Congress 107 - HR 3911 - Telemarketing Relief Act of 2002

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Administrative procedure Commerce Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer protection Deceptive advertising Federal Communications Commission Federal Home Loan Bank Board Federal Reserve System Federal Trade Commission Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Independent regulatory commissions Law National Credit Union Administration Science, Technology, Communications Securities and Exchange Commission Securities regulation Telemarketing Telephone

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Telemarketing Relief Act of 2002 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to amend rules established under the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act to: (1) establish a list of phone numbers of consumers who have notified the FTC or an entity specified below that they do not wish to receive telemarketing calls; (2) specify the manner of such notification; (3) make such list available to the public; and (4) prohibit, as a deceptive or abusive telemarketing act or practice, the making of any telemarketing call to a number so listed.

Requires the following entities to amend their rules in substantially the same manner: (1) the Securities and Exchange Commission; (2) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission; (3) the Federal Reserve System; (4) the Federal Home Loan Bank Board; and (5) the National Credit Union Administration.

Provides exceptions to the rules amended under this Act, including for: (1) charitable, political opinion polling, or other nonprofit activities; and (2) calls made with the consumer's prior written or verbal permission.

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Mar 26, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Mar 18, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 15, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Mar 7, 2002

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 7, 2002

Introduced in House

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