Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

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.

12/11/2007--Passed House amended. Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 -
(Sec. 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.
(Sec. 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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Sponsor

• Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6]
• and 8 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6]
  • Rep. Nancy Boyda [D, KS-2]
  • Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26]
  • Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15]
  • Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]
  • Rep. Charles Pickering [R, MS-3]
  • Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16]
  • Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1]
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Committees

• Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation
• 2 more
  • House Energy and Commerce
  • House Energy and Commerce
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.2601

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 06, 2007		December 11, 2007

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• Dec 12, 2007: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Dec 11, 2007. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Dec 11, 2007: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2601.
• Dec 11, 2007: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Dec 11, 2007: Mr. Butterfield moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Added to calendar on Dec 11, 2007: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 300..
• Dec 11, 2007: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 110-485.
• Added to calendar on Oct 30, 2007: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote..
• Oct 30, 2007: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Oct 23, 2007: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
• Oct 23, 2007: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
• Oct 23, 2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
• Jun 06, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
• Jun 06, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• Introduced on Jun 06, 2007.

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October 25, 2007 FTC to delay purge of Do Not Call list

A House subcommittee met earlier this week to discuss bill HR 2601, which would renew all numbers on the Do Not Call List through 2012. ...

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October 23, 2007 FTC Vows Not To Expire Numbers From The Do Not Call List

The Subcommittee is meeting this morning to markup HR 2601, which would reauthorize the Do Not Call List through 2012. The bill does not yet include ...

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October 29, 2008 Media representation of Hugo Chávez

Connie Mack IV (R-FL) made an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2006 Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill (HR 2601) to authorize the Broadcasting Board of Governors 30 minutes a day of American broadcasts to Venezuela, in addition to Voice ...

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October 12, 2008 Canadian Call Center Woes Here's an article from the Edmonton ...

You may have read that his week, Congress addressed two bills, HR 2601 and HR 3541, which will affect the future of the federal Do-No-Call Registry. Currently, there are approximately 150 million people who have listed their phone ...

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October 02, 2008 The ATA Position On Do-Not-Call You may have read that his week ...

You may have read that his week, Congress addressed two bills, HR 2601 and HR 3541, which will affect the future of the federal Do-No-Call Registry. Currently, there are approximately 150 million people who have listed their phone ...

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