[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3161 Received in Senate (RDS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 3161


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2003

                                Received

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                                 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives September 25, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.