HR 232 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Telemarketing Victims Protection Act

Introduced Jan 6, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Peter T. King R-NY

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 7, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJan 6, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Telemarketing Victims Protection Act - Amends the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to require the Federal Trade Commission to include in rules respecting abusive telemarketing acts or practices requirements that telemarketers: (1) notify consumers who are called that they have the right to be placed on either the Direct Marketing Association's or the appropriate State's do-not-call list; (2) notify the Association or State if a consumer elects to be placed on such a list; (3) obtain and reconcile such lists on a regular basis; (4) not make any calls during the hours of 5 to 7 p.m.; and (5) not block the identity of the telephone from which they are making a telemarketing call. Directs the Commission to study and report on violations of such Act, especially repeated violations by a single telemarketer, and of provisions for penalizing violators.

Cosponsors 22

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2001 to Sep 5, 2002, with 9 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalJan 6, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalJan 6, 2001
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalJan 6, 2001
D-FLKaren L. ThurmanOriginalJan 6, 2001
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOriginalJan 6, 2001
R-CAStephen HornOriginalJan 6, 2001
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalJan 6, 2001
D-PATim HoldenOriginalJan 6, 2001
R-MDWayne T. GilchrestOriginalJan 6, 2001
R-NYBenjamin A. GilmanJan 30, 2001
D-MNBill LutherJan 30, 2001
D-PAJohn P. MurthaJan 30, 2001
D-KYKen LucasJan 30, 2001
D-NJRush HoltJan 30, 2001
D-NYSteve IsraelJan 30, 2001
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
  2. Jan 6, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Jan 6, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

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