[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1655 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1655
To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish
the do-not-call registry.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 25, 2003
Mr. Ensign (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. DeWine, Mr.
McCain, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Feingold,
Mr. Harkin, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Voinovich, Mr.
Biden, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Jeffords, Mr.
Corzine, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Graham of South
Carolina, Mr. Alexander, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Allen, Mr. Cornyn, Ms.
Cantwell, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Graham of Florida, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Reed, Mr. Warner,
Mr. Frist, Mr. Burns, Mr. Lugar, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr.
Coleman, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Akaka, Ms. Collins, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Chafee, Ms.
Snowe, Mr. Johnson, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Bayh, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr.
Brownback, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Reid, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Campbell,
Mr. Wyden, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Specter) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation
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A BILL
To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish
the 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. NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY.
(a) Authority.--The Federal Trade Commission is authorized under
section 3(a)(3)(A) of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse
Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102(a)(3)(A)) to implement and enforce a
national do-not-call registry.
(b) Ratification.--The do-not-call registry provision of the
Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)), which was
promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003,
is ratified.
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