generally requires businesses to make U.S.-based, human customer service agents available to consumers and makes certain businesses ineligible for federal loans or grants if they relocate a call center overseas or contract for overseas call center work. Generally, at the beginning of a customer service communication, agents must disclose their location and, if the agent is outside of the United States, that the consumer may request immediate transfer to a U.S.-based agent. Businesses that use artificial intelligence (AI) for customer service communications must also disclose that a nonhuman AI or machine is being used and that the consumer may request immediate transfer to a U.S.-based, human agent. Separately, the Department of Labor must maintain a list of businesses that operate call centers of a specified size and that either relocate a call center out of the United States or contract call center work overseas. Businesses must generally remain on the list for up to five years, but Labor must remove a business from the list if the business meets certain requirements. Businesses on the list are generally ineligible for federal grants or federally guaranteed loans for a specified period. Businesses with existing federal grants or loans that are added to the list must pay a monthly penalty and are ineligible for further disbursement while they remain on the list. If such a business remains on the list after one year, the grant or loan must be cancelled.
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Subjects
Science, Technology, Communications
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