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HR 1776 110th Congress House

Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act

Official title: To require employees at a call center who either initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose the physical location of such employees.

Introduced: April 23, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 12, 2008
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 30, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Mar 29, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 29, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 12, 2008

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act - Directs each U.S. corporation or subsidiary that utilizes a call center to initiate telephone calls to, or receive calls from, individuals located in the United States to require each call center employee to disclose the physical location of such employee at the beginning of such call.

Requires such corporation or subsidiary to annually certify to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) their compliance with such requirement. Subjects noncomplying corporations or subsidiaries to such civil penalties as the FTC may prescribe.

Directs the FTC to prescribe rules for effective monitoring and compliance with such requirement.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jul 9, 2008
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Dec 11, 2007
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jun 11, 2007
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 24, 2007
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 21, 2007
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · May 15, 2007
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 8, 2007
Boyda, Nancy
· Apr 23, 2007
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 23, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1776: Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1776/
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"H.R. 1776: Call Center Consumer's Right to Know Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1776/.
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H.R. 1776, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1776/.
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