[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3541 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3541 To amend the ``Do-not-call'' Implementation Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers registered on the Federal ``do- not-call'' registry. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 17, 2007 Mr. Doyle (for himself, Mr. Pickering, and Mr. Boucher) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE FOR REGISTERED TELEPHONE NUMBERS. The ``Do-not-call'' Implementation Act (15 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended-- (1) in section 3, after the first sentence, by inserting the following: ``Such rule shall not provide any date of expiration for telephone numbers registered on the `do-not- call' registry, nor for any predetermined time limitation for telephone numbers to remain on the registry.''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE. ``In issuing regulations regarding the `do-not-call' registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)), the Federal Trade Commission shall not provide for any date of expiration for telephone numbers registered on the `do-not-call' registry, nor for any predetermined time limitation for telephone numbers to remain on the registry.''. <all>