Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 16 Summary

• The Indiana General Assembly urges the Federal Communications Commission to more effectively and aggressively prioritize regulation of telemarketing calls and automatic telephone dialing systems, Caller ID spoofing, and calling party number services.

• Indiana received over 33,000 complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls from the state Attorney General's office and 57,395 Do Not Call complaints from the National Do Not Call Registry within a two-year period.

• At least 56% of telemarketing complaints involved robocalls, and at least two-thirds involved spoofed Caller ID numbers or international calls.

• Existing FCC regulations under the Communications Act of 1934 and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act have been ineffective at stopping unwanted and illegal telemarketing calls, creating a regulatory gap at the federal level.

• The resolution directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies to the FCC and Indiana's two U.S. Senators and nine U.S. Representatives.