[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 522 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 522

To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 
    to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules to 
prohibit any telemarketing calls during the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 
                                  p.m.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 14, 2009

Mr. King of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act 
    to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules to 
prohibit any telemarketing calls during the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 
                                  p.m.

    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 ``Protection From Telemarketers Act''.

SEC. 2. 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.''.
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