The record

LegislationLegislation· Aug 2026
S 2666 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Ted Budd (R)

Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

Creates a task force to study robocalls from abroad and extends the FCC's robocall-tracing consortium term from one year to three years.

Tradeoff

Establishes an interagency task force to recommend ways to combat foreign robocalls, with no stated or cost offset.

What's in it

See official bill text

Federal cost is negligible; private-sector bond requirement may generate insignificant revenues from forfeited bonds over 2026-2036.

The federal government's direct cost to establish and oversee the robocall mitigation taskforce and bonding rules is negligible; the policy's real burden falls on voice service providers, who must post bonds and comply with mitigation requirements, with potential forfeiture if they fail to meet FCC standards.

S. 2666, Foreign Robocall Elimination Act · May 2026

Passed the Senate by on August 3, 2026 — now in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Aug 1, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation(Aug 1, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Oct 21, 2025)

    Committee report S. Rept. 119-122.

  4. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Aug 3, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(Aug 10, 2026)