[telecom] Bipartisan TRACED Act Seeks to Reduce Robocalls

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By Seth Williams, CommLawBlog, November 29, 2018

Before Thanksgiving, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced legislation aimed at decreasing the number of unwanted robocalls.

The "TRACED" Act would expand FCC authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), empower the FCC to mandate call authentication rules for voice service providers to cut down on caller ID spoofing, and create an interagency working group to encourage other law enforcement and government agencies to do more to fight illegal robocalls.

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Neal McLain Brazoria, Texas