Restrictions on the use of automated telephone equipment

Section 227(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (E) to make any call to a telephone number assigned to a Federal department or agency if such call is made by means of equipment that— (i) has the capacity, without further human intervention after initial activation— (I) to make a series of repeated calls to such number; and (II) to provide and receive information by means of such calls; and (ii) is operated by any individual or entity other than the individual or entity to whom the information provided or received during such call relates..