DO NOT Call Act

The bill would amend the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1993 to establish criminal penalties for willful and knowing violations, including up to one year in prison for standard offenses and up to three years for aggravated offenses involving large-scale calling, prior convictions, intent to facilitate felonies, or causing $5,000 or more in losses. It also doubles the civil fines for providing inaccurate caller identification information from $10,000 to $20,000 per violation. The changes apply to individuals and entities making robocalls or spam texts using automatic dialing systems or prerecorded voices without consent, including calls to emergency numbers. The bill aims to deter…

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