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S 335 108th Congress Senate

Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003

Official title: A bill to expand the calling time restrictions on telemarketing telephone calls to include the period from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2003 See on congress.gov
Commerce Consumer protectionScience, Technology, CommunicationsTelemarketing
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Feb 10, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 10, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action February 10, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003 - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to modify telemarketing sales regulations to expand the calling time restrictions period for telemarketing telephone calls to the period between 5: 30 p.m. and 7: 30 p.m. local time.

Requires the Commission to modify specified regulations in order to ensure that an outbound telephone call regarding suspicious or illegal activity in the account of a person does not constitute an abusive telemarketing act or practice.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 13, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 335: Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-335/
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"S. 335: Family Dinnertime Protection Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-335/.
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