To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call telemarketing rules to permit individuals to opt out of receiving certain politically-oriented telephone calls.

Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue regulations to revise the Telemarketing Sales (do-not-call) Rule to prohibit, as an abusive telemarketing act or practice, any politically-oriented telephone calls to persons who, after such regulations are issued, register with the FTC to include their telephone numbers on a "do-not-call" registry established to prohibit such calls.

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[H.R. 479 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 479

   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call 
   telemarketing rules to permit individuals to opt out of receiving 
             certain politically-oriented telephone calls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2007

Mr. Doolittle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Federal Trade Commission to revise the do-not-call 
   telemarketing rules to permit individuals to opt out of receiving 
             certain politically-oriented telephone calls.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ``DO-NOT-CALL'' REGISTRY FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL TELEPHONE 
              CALLS.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall issue 
regulations to revise the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310) to 
prohibit, as an abusive telemarketing act or practice, any politically-
oriented telephone calls to persons who, after such regulations are 
issued, register with the Commission to include their telephone numbers 
on a ``do-not call'' registry established to prohibit such telephone 
calls to such individuals.
    (b) Definition of Politically-Oriented Telephone Calls.--For 
purposes of this section, the term ``politically-oriented telephone 
call'' means any outbound telephone call whose purpose is to promote, 
advertise, campaign for, or solicit donations for or against any 
political candidate.
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