[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 193 (Monday, December 17, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S15788-S15789]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  DO-NOT-CALL IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2007

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 539, S. 2096.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2096) to amend the Do-Not-Call Implementation 
     Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers 
     registered on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill 
which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation with an amendment to strike all after the enacting 
clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

                                S. 2096

       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-Call Improvement Act 
     of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTERED 
                   TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

       (a) In General.--The registration of a telephone number on 
     the do-not-call registry of the

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     Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) shall 
     not expire at the end of any specified time period.
       (b) Reinstatement.--The Federal Trade Commission shall 
     reinstate the registration of any telephone number that has 
     been removed from the registry before the date of enactment 
     of this Act under a Federal Trade Commission rule or practice 
     requiring the removal of a telephone number from the registry 
     5 years after its registration.
       (c) Registry Maintenance.--The Federal Trade Commission may 
     check telephone numbers listed on the do-not-call registry 
     against national databases periodically and purge those 
     numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned.
  Mr. DODD. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment at the desk be 
considered and agreed to; the committee-reported amendment, as amended, 
be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time, passed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements 
related thereto be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 3867) was agreed to, as follows:

 (Purpose: To require the FTC to report to the Congress on its efforts 
          to improve the accuracy of the Do-Not-Call Registry)

       At the end of the bill, add the following:

     SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCURACY.

       Not later than 9 months after the enactment of this Act, 
     the Federal Trade Commission shall report to the Congress on 
     efforts taken by the Commission, after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, to improve the accuracy of the ``do-not-call'' 
     Registry.
  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, 
was agreed to.
  The bill, as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third 
reading, read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2096

       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-Call Improvement Act 
     of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTERED 
                   TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

       (a) In General.--The registration of a telephone number on 
     the do-not-call registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 
     C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) shall not expire at the end of any 
     specified time period.
       (b) Reinstatement.--The Federal Trade Commission shall 
     reinstate the registration of any telephone number that has 
     been removed from the registry before the date of enactment 
     of this Act under a Federal Trade Commission rule or practice 
     requiring the removal of a telephone number from the registry 
     5 years after its registration.
       (c) Registry Maintenance.--The Federal Trade Commission may 
     check telephone numbers listed on the do-not-call registry 
     against national databases periodically and purge those 
     numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned.

     SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCURACY.

       Not later than 9 months after the enactment of this Act, 
     the Federal Trade Commission shall report to the Congress on 
     efforts taken by the Commission, after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, to improve the accuracy of the ``do-not-call'' 
     Registry.

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