H.R. 2601 would extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees to administer and enforce the provisions relating to the "Do-not-call" registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.

== Detailed Summary ==

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AmendsDo-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act to extend through 2012replace provisions relating to fees regarding the authority&quot;do-not-call&quot; registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule with provisions requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to collect fees sufficientan annual fee to implement and enforce provisions relating to the &quot;do-not-call&quot; registry or any other regulation issued by the FTC under specified provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule.and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act.

Sets the fee amount per area code accessed, subject to a maximum amount, and indexes the amount to inflation. Prohibits any arrangement to divide the fee among various clients of a telemarketer or service provider.

(Sec. 3) Replaces current reporting requirements with provisions requiring the FTC to report biennially to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. Requires an additional, one-time FTC report to those committees on the effectiveness of do-not-call outreach and enforcement efforts to senior citizens and immigrant communities, the impact of the exceptions to the do-not-call registry on businesses and consumers, and the impact on do-not-call enforcement of abandoned calls made by predictive dialing devices.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 10/23/2007: House committee/subcommittee actions.12/12/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Forwarded by SubcommitteeReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to Fullthe Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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