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        <text><![CDATA[For further action, see H.R.3541, which became Public Law 110-187 on 2/15/2008.]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the &quot;Do-Not-Call&quot; Implementation Act to prohibit a specified Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule from having an expiration date for telephone numbers on the &quot;do-not-call&quot; registry.</p> <p>Prohibits the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in issuing regulations regarding the &quot;do-not-call&quot; registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, from having an expiration date for telephone numbers on that registry.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 - Prohibits having a specific expiration period for numbers in the do-not-call registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.</p> <p>Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reinstate the registration of any telephone number that was removed from the registry before enactment of this Act under an FTC rule or practice requiring the removal of a telephone number from the registry five years after its registration.</p> <p>Authorizes the FTC to check telephone numbers listed on the do-not-call registry against national databases periodically and purge numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned.</p> <p>Requires the FTC to report to Congress on FTC efforts taken after enactment of this Act to improve the accuracy of the registry.</p>]]></text>
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