Posts tagged Section 301.
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 ...
Tags: ATDS Communications, Budget Act of 2015, burr and forman, burr forman, fcc, Section 301, tcpa, TCPA blog, telephone consumer protection act
On November 4, 2015, after President Obama signed the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015 into law, Senator Ed Markey introduced legislation to repeal Section 301 of the agreement that exempted from the TCPA's requirement of prior express consent calls made relating to debt owed to, or backed by the federal government.
Posted in: TCPA Legislation
Tags: Bipartisan Budget Agreement, Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2015, burr and forman, burr forman, Section 301, Senator Ed Markey, tcpa, TCPA blog, TCPA Legislation, telephone consumer protection act