HR 232
107th Congress
House
Telemarketing Victims Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms, and for other purposes.
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Consumer educationConsumer protectionCrime and Law EnforcementDirectoriesFederal Trade CommissionFines (Penalties)FraudGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment paperworkGovernmental investigationsIdentification devicesIndependent regulatory commissionsLawPublic recordsRestrictive trade practicesScience, Technology, CommunicationsTelemarketing
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 7, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 6, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 6, 2001
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Plain-English summary
Telemarketing Victims Protection Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices requirements that telemarketers: (1) notify consumers who are called that they have the right to be placed on either the Direct Marketing Association's or the appropriate State's do-not-call list; (2) notify the Association or State if a consumer elects to be placed on such a list; (3) obtain and reconcile such lists on a regular basis; (4) not make any calls during the hours of 5 to 7 p.m.; and (5) not block the identity of the telephone from which they are making a telemarketing call. Directs the Commission to study and report on violations of such Act, especially repeated violations by a single telemarketer, and of provisions for penalizing violators.
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- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 232: Telemarketing Victims Protection Act. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-232/
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