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:
‘‘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-
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: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2601 
AN ACT 
To extend the authority of the Federal Trade Com-
mission to collect fees to administer and enforce 
the provisions relating to the ‘‘Do-not-call’’ reg-
istry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.