- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Legislation
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: April 15, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch, Mr.
Sanders, and Mr. King):
S. 4307. A bill to expand the scope of the Do Not Call rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act to include all telephone subscribers, to expand the private right of action for calls in violation of those rules, and to modify the definition of the term “automatic telephone dialing system”; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
- printed in the Record, as follows:
S. 4307
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting American
Consumers from Robocalls Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANDING SCOPE OF DO NOT CALL RULES AND PRIVATE
RIGHT OF ACTION.
(a) In General.—Section 227(c) of the Communications Act
of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking “residential”;
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
“residential”; and
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking “residential”; and
(3) in paragraph (5)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking
“more than one telephone call within any 12-month period by
or on behalf of the same entity” and inserting “a telephone
call by or on behalf of an entity”; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “up to”.
(b) Revised Regulations.—Not later than 270 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications
Commission shall revise the regulations prescribed under
section 227(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.
227(c)) as necessary to implement the amendments made by
subsection (a) of this section.
SEC. 3. DEFINITION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALING SYSTEM.
Section 227(a)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 227(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or a list of
telephone numbers” after “using a random or sequential
number generator”; and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “successively
without human intervention” after “to dial such numbers”.