Stop Scams and Spam Act

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall develop a framework and tracking system to monitor the top 100 robocall campaigns that primarily involve robocalls that are illegal or suspected to be illegal.

Not later than 1 month after developing the framework and tracking system required by subsection (a), and monthly thereafter, the Commission shall make available to the public on the website of the Commission a report, with respect to the preceding 1-month period, on the campaigns described in such subsection.

In this section:

The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.

The term robocall means a call made or text message sent—

(i) using equipment, whether hardware, software, or a combination thereof and including an automatic telephone dialing system, that makes a call or sends a text message to—

(I) stored telephone numbers; or

(II) telephone numbers produced using a random or sequential number generator; or

(ii) using an artificial or prerecorded voice or an artificially generated message.

For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i), the term robocall does not include a call made or text message sent using equipment that requires substantial human intervention to make or send the call or text message.

The term text message means a message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted to or from a device that is identified as the receiving or transmitting device by means of a 10-digit telephone number, N11 service code, short code telephone number, or email address, or that is transmitted through application-to-person messaging, and includes—

(i) a short message service (commonly referred to as SMS) message;

(ii) a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as MMS) message; and

(iii) a rich communication service (commonly referred to as RCS) message.

The term text message does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication.