IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2601 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 12, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission 
to collect fees to administer and enforce the provisions 
relating to the ‘‘Do-not-call’’ registry of the Tele-
marketing Sales Rule. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Do-Not-Call Registry 
Fee Extension Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FEES FOR ACCESS TO REGISTRY. 
Section 2, of the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act 
(15 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 2. TELEMARKETING SALES RULE; DO-NOT-CALL REG-
ISTRY FEES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Trade Commission 
shall assess and collect an annual fee pursuant to this sec-
tion in order to implement and enforce the ‘do-not-call’ 
registry as provided for in section 310.4(b)(1)(iii) of title 
16, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other regulation 
issued by the Commission under section 3 of the Tele-
marketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention 
Act (15 U.S.C. 6102). 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
charge each person who accesses the ‘do-not-call’ 
registry an annual fee that is equal to the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(A) $54 for each area code of data 
accessed from the registry; or 
‘‘(B) $14,850 for access to every area code 
of data contained in the registry. 
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‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The Commission shall not 
charge a fee to any person— 
‘‘(A) for accessing the first 5 area codes of 
data; or 
‘‘(B) for accessing area codes of data in 
the registry if the person is permitted to access, 
but is not required to access, the ‘do-not-call’ 
registry under section 310 of title 16, Code of 
Federal Regulations, section 64.1200 of title 
47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other 
Federal regulation or law. 
‘‘(3) DURATION OF ACCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
allow each person who pays the annual fee de-
scribed in paragraph (1), each person excepted 
under paragraph (2) from paying the annual 
fee, and each person excepted from paying an 
annual fee under section 310.4(b)(1)(iii)(B) of 
title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, to access 
the area codes of data in the ‘do-not-call’ reg-
istry for which the person has paid during that 
person’s annual period. 
‘‘(B) ANNUAL
PERIOD.—In this para-
graph, the term ‘annual period’ means the 12- 
month period beginning on the first day of the 
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month in which a person pays the fee described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall 
charge a person required to pay an annual fee under 
subsection (b) an additional fee for each additional 
area code of data the person wishes to access during 
that person’s annual period. 
‘‘(2) RATES.—For each additional area code of 
data to be accessed during the person’s annual pe-
riod, the Commission shall charge— 
‘‘(A) $54 for access to such data if access 
to the area code of data is first requested dur-
ing the first 6 months of the person’s annual 
period; or 
‘‘(B) $27 for access to such data if access 
to the area code of data is first requested after 
the first 6 months of the person’s annual pe-
riod. 
‘‘(d) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) FISCAL
YEAR
2009.—The dollar 
amount described in subsection (b) or (c) is the 
amount to be charged for fiscal year 2009. 
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‘‘(B) FISCAL
YEARS
AFTER
2009.—For 
each fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 
2009, each dollar amount in subsection (b)(1) 
and (c)(2) shall be increased by an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(i) the dollar amount in paragraph 
(b)(1) or (c)(2), whichever is applicable, 
multiplied by 
‘‘(ii) the percentage (if any) by which 
the CPI for the most recently ended 12- 
month period ending on June 30 exceeds 
the baseline CPI. 
‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—Any increase under subpara-
graph (B) shall be rounded to the nearest dollar. 
‘‘(3) CHANGES LESS THAN 1 PERCENT.—The 
Commission shall not adjust the fees under this sec-
tion if the change in the CPI is less than 1 percent. 
‘‘(4) PUBLICATION.—Not later than September 
1 of each year the Commission shall publish in the 
Federal Register the adjustments to the applicable 
fees, if any, made under this subsection. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) CPI.—The term ‘CPI’ means the av-
erage of the monthly consumer price index (for 
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all urban consumers published by the Depart-
ment of Labor). 
‘‘(B) BASELINE CPI.—The term ‘baseline 
CPI’ means the CPI for the 12-month period 
ending June 30, 2008. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION AGAINST FEE SHARING.—No per-
son may enter into or participate in an arrangement (as 
such term is used in section 310.8(c) of the Commission’s 
regulations (16 CFR 310.8(c))) to share any fee required 
by subsection (b) or (c), including any arrangement to di-
vide the costs to access the registry among various clients 
of a telemarketer or service provider. 
‘‘(f) HANDLING OF FEES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The commission shall de-
posit and credit as offsetting collections any fee col-
lected under this section in the account ‘Federal 
Trade Commission—Salaries and Expenses’, and 
such sums shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—No amount shall be col-
lected as a fee under this section for any fiscal year 
except to the extent provided in advance by appro-
priations Acts.’’. 
SEC. 3. REPORT. 
Section 4 of the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (15 
U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) BIENNIAL REPORTS.—Not later than December 
31, 2009, and biennially thereafter, the Federal Trade 
Commission, in consultation with the Federal Communica-
tions Commission, shall transmit a report to the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy 
and Commerce that includes— 
‘‘(1) the number of consumers who have placed 
their telephone numbers on the registry; 
‘‘(2) the number of persons paying fees for ac-
cess to the registry and the amount of such fees; 
‘‘(3) the impact on the ‘do-not-call’ registry 
of— 
‘‘(A) the 5-year reregistration requirement; 
‘‘(B) new telecommunications technology; 
and 
‘‘(C) number portability and abandoned 
telephone numbers; and 
‘‘(4) the impact of the established business rela-
tionship exception on businesses and consumers. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REPORT.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission, in consulta-
tion with the Federal Communications Commission, shall 
transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the House of Represent-
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atives Committee on Energy and Commerce that in-
cludes— 
‘‘(1) the effectiveness of do-not-call outreach 
and enforcement efforts with regard to senior citi-
zens and immigrant communities; 
‘‘(2) the impact of the exceptions to the do-not- 
call registry on businesses and consumers, including 
an analysis of the effectiveness of the registry and 
consumer perceptions of the registry’s effectiveness; 
and 
‘‘(3) the impact of abandoned calls made by 
predictive dialing devices on do-not-call enforce-
ment.’’. 
SEC. 4. RULEMAKING. 
The Federal Trade Commission may issue rules, in 
accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code, 
as necessary and appropriate to carry out the amendments 
to the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 
note) made by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 11, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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