47 U.S.C. § 227b–2 — Provision of evidence of certain robocall violations to Attorney General

This section makes the FCC share evidence of serious robocall crimes with federal prosecutors. (a) In general. If the Chief of the FCC's Enforcement Bureau finds evidence suggesting a willful, knowing, and repeated robocall violation done to defraud someone, cause harm, or wrongfully get something of value, the Chief must send that evidence to the Attorney General. (b) Report to Congress. Starting 1 year after December 30, 2019, and every year after, the FCC must publish on its website, and send to two congressional committees, a report that states how many times in the past year the Enforcement Bureau's Chief sent this kind of evidence to the Attorney General, and gives a general summary of the types of robocall violations involved. (c) Rules of construction. Nothing here limits the FCC's or the Enforcement Bureau Chief's normal legal power to refer a matter to the Attorney General under other law, or to keep pursuing an enforcement case even after sending evidence to the Attorney General about it. (d) Definition. A "robocall violation," for this section, means a violation of subsection (b) or (e) of section 227 of this title — the robocall-restriction and caller-ID-fraud rules.