109 HR 4931 IH: Stop the Automated Calls Act U.S. House of Representatives 2006-03-09 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4931 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 9, 2006 Mr. Shaw (for himself, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. Knollenberg, and Mr. Rogers of Kentucky) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the regulations regarding the Do-not-call registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Stop the Automated Calls Act.

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Politically-oriented recorded message calls prohibited

(a)

Prohibition

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.1 et seq.) to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. (b)

Definition of politically-oriented recorded message calls

For purposes of this section, the term politically-oriented recorded message telephone call means any outbound telephone call— (1)in which a person is not available to speak with the person answering the call, and the call instead plays a recorded message; and (2)whose purpose is to promote, advertise, campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any political candidate or regarding any political issue, or uses in the recorded message any political candidate’s name.