H.R. 2601 (110th): Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

Introduced:
Jun 06, 2007 (110th Congress, 2007–2009)
Sponsor:
Rep. Clifford “Cliff” Stearns [R-FL6]
Status:
Died (Passed House)
See Instead:

S. 781 (same title)
Signed by the President — Feb 15, 2008

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Status

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on December 11, 2007 but was never passed by the Senate.

Progress
Introduced Jun 06, 2007
Referred to Committee Jun 06, 2007
Reported by Committee Oct 30, 2007
Passed House Dec 11, 2007
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors (5R, 3D) (show)
Committees

House Energy and Commerce

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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Full Title

To extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees to administer and enforce the provisions relating to the "Do-not-call" registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

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Last updated Dec 12, 2007.
8 pages

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Library of Congress Summary

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12/11/2007.
Section 2 -
Amends the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to replace provisions relating to fees regarding the "do-not-call" registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule with provisions requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to collect an annual fee to implement and enforce the registry or any other regulation issued by the FTC under specified provisions of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act. Sets the fee amount per area code accessed, subject to a maximum amount, and indexes the amount to inflation.
Prohibits any arrangement to divide the fee among various clients of a telemarketer or service provider.
Section 3 -
Replaces current reporting requirements with provisions requiring the FTC to report biennially to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. Requires an additional, one-time FTC report to those committees on the effectiveness of do-not-call outreach and enforcement efforts to senior citizens and immigrant communities, the impact of the exceptions to the do-not-call registry on businesses and consumers, and the impact on do-not-call enforcement of abandoned calls made by predictive dialing devices.

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