3.0.0 2957 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z 2023-01-11T13:25:18Z Senate S S 2014-11-20 113 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-11-20T21:46:40Z 2014-11-20 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2014-11-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Tax-exempt organizations Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2014-11-20 Introduced in Senate 2014-12-17T16:09:04Z Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to expand the list of entities prohibited from making telephone calls to numbers on the FTC's "do-not-call" registry to include: (1) political committees that accept donations or contributions that do not comply with contribution limits or source prohibitions (commonly known as Super PACs), and (2) tax exempt non-profit social welfare organizations engaged in political activities.

Requires the FTC to expand rules against abusive telemarking to prohibit: (1) computer-dialed telephone calls with prerecorded messages (robo-calls) to numbers on the registry, and (2) push-polling calls regarding a candidate for public office in which voters are asked certain questions about opposing candidates or are likely to construe the call as a survey for an independent organization.

Provides exceptions to allow robo-calls for emergencies or with the consent of the called party.

]]> Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 Display Title Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced A bill to limit the disturbance to American families caused by electioneering phone calls by expanding the National Do Not Call Registry to include Super PACs and other third-party political groups, to prohibit robo-calls to Americans who have listed their telephone numbers on the Registry, and to prohibit push-polling. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Do Not Disturb Act of 2014 Introduced in Senate 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2957is/xml/BILLS-113s2957is.xml 2014-11-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.