§6154 Reporting requirements

Summary

The Federal Trade Commission must send a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce by December 31, 2009 and then every two years. The FTC must work with the Federal Communications Commission on the report. It must say how many people put their phone numbers on the do-not-call list; how many entities pay to access the list and how much they pay; how the 5-year re-registration rule, new phone technology, number portability, and abandoned numbers affect the list; and how the “established business relationship” exception affects businesses and consumers. By the same date, the FTC (with the FCC) must also report on how well outreach and enforcement work for seniors and immigrants; how the list’s exceptions affect businesses and consumers, including how effective people think the list is; and how abandoned calls from predictive dialers affect enforcement.