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S 2096 110th Congress Senate

Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007

Official title: A bill to amend the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal "do-not-call" registry.

Introduced: October 3, 2007 See on congress.gov
Commerce Administrative procedureFederal Communications CommissionFederal Trade CommissionGovernment Operations and Politics
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 17, 2007
Held at the desk.
Dec 17, 2007
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 17, 2007
Received in the House.
Dec 17, 2007
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2007
The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 17, 2007
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S15788-15789; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S15788-15789; text as passed Senate: CR S15789)
Dec 12, 2007
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 539.
Dec 12, 2007
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 110-246.
Oct 30, 2007
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Sep 26, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Sep 26, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12145)
Sep 26, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S12145)
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 3,867 – To require the FTC to report to the Congress on its efforts to improve the accuracy of the Do-Not-Call Regist… Agreed to Dec 17, 2007
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 Latest action December 17, 2007

Held at the desk.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007 - Prohibits having a specific expiration period for numbers in the do-not-call registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to reinstate the registration of any telephone number that was removed from the registry before enactment of this Act under an FTC rule or practice requiring the removal of a telephone number from the registry five years after its registration.

Authorizes the FTC to check telephone numbers listed on the do-not-call registry against national databases periodically and purge numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned.

Requires the FTC to report to Congress on FTC efforts taken after enactment of this Act to improve the accuracy of the registry.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3541 Identical bill Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007
 Bill text 3 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 3, 2007
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 26, 2007
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