H.R. 10310 – Robo COP Act

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The Robo COP Act requires the Federal Trade Commission to change the rules for the national "do-not-call" registry. Within 180 days, the FTC must ban any automated, recorded phone calls that are political in nature from being placed to numbers on the registry. The bill targets consumers who have opted out of telemarketing calls and political campaign groups that use robo‑calls.

Key Provisions

The FTC must revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically‑oriented recorded message calls to any number on the do‑not‑call list, with the change to be completed within 180 days of the law’s enactment.
A "politically‑oriented recorded message telephone call" is defined as an outbound call that plays a recorded message (no live person) and either promotes, advertises, campaigns, or solicits donations for or against a political candidate or issue, or includes the name of a political candidate in the message.

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

September 8, 2026

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Introduced in House

September 8, 2026

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce Committee

September 8, 2026

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Introduced in HouseIssued September 8, 2026

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119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 10310

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 8, 2026

Ms. Foxx introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act.

2.

Politically-oriented recorded message phone calls prohibited

(a)

Prohibited

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.

(b)

Politically-Oriented recorded message calls defined

In this section, 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.