Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act

Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act was signed into law by the president Decemebr 31 2019.  The law implements a forfeiture penalty for violations (with or without intent) of the prohibition on certain robocalls. Among other things the law  requires voice service providers to develop call authentication technologies and directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate rules establishing when a provider may block a voice call based on information provided by the call authentication framework, but also must establish a process to permit a calling party adversely affected by the framework to verify the authenticity of their calls.

https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ105/PLAW-116publ105.pdf