House votes to extend ‘do not call’
The House voted to make permanent the program protecting people from telemarketer calls, which would relieve consumers from having to renew their participation in the do-not-call registry.
After Congress created the do-not-call registry in 2003, the Federal Trade Commission wrote rules requiring consumers to re-register their phone numbers every five years.
A second bill passed by the House would make permanent a funding system under which the FTC collects fees from telemarketers to operate the registry. Consumers participate in the registry free of charge.
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