[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[H.R. 3161 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.3161

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the seventh day of January, two thousand and three


                                 An Act


 
 To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a 
                          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.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.