S. 781: Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-03-06 · Commerce · Latest: Became Public Law No: 110-188.

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-03-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 110-188. (final step reached)
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Official title

Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was was passed by the Senate on December 17, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to replace provisions relating to fees regarding the "do-not-call" registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule with provisions requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to collect an annual fee to implement and enforce the registry or any other regulation issued by the FTC under specified provisions of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act. Sets the fee amount per area code accessed, subject to a maximum amount, and indexes the amount to inflation. Prohibits any arrangement to divide the fee among various clients of a telemarketer or service provider. (Sec. 3) Replaces current reporting requirements with provisions requiring the FTC to report biennially to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. Requires an additional, one-time FTC report to those committees on the effectiveness of do-not-call outreach and enforcement efforts to senior citizens and immigrant communities, the impact of the exceptions to the do-not-call registry on businesses and consumers, and the impact on do-not-call enforcement of abandoned calls made by predictive dialing devices.

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Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 781, Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 (2007-09-27); CBO cost estimate: S. 781, Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 (2007-09-27)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s781.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>

Record fed-us-cong110-s781 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110