HR 232 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Telemarketing Victims Protection Act

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

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.

IntroducedJan 6, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Jan 6, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Jan 6, 2001
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	Original	Jan 6, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Original	Jan 6, 2001
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley	Original	Jan 6, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Original	Jan 6, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Jan 6, 2001
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Jan 6, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Jan 6, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman		Jan 30, 2001
D-MN	Bill Luther		Jan 30, 2001
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jan 30, 2001
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Jan 30, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Jan 30, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jan 30, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Jan 30, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Feb 6, 2001
D-TN	Bob Clement		Feb 28, 2001
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Apr 26, 2001
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Feb 12, 2002
D-OH	Tony P. Hall		Jun 18, 2002
D-WA	Brian Baird		Sep 5, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 6, 2001
	Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee	Referred Feb 7, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-14	FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS STRUCTURAL REFORM138 pages	Budget Committee	Jul 19, 2001

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Telemarketing Victims Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 6, 2001Introduced in House

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