HR 3541 RFS110th CONGRESS1st SessionH. .R.3541
IN THE SENATE OF
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE UNITED STATESDecember 12, 2007Received; read twice and referred to the CommitteeSECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
AN ACTThursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
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.
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:LORRAINE C. MILLER,Clerk.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.3541 as Enrolled Bill Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007
