Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991

Summary

Automated Telephone Consumer Protection Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit any person within the United States from: (1) making a call using an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS), telephone facsimile machine (FAX), or artificial or prerecorded voice (APV) to any emergency line of a hospital, medical physician or service office, health care facility, or fire protection or law enforcement agency, or to any telephone number assigned to paging or cellular telephone service; (2) initiating a call to any residence using an APV to deliver a message without the prior, express, written consent of the called party, unless the call is initiated by a public school or other governmental entity; (3) sending an unsolicited advertisement by a FAX; (4) initiating any communication using a FAX, making any telephone call using an ATDS, or using any FAX or ATDS to make a telephone solicitation in a manner that does not comply with the technical and procedural standards prescribed under this Act; or (5) using a computer or other electronic device to send an unsolicited advertisement via a FAX unless each transmitted page indicates the date and time it is sent, the business sending the advertisement, and the telephone number of the sending machine or business. Requires the Federal Communications Commission to: (1) revise the regulations setting technical and procedural standards for FAXs; and (2) prescribe technical and procedural standards with respect to systems used to transmit APV messages via telephone, including the requirement that any such system automatically release the called party's line within five seconds of the time the system receives notification that the called party has hung up.

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• Reported to Senate (text)

  Reported to Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN

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• Enrolled Bill (text)

  Enrolled Bill · EN

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• Engrossed Amendment House (text)

  Engrossed Amendment House · EN

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 21 December 1991

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 26 November 1991

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 11 July 1991

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