Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Thu, 2 May 91 10:54:59 -0400 From: Ronald Greenberg Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Restricting Telemarketers Message-ID: Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 328, Message 5 of 13 Lines: 21 In article I wrote: > I also learned from somebody at the FCC that there is proposed > legislation in the US Congress to put some kind of limitations on > telemarketing, but I haven't yet gotten details. I've gotten more information now. The bill is HR1304 and Markey is the original author; there are also a number of co-sponsors. The bill would establish a national list maintained by the FCC of people who do not want to receive calls from telemarketers. There would be no charge to get on the list; it would be sold to businesses wishing to do telemarketing. There would be fines ("substantial penalties" according to the staff person I talked to) for telemarketers calling people who are on the list. The law would apply to both interstate and intrastate calls. The advice given of how to support this bill is to contact your congressional representatives. Ron Greenberg rig@eng.umd.edu