Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

Combating Unlawful Robocalls: The establishment of a taskforce aims to find the most effective ways to combat unlawful robocalls made into the United States from outside the country (Section 2(d)(1)).

Identifying Financial Loss and Identity Theft: The taskforce is required to determine the magnitude of financial loss and the number of stolen identities occurring in the U.S. due to these international robocalls (Section 2(d)(2)(C)).

Improving Call Authentication: The bill directs the study of methods to encourage the adoption of caller identification authentication technology in foreign countries (Section 2(d)(2)(D)).

Protecting Information Sharing: By providing immunity to the registered consortium for receiving, sharing, and publishing "covered information," the bill allows for the movement of data related to fraudulent or illegal calls without the threat of legal action (Section 5(a)).

Increasing Accountability: The bill allows the Commission or a registered consortium to publish lists of voice service providers that refuse to participate in trace back efforts or transmit substantial amounts of unlawful robocalls (Section 5(b)(1)).

Financial Burdens for Certain Providers: The Commission may issue rules requiring certain providers to post a bond of up to $100,000 before they can file a certification in the Robocall Mitigation Database (Section 4(b)(1)).

Impact of Public Disclosures: The taskforce must consider if requiring the public disclosure of trace back results could expose proprietary or sensitive information of legitimate providers or allow bad actors to adapt their tactics to evade detection (Section 2(d)(2)(P)).