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House Passes Anti-Robocall Legislation

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Jul 24, 2019, 5:55 PM by Rich Brome

The US House of Representatives today voted to pass the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. The Sentate passed a similar bill in May, so the two bills will now be reconciled and combined in conference before being sent to the President to sign. With overwhelming bipartisan support, the final bill is expected to become law. Both bills passed so far give the FCC expanded power to punish robocallers violating FCC rules, and require carriers to quickly implement SHAKEN/STIR, a technology that authenticates callers to help curb number spoofing.

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