House Committee Votes to Permanently Extend Do Not Call List

HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES TO PERMANENTLY EXTEND DO NOT CALL LIST
[SOURCE: Center for Democracy and Technology]
The House Commerce Committee approved a bill that would extend the Federal Trade Commission's authority to maintain the national Do Not Call registry indefinitely. Consumers who signed up for the registry early on were scheduled to have their numbers removed from the list in 2008, a move to help maintain the list's accuracy. But the FTC has largely resolved this issue by removing disconnected or reassigned numbers from the list on a monthly basis. The agency has also pledged not to remove numbers from the list until Congress makes its final decision about whether to extend the registry permanently.
FTC Do Not Call testimony: http://ftc.gov/os/testimony/071023ReDoNotCallRuleEnforcementHouseP034412.pdf