[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1654 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1654

To ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish a 
                         do-not-call registry.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2003

  Mr. Stevens (for himself and Mr. Hollings) 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 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 compile and implement 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.
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