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FCC RIN: 3060-AI14 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (CG Docket No. 02-278) 
Abstract: 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 amending 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 3 months. On April 5, 2006, the Commission adopted a Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration amending its facsimile advertising rules to implement the Junk Fax Protection Act of 2005. On October 14, 2008, the Commission released an Order on Reconsideration addressing certain issues raised in petitions for reconsideration and/or clarification of the Report and Order and Third Order on Reconsideration. On January 4, 2008, the Commission released a Declaratory Ruling, 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 NPRM, on June 17, 2008, the Commission released 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. On January 22, 2010, the Commission released an NPRM proposing to require sellers and telemarketers to obtain express written consent from recipients before making prerecorded telemarketing calls, commonly known as "robocalls," even when the caller has an established business relationship with the consumer. The proposals also, among other things, would require that prerecorded telemarketing calls include an automated, interactive mechanism by which a consumer may "opt out" of receiving future prerecorded messages from a seller or telemarketer. 
Agency: Federal Communications Commission(FCC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
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   
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   
Public Notice  04/26/2006  71 FR 24634   
Order  05/03/2006  71 FR 25967   
NPRM  12/14/2007  72 FR 71099   
Declaratory Ruling  02/01/2008  73 FR 6041   
R&O  07/14/2008  73 FR 40183   
Order on Recon  10/30/2008  73 FR 64556   
NPRM   03/22/2010  75 FR 13471   
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 Information URL: www.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/telemarketing.html  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: Yes 
Agency Contact:
Kurt Schroeder
Chief, Consumer Policy Division
Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, 445 12th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20554
Phone:202 418-0966
Email: kurt.schroeder@fcc.gov