Senate and House Members Urge FCC To Limit ATDS Communications That Can Be Made Pursuant To Budget Act of 2015
Thirty-eight members of the Senate and House of Representatives wrote Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler, asking the FCC to limit application of Section 301, to "accomplish several important consumer protection objectives:"
- Issue an immediate pronouncement stating that no calls can be made pursuant to Section 301, until the FCC finalizes regulations required by the provision
- Create Regulations governing calls made pursuant to Section 301 that:
Limit permissible calls to those collecting defaulted debt
Limit calls to reassigned numbers
Limit the number and duration of calls and to whom calls can be made
Require that calls stop as soon as any called party requests that they stop
Tags: ATDS Communications, Budget Act of 2015, burr and forman, burr forman, fcc, Section 301, tcpa, TCPA blog, telephone consumer protection act
PartnerJoshua Threadcraft is a partner in Burr & Forman's Financial Services Practice Group. He is admitted to practice law in five of the Southern states where the firm has offices (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee ...
