H.R. 3541
12-11-07, House Agreed to Bill by Voice Vote
2-7-08, Senate Passed Bill by Unanimous Consent
2-15-08, Became Public Law 110-187
One Hundred Tenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
the third day of January, two thousand and eight
An Act
To amend the Do-not-call Implementation Act to eliminate the
automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal `do-not-call'
registry.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTERED NUMBERS.
The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
`SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE.
`(a) No Automatic Removal of Numbers- Telephone numbers registered on
the national `do-not-call' registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16
CFR 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) since the establishment of the registry and telephone
numbers registered on such registry after the date of enactment of this
Act, shall not be removed from such registry except as provided for in
subsection (b) or upon the request of the individual to whom the telephone
number is assigned.
`(b) Removal of Invalid, Disconnected, and Reassigned Telephone Numbers-
The Federal Trade Commission shall periodically check telephone numbers
registered on the national `do-not-call' registry against national or
other appropriate databases and shall remove from such registry those
telephone numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned. Nothing
in this section prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from removing invalid
telephone numbers from the registry at any time.'.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON ACCURACY.
Not later than 9 months after the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade
Commission shall report to Congress on efforts taken by the Commission,
after the date of enactment of this Act, to improve the accuracy of the
`do-not-call' registry.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
END