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The bill reduces disruptive automated calls to federal numbers and strengthens agency continuity, but may impose costs on automated-call operators and risk interrupting legitimate automated government communications if not carefully scoped.
Federal employees and agency operations will receive fewer automated, high‑volume calls to official numbers, reducing staff time spent handling unwanted calls and improving public service responsiveness.
Agency phone systems will face a lower risk of being overwhelmed by autonomous calling systems, improving mission continuity and the reliability of critical government services.
Federal employees and government contractors could see legitimate automated interactions (e.g., system alerts or contractor notifications) disrupted if the rule is interpreted too narrowly, forcing manual workarounds and slowing operations.
Companies that operate automated calling systems, including small businesses, may incur compliance costs or lose the ability to use automated tools when interacting with federal numbers.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits third-party automated systems that can run without human intervention from repeatedly calling and providing/receiving information to phone numbers assigned to federal departments or agencies.
Introduced March 26, 2026 by Chris Pappas · Last progress March 26, 2026
Prohibits use of automated telephone equipment to place repeated, fully automated calls that provide or receive information to phone numbers assigned to a federal department or agency when the system can act without further human intervention and is operated by anyone other than the agency or person whose information is being handled. Also includes a short-title provision and minor punctuation edits to existing statutory text.