Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

shall make that appointment. (ii) Notice of appointments.--Not later than 48 hours before appointing a member to the taskforce under clause (i), the Chairman of the Commission shall provide notice of the proposed appointment to the commissioners of the Commission. (iii) Request for vote.-- (I) In general.--Except as provided in subclause (II), if, after receiving notice under clause (ii) of a proposed appointment under clause (i), not fewer than 2 commissioners of the Commission request that the proposed appointment be subject to a vote of the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission may not make that appointment unless a majority of the commissioners of the Commission vote to approve the appointment. (II) Inapplicability.--Subclause (I) shall have no force or effect during any period in which there has been a vacancy with respect to a position as commissioner of the Commission for more than 180 days. (d) Report.-- (1) In general.--The taskforce shall prepare a report on unlawful robocalls, which shall contain recommendations and advice for Federal agencies with jurisdiction relevant to combating unlawful robocalls, and for Congress, regarding the most effective ways to combat unlawful robocalls made into the United States from outside the United States. (2) Matters to be studied.--In preparing the report required under paragraph (1), the taskforce shall-- (A) compare the estimated number of suspected unlawful robocalls made within the United States with the estimated number of unlawful robocalls made into the United States from outside the United States; (B) determine which foreign countries serve as the foreign points of departure for the highest volume of unlawful robocalls made into the United States; (C) determine the magnitude of financial loss and the number of instances of stolen identity that occur within the United States each year as a result of unlawful robocalls made from outside the United States; (D) examine methods for encouraging the adoption of caller identification authentication technology in foreign countries; (E) examine and provide information on options for how countries can collaborate on solutions to authenticate and verify international calls, including relevant analytics relating to unlawful robocalls and technical options that can be used with respect to that authentication and verification; (F) examine how better implementation of technical solutions, such as traceback and caller identification authentication technology in foreign originating countries, would improve coordination between the United States and foreign countries in combating unlawful robocalls; (G) determine whether-- (i) the technical standards commonly known as ``STIR/SHAKEN'' adequately provide call authentication for unlawful robocalls from foreign originating providers or foreign intermediate providers through gateway providers in the United States; and (ii) it would be desirable to encourage other countries to adopt the standards described in clause (i); (H) determine if coordination with respect to technologies and incentives to combat unlawful robocalls placed from outside the United States into the United States can help inform strategies to combat potentially fraudulent, or otherwise unlawful, text messages sent from persons outside the United States to persons within the United States; (I) examine ways to provide incentives to foreign countries to cooperate with law enforcement efforts in the United States to combat unlawful robocalls; (J) examine whether any Federal agency, or any other organization, that combats unlawful robocalls needs additional resources in order to more effectively combat unlawful robocalls made into the United States from outside the United States; (K) specifically consider whether the ability of the Attorney General to conduct enforcement activities with respect to unlawful robocalls would be increased through the establishment of an office within the Department of Justice dedicated to those enforcement activities; (L) examine how increased criminal penalties based on the volume of unlawful robocalls could help prevent unlawful robocalls made into the United States; (M) examine how many enforcement activities the Attorney General has undertaken in the year preceding the date on which the preparation of the report begins, including in response to referrals made by the Commission; (N) specifically determine how the Attorney General has pursued forfeiture amounts in enforcement activities with respect to unlawful robocalls; (O) seek input, as appropriate, from technologists and private sector innovators to find solutions for combating unlawful robocalls; and (P) identify a list of best practices regarding the identification and blocking of unlawful robocalls that telephone service providers and providers of technology solutions can voluntarily implement to improve the effectiveness of mitigating unlawful robocalls made into the United States from outside the United States. (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 360 days after the date on which the taskforce is established under subsection (b), the taskforce shall submit to Congress the report prepared under this subsection. (e) Use of Funds.--Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States Code, funds made available by this or any other Act to the Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, or the Department of Justice may be used by the applicable Federal agency for coordination with, participation in, or recommendations involving the taskforce, as required under this section. (f) Termination.--The taskforce shall terminate on the date that is 90 days after the date on which the taskforce submits to Congress the report prepared under subsection (d), as required under paragraph (3) of that subsection. SEC. 3. FCC NOTICE PROVISION. Section 13(d)(2) of the Pallone-Thune TRACED Act (Public Law 116- 105) is amended by striking ``annually'' and inserting ``once every 3 years''. <all>