FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
                                   WASHINGTON 

        
OFFICE OF THE 
  CHAIRWOMAN                                  April 19, 2024 
                            
   
  The Honorable Ben Ray Lujan  
  United States Senate  
  498 Russell Senate Office Building  
  Washington, DC 20510  
   
  Dear Senator Lujan: 

        Thank you for your letter supporting the advancement of the Declaratory Ruling to 
  clarify that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on “artificial or 
  prerecorded voice” apply to calls using artificial intelligence (AI) that generate human voices.  I 
  am pleased to share that my fellow Commissioners voted on the item, and we were able to 
  announce on February 8, 2024 the Declaratory Ruling was adopted.  

        Issuing this Declaratory Ruling means that AI technologies like voice cloning fall within 
  this law’s existing prohibitions and that calls that use this technology to simulate a human voice 
  are illegal unless callers have obtained prior express consent.  It also means that, when these calls 
  happen, State Attorneys General across the country can go after the bad actors behind these 
  robocalls and seek damages under the law.  In fact, 26 State Attorneys General—from all across 
  the country—wrote to us supporting this approach.  Even better, at the Commission we now have 
  a Memorandum of Understanding with 48 State Attorneys General who have agreed to work 
  with us to combat robocalls.  Now, with this Declaratory Ruling, we will have another tool to go 
  after voice cloning scams and get this junk off the line.  

        I appreciate your interest in this matter and a copy of your letter will be placed in the 
  record of the proceeding.  Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.  

                                      Sincerely, 

                                                                      
                                      Jessica Rosenworcel 

                       FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
                                   WASHINGTON 

        
OFFICE OF THE 
  CHAIRWOMAN                                  April 19, 2024 
                            
   
  The Honorable Mark Kelly 
  United States Senate  
  516 Hart Senate Office Building  
  Washington, DC 20510  
   
  Dear Senator Kelly: 

        Thank you for your letter supporting the advancement of the Declaratory Ruling to 
  clarify that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act’s (TCPA) restrictions on “artificial or 
  prerecorded voice” apply to calls using artificial intelligence (AI) that generate human voices.  I 
  am pleased to share that my fellow Commissioners voted on the item, and we were able to 
  announce on February 8, 2024 the Declaratory Ruling was adopted.  

        Issuing this Declaratory Ruling means that AI technologies like voice cloning fall within 
  this law’s existing prohibitions and that calls that use this technology to simulate a human voice 
  are illegal unless callers have obtained prior express consent.  It also means that, when these calls 
  happen, State Attorneys General across the country can go after the bad actors behind these 
  robocalls and seek damages under the law.  In fact, 26 State Attorneys General—from all across 
  the country—wrote to us supporting this approach.  Even better, at the Commission we now have 
  a Memorandum of Understanding with 48 State Attorneys General who have agreed to work 
  with us to combat robocalls.  Now, with this Declaratory Ruling, we will have another tool to go 
  after voice cloning scams and get this junk off the line.  

        I appreciate your interest in this matter and a copy of your letter will be placed in the 
  record of the proceeding.  Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance.  

                                      Sincerely, 

                                                                      
                                      Jessica Rosenworcel