‘‘(B) the person to whom the notice was 
issued; 
‘‘(C) the length of time between the date 
on which the complaint was filed and the date 
on which the notice was issued; and 
‘‘(D) the status of the proceeding. 
‘‘(7) The number of final orders imposing for-
feiture penalties issued pursuant to section 503 dur-
ing the year to enforce any law, regulation, or policy 
relating to sending of unsolicited advertisements to 
telephone facsimile machines. 
‘‘(8) For each such forfeiture order—
‘‘(A) the amount of the penalty imposed by 
the order; 
‘‘(B) the person to whom the order was 
issued; 
‘‘(C) whether the forfeiture penalty has 
been paid; and 
‘‘(D) the amount paid. 
‘‘(9) For each case in which a person has failed 
to pay a forfeiture penalty imposed by such a final 
order, whether the Commission referred such matter 
to the Attorney General for recovery of the penalty. 
‘‘(10) For each case in which the Commission 
referred such an order to the Attorney General—
‘‘(A) the number of days from the date the 
Commission issued such order to the date of 
such referral; 
‘‘(B) whether the Attorney General has 
commenced an action to recover the penalty, 
and if so, the number of days from the date the 
Commission referred such order to the Attorney 
General to the date of such commencement; and 
‘‘(C) whether the recovery action resulted 
in collection of any amount, and if so, the 
amount collected.’’. 
SEC. 4. GAO STUDY OF JUNK FAX ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a study regarding complaints 
received by the Federal Communications Commission con-
cerning unsolicited advertisements sent to telephone fac-
simile machines, which shall determine—
(1) the number and nature of such complaints; 
(2) the number of such complaints that result 
in final agency actions by the Commission; 
(3) the length of time taken by the Commission 
in responding to such complaints; 
(4) the mechanisms established by the Commis-
sion to receive, investigate, and respond to such 
complaints;
(5) the level of enforcement success achieved by 
the Commission and the Attorney General regarding 
such complaints; 
(6) whether complainants to the Commission 
are adequately informed by the Commission of the 
responses to their complaints; and 
(7) whether additional enforcement measures 
are necessary to protect consumers, including rec-
ommendations regarding such additional enforce-
ment measures. 
(b) ADDITIONAL
ENFORCEMENT
REMEDIES.—In 
conducting the analysis and making the recommendations 
required under paragraph (7) of subsection (a), the Comp-
troller General shall specifically examine—
(1) the adequacy of existing statutory enforce-
ment actions available to the Commission; 
(2) the adequacy of existing statutory enforce-
ment actions and remedies available to consumers; 
(3) the impact of existing statutory enforcement 
remedies on senders of facsimiles; 
(4) whether increasing the amount of financial 
penalties is warranted to achieve greater deterrent 
effect; and 
(5) whether establishing penalties and enforce-
ment actions for repeat violators or abusive viola-
tions similar to those established by section 4 of the 
CAN–SPAM Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. 7703) would 
have a greater deterrent effect. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit a report on the results of the study under this sec-
tion to Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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