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FCC RIN: 3060-AI14 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG Docket No. 02-278)(Section 610 Review) 
Abstract: The Commission released an NPRM on September 18, 2002, seeking comment on the rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA). The NPRM sought comment on whether the Commission should revise its existing rules, or adopt additional rules, on the use of autodialers, prerecorded messages, and unsolicited facsimile advertisements. The NPRM also sought comment on the effectiveness of the company-specific do-not-call lists and whether to revisit the option of establishing a national do-not-call list. On July 3, 2003, the Commission released a Report and Order establishing, along with the FTC, a national do-not-call registry. The Commission's Report and Order also adopted rules on the use of predictive dialers, the transmission of caller ID information by telemarketers, and the sending of unsolicited fax advertisements. On September 21, 2004, the Commission released an Order adopting a limited safe harbor period from the prohibition on placing automatic telephone dialing systems or prerecorded message calls to wireless numbers when such calls are made to numbers that have been recently ported from wireline service to wireless service. In addition, the Commission amended its existing safe harbor rules for telemarketers subject to the do-not-call registry to require such telemarketers to access the do-not-call list every 31 days, rather than every three months. On December 9, 2005 the Commission released an NPRM proposing to amend the fax advertising rules to implement the Junk Fax Protection Act of 2005. On April 5, 2006, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration amending its facsimile advertising rules. On January 4, 2008, the Commission released a Declaratory Ruling to address the ACA International petition, clarifying that autodialed and prerecorded message calls to wireless numbers that are provided by the called party to a creditor in connection with an existing debt are permissible as calls made with the "prior express consent" of the called party. Following a December 4, 2007 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, on June 17, 2008, the Commission releases a Report and Order amending its rules to require sellers and/or telemarketers to honor registrations with the National Do-Not-Call Registry indefinitely, unless the registration is cancelled by the consumer or the number is removed by the database administrator. 
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
RFA Section 610 Review: Section 610 Review 
CFR Citation: 47 CFR 64.1200    47 CFR 64.1601(e)    47 CFR 68.318(c) and 68.318(d)   
Legal Authority: 47 USC 227   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  10/08/2002  67 FR 62667   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  11/29/2002  67 FR 71126   
Reply Comment Period Extended  12/26/2002  67 FR 78763   
Comment Period End  01/31/2003    
FNPRM  04/03/2003  68 FR 16250   
Order  07/25/2003  68 FR 44144   
Order Effective  08/25/2003    
Order on Recon  08/25/2003  68 FR 50978   
Order  10/14/2003  68 FR 59130   
FNPRM  03/31/2004  69 FR 16873   
Order  10/08/2004  69 FR 60311   
Order  10/28/2004  69 FR 62816   
Order on Recon  04/13/2005  70 FR 19330   
Order  06/30/2005  70 FR 37705   
NPRM  12/19/2005  70 FR 75102   
Notice  04/26/2006  71 FR 24634   
Order  05/03/2006  71 FR 25967   
NPRM  12/14/2007  72 FR 71099   
Order  02/01/2008  73 FR 6041   
Next Action Undetermined  To Be Determined    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses, Organizations 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Erica McMahon
Attorney Advisor
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 45 L Street NE,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-0346
Email: erica.mcmahon@fcc.gov