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Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] · R–NC
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-08 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This bill would require the Federal Trade Commission to prohibit certain recorded political calls to phone numbers on the do-not-call registry. It covers calls that play a recording without a person available to speak, when they promote political candidates or issues, seek political donations, or name a political candidate. These are proposed requirements, not evidence of an existing ban.
the Federal Trade Commission shall revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations) to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to any telephone number listed on that registry.
any outbound telephone call— (1) in which a person is not available to speak with the person answering the call, and the call instead plays a recorded message; and (2) the— (A) purpose of which is to promote, advertise, campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any political candidate or regarding any political issue; or (B) recorded message includes the name of a political candidate.
Section 1 would name the legislation the Robo Calls Off Phones Act, or Robo COP Act.
This Act may be cited as the Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act.
The Federal Trade Commission would have to revise the registry provisions of its Telemarketing Sales Rule within 180 days after enactment. The required prohibition would cover any telephone number on the registry and apply despite other provisions of law.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal Trade Commission shall revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations) to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to any telephone number listed on that registry.
A covered call must play a recording with no person available to speak to whoever answers. It must also either promote, advertise, campaign, or solicit donations for or against a political candidate or regarding a political issue, or include a political candidate's name in the recording. Naming a candidate is a separate way to meet the content requirement; that branch does not require the listed political purposes.
the term politically-oriented recorded message telephone call means any outbound telephone call— (1) in which a person is not available to speak with the person answering the call, and the call instead plays a recorded message; and (2) the— (A) purpose of which is to promote, advertise, campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any political candidate or regarding any political issue; or (B) recorded message includes the name of a political candidate.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 22, 2026, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 8, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-22T22:25:01Z. 2026-09-08: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2026-09-08: Introduced in House
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