[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 335 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 335

  To expand the calling time restrictions on telemarketing telephone 
calls to include the period from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 2003

  Mr. Johnson 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 expand the calling time restrictions on telemarketing telephone 
calls to include the period from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF CALLING TIME RESTRICTIONS PERIOD FOR TELEMARKETING 
              TELEPHONE CALLS.

    (a) Expansion of Calling Time Restrictions Period.--The Federal 
Trade Commission shall modify its regulations on telemarketing sales 
(part 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations) in order to provide 
that the period of calling time restrictions under section 310.4(c) of 
title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, shall also include the period 
from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. local time.
    (b) Exclusion for Calls on Certain Information.--The Commission 
shall modify the regulations referred to in subsection (a) in order to 
ensure that an outbound telephone call regarding suspicious or illegal 
activity in the account of a person shall not constitute an abusive 
telemarketing act or practice under such regulations.
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