[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1652 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1652

To ratify the do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales 
 Rule, as amended by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 
                                 2003.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2003

   Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kohl, Mr. 
   Schumer, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. 
Voinovich, and Mr. Pryor) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
To ratify the do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales 
 Rule, as amended by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 
                                 2003.

    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) Finding.--Congress finds that the Federal Trade Commission was 
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 compile and 
implement a national do-not-call registry.
    (b) Ratification.--The do-not-call registry provision of the 
Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310.4(b)(1)(iii)(B)), which was 
promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003, 
is ratified.
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