United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 740 (115th)
Robo COP Act
Introduced
30 January 2017
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
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Summary
Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. A "politically-oriented recorded message telephone call" is an outbound telephone call that plays a recorded message that: (1) promotes, advertises, campaigns, or solicits donations for or against a political candidate or regarding a political issue; or (2) uses a political candidate's name.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2017
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 January 2017
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 30 January 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/740
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/740