Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

Bill: 110-s-2096
Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND]
Introduced: 2007-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Government Operations and Politics
Independent regulatory commissions
Law
Science, Technology, Communications
Telemarketing
Telephone

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: 
Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends the &quot;Do-Not-Call&quot; Implementation Act to prohibit a specified Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule from having an expiration date for telephone numbers on the &quot;do-not-call&quot; registry.
 
Prohibits the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in issuing regulations regarding the &quot;do-not-call&quot; registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule, from having an expiration date for telephone numbers on that registry.

action_date: 2007-12-17
text: 
Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 - Prohibits having a specific expiration period for numbers in the do-not-call registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.
 
Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reinstate the registration of any telephone number that was removed from the registry before enactment of this Act under an FTC rule or practice requiring the removal of a telephone number from the registry five years after its registration.
 
Authorizes the FTC to check telephone numbers listed on the do-not-call registry against national databases periodically and purge numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned.
 
Requires the FTC to report to Congress on FTC efforts taken after enactment of this Act to improve the accuracy of the registry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-12-17
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S15788-15789; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S15788-15789; text as passed Senate: CR S15789)
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 539.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-246.
action_date: 2007-12-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-246.
action_date: 2007-10-30
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12145)
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12145)
action_date: 2007-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate