1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ending One-Ring Scams Act of 2019 . 2. Protection from one-ring scams (a) Initiation of proceeding Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall initiate a proceeding to protect called parties from one-ring scams. (b) Matters To be considered As part of the proceeding required by subsection (a), the Commission shall consider how the Commission can— (1) work with Federal and State law enforcement agencies to address one-ring scams; (2) work with the governments of foreign countries to address one-ring scams; (3) in consultation with the Federal Trade Commission, better educate consumers about how to avoid one-ring scams; (4) incentivize voice service providers to stop calls made to perpetrate one-ring scams from being received by called parties, including consideration of adding identified one-ring scam type numbers to the Commission’s existing list of permissible categories for carrier-initiated blocking; (5) work with entities that provide call-blocking services to address one-ring scams