[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4072 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4072

   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call 
     telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political 
     organizations to persons on the national do-not-call registry.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2005

 Mr. Gerlach introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call 
     telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political 
     organizations to persons on the national 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. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS ON DO-NOT-CALL 
              LIST.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall issue regulations to revise the 
Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit, as an abusive telemarketing act 
or practice, telephone calls to persons on the ``do-not-call'' registry 
(16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) from any political organization, as such 
term is defined in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
(26 U.S.C. 527(e)), during a period that is more than 30 days before a 
primary or general election.
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