§6154 Reporting Requirements

Summary

The Federal Trade Commission, working with the Federal Communications 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 every two years after that. The report must say how many people put their phone numbers on the do-not-call list; how many companies 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 December 31, 2009 the FTC, with the FCC, must also send a separate report on how well do-not-call outreach and enforcement work for seniors and immigrant communities; how the registry’s exceptions affect businesses and consumers, including how effective the registry is and what consumers think of it; and how abandoned calls from predictive dialers affect enforcement.