IL HR0057

Federal Trade Commission received 4.5 million complaints in 2018 related to incessant scam calls and robocalls.

Scam callers use spoofing technology to mimic local area codes, and 30 billion robocalls were made in 2017 with $350 million in annual losses to consumers.

Registration on the national Do Not Call Registry provides little protection against criminal phone scams.

Secure Telephone Identity Revisited (STIR) and Signature-based Handling of Asserted information using toKENS (SHAKEN) technologies show promise in stopping fraudulent and robocalls.

Illinois House supports federal government and telecom industry efforts to stop abuse of telecommunications networks and directs copies of the resolution be sent to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and CEOs of Illinois's top five telecommunication companies.