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15 U.S.C. § 6151 — National Do-Not-Call Registry
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**(a) Authority** The Federal Trade Commission is authorized under [section 6102(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6102/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim) to implement and enforce a national do-not-call registry.
**(b) Ratification** The do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)), which was promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003, is ratified.
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**(a) Authority** The Federal Trade Commission is authorized under [section 6102(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6102/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim) to implement and enforce a national do-not-call registry.
**(b) Ratification** The do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)), which was promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003, is ratified.
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**(a) In general** The Federal Trade Commission shall assess and collect an annual fee pursuant to this section in order to implement and enforce the “do-not-call” registry as provided for in section 310.4(b)(1)(iii) of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other regulation issued by the Commission under [section 6102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section6102&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Annual fees**
(1) **In general** — The Commission shall charge each person who accesses the “do-not-call” registry an annual fee that is equal to the lesser of—
(A) $54 for each area code of data accessed from the registry; or
(B) $14,850 for access to every area code of data contained in the registry.
(2) **Exception** — The Commission shall not charge a fee to any person—
(A) for accessing the first 5 area codes of data; or
(B) for accessing area codes of data in the registry if the person is permitted to access, but is not required to access, the “do-not-call” registry under section 11 So in original. Probably should be “part”. 310 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, section 64.1200 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other Federal regulation or law.
(3) **Duration of access**
(A) *In general* — The Commission shall allow each person who pays the annual fee described in paragraph (1), each person excepted under paragraph (2) from paying the annual fee, and each person excepted from paying an annual fee under section 310.4(b)(1)(iii)(B) of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, to access the area codes of data in the “do-not-call” registry for which the person has paid during that person’s annual period.
(B) *Annual period* — In this paragraph, the term “annual period” means the 12-m
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**(a) In general**
(1) The Commission shall prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive telemarketing acts or practices and other abusive telemarketing acts or practices.
(2) The Commission shall include in such rules respecting deceptive telemarketing acts or practices a definition of deceptive telemarketing acts or practices which shall include fraudulent charitable solicitations, and which may include acts or practices of entities or individuals that assist or facilitate deceptive telemarketing, including credit card laundering.
(3) The Commission shall include in such rules respecting other abusive telemarketing acts or practices—
(A) a requirement that telemarketers may not undertake a pattern of unsolicited telephone calls which the reasonable consumer would consider coercive or abusive of such consumer’s right to privacy,
(B) restrictions on the hours of the day and night when unsolicited telephone calls can be made to consumers,
(C) a requirement that any person engaged in telemarketing for the sale of goods or services shall promptly and clearly disclose to the person receiving the call that the purpose of the call is to sell goods or services and make such other disclosures as the Commission deems appropriate, including the nature and price of the goods and services; 11 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a comma. and
(D) a requirement that any person engaged in telemarketing for the solicitation of charitable contributions, donations, or gifts of money or any other thing of value, shall promptly and clearly disclose to the person receiving the call that the purpose of the call is to solicit charitable contributions, donations, or gifts, and make such other disclosures as the Commission considers appropriate, including the name and mailin
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**(a) No automatic removal of numbers** Telephone numbers registered on the national “do-not-call” registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 CFR 310.4(b)(1)(iii)) since the establishment of the registry and telephone numbers registered on such registry after March 11, 2003, shall not be removed from such registry except as provided for in subsection (b) or upon the request of the individual to whom the telephone number is assigned.
**(b) Removal of invalid, disconnected, and reassigned telephone numbers** The Federal Trade Commission shall periodically check telephone numbers registered on the national “do-not-call” registry against national or other appropriate databases and shall remove from such registry those telephone numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned. Nothing in this section prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from removing invalid telephone numbers from the registry at any time.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 6107
(4) The term ‘‘telemarketing’’ means a plan,
program, or campaign which is conducted to
induce purchases of goods or services, or a
charitable contribution, donation, or gift of
money or any other thing of value, by use of
one or more telephones and which involves
more than one interstate telephone call. The
term does not include the solicitation of sales
through the mailing of a catalog which—
(A) contains a written description, or illus-
tration of the goods or services offered for
sale,
(B) includes the business address of the
seller,
(C) includes multiple pages of written ma-
terial or illustrations, and
(D) has been issued not less frequently
than once a year,
where the person making the solicitation does
not solicit customers by telephone but only
receives calls initiated by customers in re-
sponse to the catalog and during those calls
takes orders only without further solicitation.
(Pub. L. 103–297, § 7, Aug. 16, 1994, 108 Stat. 1550;
Pub. L. 107–56, title X, § 1011(b)(3), Oct. 26, 2001,
115 Stat. 396.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2001—Par. (4). Pub. L. 107–56 inserted ‘‘, or a chari-
table contribution, donation, or gift of money or any
other thing of value,’’ after ‘‘services’’ in introductory
provisions.
§ 6107. Enforcement of orders
(a) General authority
Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Federal
Trade Commission may bring a criminal con-
tempt action for violations of orders of the Com-
mission obtained in cases brought under section
53(b) of this title.
(b) Appointment
An action authorized by subsection (a) may be
brought by the Federal Trade Commission only
after, and pursuant to, the appointment by the
Attorney General of an attorney employed by
the Commission, as a specia
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