[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4353 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4353

  To require businesses who compile consumer lists for sale to other 
  businesses to notify consumers on the list of the sales of the list.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 1994

  Mr. Gallo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require businesses who compile consumer lists for sale to other 
  businesses to notify consumers on the list of the sales of the list.

    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 ``Consumer Information Privacy Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER LISTS.

    Any person engaged in business in commerce who compiles a list of 
the persons to whom such person make sales or with whom such person 
otherwise does business which consists of their names, addresses, 
telephone numbers, and other personal information for the purpose of 
selling such list shall notify the persons included in the list of the 
potential sale of the list. A notified person may require the person 
selling a list to delete such information respecting the notified 
person as such person specifies.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT.

    Compliance with the requirements of section 2 shall be enforced 
under the Federal Trade Commission Act by the Federal Trade Commission. 
A violation of any requirement under section 2 shall constitute an 
unfair or deceptive act or practice in commerce in violation of section 
5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act and shall be subject to 
enforcement under section 5(b) of such Act irrespective of whether the 
person who committed such violation is engaged in commerce or meets any 
other jurisdictional test in such Act. The Federal Trade Commission 
shall have such procedural, investigative, and enforcement powers in 
enforcing compliance with the requirements of section 2 and may require 
the filing of reports, the production of documents, and the appearance 
of witnesses as though the applicable terms of such Act were part of 
this section.

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