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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Timeline

1. 11 July 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 11 July 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 July 1991

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Communications. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-960.

   Source: Committee

4. 30 July 1991

   Reported

   Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

   Source: Committee

5. 8 October 1991

   Calendars

   Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 262.

   Source: Calendars

6. 8 October 1991

   Reported

   Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 102-178.

   Source: Committee

7. 8 October 1991

   Reported

   Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 102-178.

   Source: Committee

8. 7 November 1991

   Floor

   Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.

   Source: Floor

9. 7 November 1991

   Passed

   Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.

   Source: Floor

10. 12 November 1991

    Floor

    Held at the desk.

    Source: Floor

11. 12 November 1991

    Floor

    Received in the House.

    Source: Floor

12. 12 November 1991

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

13. 26 November 1991

    Floor

    Mr. Markey moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    Source: Floor

14. 26 November 1991

    Floor

    Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

    Source: Floor

15. 26 November 1991

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

16. 26 November 1991

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

17. 26 November 1991

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.

    Source: Floor

18. 26 November 1991

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.

    Source: Floor

19. 26 November 1991

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules.

    Source: Floor

20. 27 November 1991

    Passed

    Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: ResolvingDifferences

21. 27 November 1991

    Passed

    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to the House amendment by Voice Vote.

    Source: NotUsed

22. 2 December 1991

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

23. 6 December 1991

    Floor

    Measure Signed in Senate.

    Source: Floor

24. 9 December 1991

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

25. 9 December 1991

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

26. 20 December 1991

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

27. 20 December 1991

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

28. 20 December 1991

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 102-243.

    Source: President

Votes

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Versions

• Engrossed Amendment House · — · Download file
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Sponsors

• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Bentsen, Lloyd M. [D-TX] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Cosponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

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