US Congress House Bill 116 (Prior Session Legislation)

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February 1 2011 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Robo Calls Off Phones Act or the Robo COP Act - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to revise the do-not-call registry provisions of the Telemarketing Sales Rule to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry. Defines a "politically-oriented recorded message telephone call" as an outbound telephone call that plays a recorded message the purpose of which is to promote, advertise, campaign, or solicit donations, for or against any political candidate or regarding any political issue or that uses any political candidate's name.

Robo Calls Off Phones Act

Rep Foxx, Virginia	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Gallegly, Elton
Rep Young, C.W. Bill

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
2011-01-05	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN00116:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr116ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr116ih.pdf