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HR 3541 .R.3541

RFS One Hundred Tenth Congress

110th CONGRESS of the

1st Session United States of America

H. R. 3541ATIN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESSECOND SESSION

December 12, 2007BegunReceived; read twice and referred toheld at the Committeeity of Washington on Commerce, Science,Thursday,

the third day of January, two thousand and Transportationeight

AN ACT An Act

To amend the Do-not-call Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal `do-not-call' registry.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007'.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTERED NUMBERS.

The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE.

`(a) No Automatic Removal of Numbers- Telephone numbers registered on the national `do-not-call' registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R.FR 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) since the establishment of the registry and telephone numbers registered on such registry after the date of enactment of this Act, shall not be removed from such registry except as provided for in subsection (b) or upon the request of the individual to whom the telephone number is assigned.

`(b) Removal of Invalid, Disconnected, and Reassigned Telephone Numbers- The Federal Trade Commission shall periodically check telephone numbers registered on the national `do-not-call' registry against national or other appropriate databases and shall remove from such registry those telephone numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned. Nothing in this section prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from removing invalid telephone numbers from the registry at any time.'.

SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCURACY.

Not later than 9 months after the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall report to Congress on efforts taken by the Commission, after the date of enactment of this Act, to improve the accuracy of the `do-not-call' registry.

PassedSpeaker of the House of Representatives December 11, 2007..

Attest: Vice President of the United States and

LORRAINE C. MILLER,President of the SenateClerk.