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Version 81 · Passed House without amendment · Feb 6, 2008
(This measure has not been amended since it was was passed by the Senate on December 17, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to replace provisions relating to fees regarding the "do-not-call" registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule with provisions requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to collect an annual fee to implement and enforce the registry or any other regulation issued by the FTC under specified provisions of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.
Sets the fee amount per area code accessed, subject to a maximum amount, and indexes the amount to inflation. Prohibits any arrangement to divide the fee among various clients of a telemarketer or service provider.
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(Sec. 3) Replaces current reporting requirements with provisions requiring the FTC to report biennially to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. Requires an additional, one-time FTC report to those committees on the effectiveness of do-not-call outreach and enforcement efforts to senior citizens and immigrant communities, the impact of the exceptions to the do-not-call registry on businesses and consumers, and the impact on do-not-call enforcement of abandoned calls made by predictive dialing devices.
People & committees
Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] · D–AR
Legislative record
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Became Public Law No: 110-188.
Became Public Law No: 110-188.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Cleared for White House.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H588-589)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H588-589)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 781.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H588-591)
Mr. Butterfield moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Held at the desk.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S15788; text as passed Senate: CR S15788)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S15788; text as passed Senate: CR S15788)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-244.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-244.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
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