Robocall-Crushing TRACED Act Passes Senate and Heads to Oval Office
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[Ed note: TRACED Act == Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act.]
Robocall-crushing TRACED act passes Senate and heads to Oval Office - TechCrunch:
Somehow during all the partisan furor of the last few days, the Senate found a moment to vote some bipartisan legislation into law - presuming, of course, it survives the president's desk. The TRACED act pushes carriers to kill robocalls before they ring, and gives the FCC some extra juice to pursue the wicked ones perpetrating them.
[...] Unlike many things called bipartisan, this one really is. Two different versions of the bill originated in the House and Senate and were passed individually with overwhelming majorities. The pertinent committees put their heads together and created a unified version of the bill they could both live with. Amazingly, that was just last month, and now the bill is off to the White House for the Executive signature.
You can read a summary of what the bill does here...
The version of the bill approved by the US Senate is available on-line.
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