S 1340
105th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Commerce
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer protection
Fines (Penalties)
Fraud
Marketing
Recidivists
Restrictive trade practices
Science, Technology, Communications
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Telecommunication industry
Telecommunication rates
Telephone
Telephone rates
Telephone Consumer Fraud Protection Act of 1997
Introduced: October 29, 1997
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 29, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Oct 29, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11351-11352)
Oct 29, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Telephone Consumer Fraud Protection Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties on any person and any telecommunications carrier who submits to a subscriber a request for a change in a provider of telephone exchange service or telephone toll service (or, for a carrier, who executes such a change) in willful violation of the procedures in specified Federal regulations. Directs the Attorney General to study and report to the Congress regarding fraudulent and criminal behavior of telecommunications carriers and their agents in the solicitation, marketing, and assignment of wire services.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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