110 HR 1652 IH: Protection From Telemarketers U.S. House of Representatives 2007-03-22 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 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1652 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 22, 2007 Mr. King of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules to establish a requirement to prohibit any telemarketing calls during the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protection From Telemarketers Act.

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Federal Trade Commission Rules

Section 3(a) of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4)The Commission shall include in such rules respecting other abusive telemarketing acts or practices a requirement that telemarketers shall not initiate any outbound telephone calls to any person during the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the locality of the person called. .