US Congress House Bill 852 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

TIPS Act of 2015 Transparency in Phone Solicitation Act of 2015 Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit businesses, entities, or individuals from making live telephone solicitations unless the solicitor: (1) states the solicitor's identity, telephone number, and address; (2) states the address of a website that the called party may use to indicate that such party does not wish to receive calls from that solicitor; (3) transmits caller identification information, including a telephone number that the called party may use to return the call directly to such solicitor; and (4) releases the called party's line within five seconds after being notified that the called party has hung up to allow the called party to make or receive other calls. Revises standards applicable to telephone transmissions of artificial or prerecorded voice messages to add comparable procedures requiring any such messages to: (1) state the telephone number and address (currently, telephone number or address) of the calling entity, (2) state the address of a website that the called party may use to indicate that such party does not wish to receive calls from that entity, and (3) transmit caller identification information. Retains the current law requirement that artificial or prerecorded messages must release the line within five seconds after the called party has hung up.

TIPS Act of 2015 Transparency in Phone Solicitation Act of 2015

Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]

Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]

Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-02-10	House	Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
2015-02-10	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/852/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr852/BILLS-114hr852ih.pdf