[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2957 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2957

To limit the disturbance to American families caused by electioneering 
 phone calls by expanding the National Do Not Call Registry to include 
  Super PACs and other third-party political groups, to prohibit robo-
   calls to Americans who have listed their telephone numbers on the 
                Registry, and to prohibit push-polling.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 20, 2014

  Mr. Begich 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 limit the disturbance to American families caused by electioneering 
 phone calls by expanding the National Do Not Call Registry to include 
  Super PACs and other third-party political groups, to prohibit robo-
   calls to Americans who have listed their telephone numbers on the 
                Registry, and to prohibit push-polling.

    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 ``Do Not Disturb Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF UNSOLICITED CALLS FROM SUPER PACS TO INDIVIDUALS 
              LISTED ON THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall issue a final rule, pursuant to 
its rulemaking authority under section 3 of the Telemarketing and 
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102), that amends 
section 310.4(b)(1)(iii) of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, to 
include, in the list of persons subject to the prohibitions set forth 
in such section--
            (1) political committees (as defined in section 301 of the 
        Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101)) that 
        accept donations or contributions that do not comply with the 
        contribution limits or source prohibitions under such Act 
        (commonly known as Super PACs); and
            (2) social welfare organizations described in section 
        501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that are engaged 
        in political activities.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF COMPUTER-DIALED RECORDED MESSAGES TO INDIVIDUALS 
              LISTED ON THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY.

    Section 3(a)(3) of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse 
Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon;
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
        subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and
            (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) a prohibition on computer-dialed telephone 
                calls with prerecorded messages (other than calls made 
                for emergency purposes or made with the prior express 
                consent of the called party) to telephone numbers that 
                are listed on the National Do Not Call Registry;''.

SEC. 4. PUSH-POLLING.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(a)(3) of the Telemarketing and Consumer 
Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, as amended by section 3, is further 
amended by inserting after subparagraph (C), as added by section 3(4), 
the following:
                    ``(D) a prohibition on push-polling;''.
    (b) Push-Polling Defined.--Section 3 of the Telemarketing and 
Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Defined Term.--As used in subsection (a)(3), the term `push-
polling' means a telephone call--
            ``(1) to a voter on behalf of, in support of, or in 
        opposition to, any candidate for public office;
            ``(2) in which the caller asks questions related to 
        opposing candidates for public office that state, imply, or 
        convey information about the candidates character, status, or 
        political stance or record; or
            ``(3) that is conducted in a manner that is likely to be 
        construed by the voter to be a survey or poll to gather 
        statistical data for entities or organizations acting 
        independent of any particular political party, candidate, or 
        interest group.''.

SEC. 5. RULEMAKING.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall prescribe regulations to 
implement the amendments made by this Act.
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