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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. 

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 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Do Not Disturb Act 

5 of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF UNSOLICITED CALLS FROM 

2 SUPER PACS TO INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON 

3 THE NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY. 

4 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall 

6 issue a final rule, pursuant to its rulemaking authority 

7 under section 3 of the Telemarketing and Consumer 

8 Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102), that 

9 amends section 310.4(b)(1)(iii) of title 16, Code of Fed10 eral Regulations, to include, in the list of persons subject 

11 to the prohibitions set forth in such section— 

12 (1) political committees (as defined in section 

13 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 

14 (52 U.S.C. 30101)) that accept donations or con15 tributions that do not comply with the contribution 

16 limits or source prohibitions under such Act (com17 monly known as Super PACs); and 

18 (2) social welfare organizations described in 

19 section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986 that are engaged in political activities. 

21 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION OF COMPUTER-DIALED RECORDED 

22 MESSAGES TO INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON THE 

23 NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY. 

24 Section 3(a)(3) of the Telemarketing and Consumer 

25 Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (15 U.S.C. 6102(a)(3)) 

26 is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma 

2 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the comma 

4 at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

5 (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and 

6 (D) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and 

7 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(C) a prohibition on computer-dialed tele10 phone calls with prerecorded messages (other 

11 than calls made for emergency purposes or 

12 made with the prior express consent of the 

13 called party) to telephone numbers that are list14 ed on the National Do Not Call Registry;’’. 

15 SEC. 4. PUSH-POLLING. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(a)(3) of the Tele17 marketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 

18 Act, as amended by section 3, is further amended by in19 serting after subparagraph (C), as added by section 3(4), 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(D) a prohibition on push-polling;’’. 

22 (b) PUSH-POLLING DEFINED.—Section 3 of the 

23 Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Preven24 tion Act (15 U.S.C. 6102) is amended by adding at the 

25 end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(f) DEFINED TERM.—As used in subsection (a)(3), 

2 the term ‘push-polling’ means a telephone call— 

3 ‘‘(1) to a voter on behalf of, in support of, or 

4 in opposition to, any candidate for public office; 

5 ‘‘(2) in which the caller asks questions related 

6 to opposing candidates for public office that state, 

7 imply, or convey information about the candidates 

8 character, status, or political stance or record; or 

9 ‘‘(3) that is conducted in a manner that is like10 ly to be construed by the voter to be a survey or poll 

11 to gather statistical data for entities or organiza12 tions acting independent of any particular political 

13 party, candidate, or interest group.’’. 

14 SEC. 5. RULEMAKING. 

15 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall pre17 scribe regulations to implement the amendments made by 

18 this Act. 

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