After months of negotiations, Congress accepted a landmark invoice on Thursday to cease the flood of unlawful robocalls. The president is anticipated to signal it into legislation inside the subsequent few days. The Verge stories:

The Phone Robocall Abuse Felony Enforcement and Deterrence Act, or the TRACED Act, empowers the federal authorities with new skills to go after unlawful robocallers. As soon as TRACED is enacted, the Federal Communications Fee may positive robocallers as much as $10,000 per name. It additionally would require main carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Cellular to deploy a brand new expertise known as STIR/SHAKEN into their networks, which can make it simpler for shoppers to know in the event that they’re receiving a name from a spoofed quantity.

The Home voted overwhelmingly to approve the measure earlier this month, and Thursday’s unanimous Senate vote means the invoice solely requires President Trump’s signature to grow to be legislation. Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA) mentioned that the invoice needs to be signed into legislation inside the “subsequent week or so.”