,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #heb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #aj1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,schweikert introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,communications
 ,act of #aicd to provide for additional
 technical and procedural standards for 
artificial or prerecorded voice         
telephone messages and the establishment
 of such standards for live telephone   
solicitations4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,transparency  
in ,phone ,solicitation ,act of #bjae or
 the ,,tips ,act of #bjae4  #b4         
,technical and procedural standards  7a7
 ,in general ,section #bbg7;d7 of the   
,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg      
,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;d77 is amended--  7#a7  
in paragraph 7#a77;,a71 by inserting or 
to make any live telephone solicitation 
after automatic telephone dialing system
 the second place it appears2  7#b7 in  
paragraph 7#c7--  7,a7 in subparagraph  

7,a7-- 7i7 by striking or address and   
inserting and address2 and  7ii7 by     
striking 2 and and inserting and the    
address of a website that the called    
party may use to indicate that such     
party does not wish to receive telephone
 calls from such business1 other entity1
 or individual22  7,b7 by redesignating 
subparagraph 7,b7 as subparagraph 7,c72 
and  7,c7 by inserting after            
subparagraph 7,a7 the following3  7,b7  
any such system will1 to the extent     
possible1 transmit caller identification
 information 7as defined in subsection  
7e77#h77 that includes--  7i7 the       
identity of the business1 other entity1 
or individual initiating the call2 and  
7ii7 a telephone number that the called 
party may use to return the call        
directly to such business1 other entity1
 or individual2 and  2 and  7#c7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
,live telephone solicitations  7,a7 ,in 
general ,the ,commission shall prescribe
 technical and procedural standards for 

any business1 other entity1 or          
individual that makes a live telephone  
solicitation4 ,such standards shall     
require that--  7i7 all such            
solicitations shall-- 7,i7 at the       
beginning of the call1 state clearly the
 identity of the business1 other entity1
 or individual making the solicitation2 
and  7,,ii7 during the call1 state      
clearly the telephone number and address
 of such business1 other entity1 or     
individual and the address of a website 
that the called party may use to        
indicate that such party does not wish  
to receive telephone solicitations from 
such business1 other entity1 or         
individual2  7ii7 the business1 other   
entity1 or individual making the        
solicitation shall1 to the extent       
possible1 transmit caller identification
 information 7as defined in subsection  
7e77#h77 that includes--  7,i7 the      
identity of such business1 other entity1
 or individual2 and  7,,ii7 a telephone 
number that the called party may use to 

return the call directly to such        
business1 other entity1 or individual2  
and  7iii7 the business1 other entity1  
or individual making the solicitation   
shall release the called party's line   
within #e seconds of the time           
notification is transmitted to such     
business1 other entity1 or individual   
that the called party has hung up1 to   
allow the called party's line to be used
 to make or receive other calls4  7,b7  
,live telephone solicitation defined ,in
 this paragraph1 the term live telephone
 solicitation means a telephone         
solicitation--  7i7 in which the        
business1 other entity1 or individual   
initiating the call does not employ an  
artificial or prerecorded voice2 and    
7ii7 with respect to which such         
business1 other entity1 or individual   
does not have a personal relationship   
7as defined in section #fd4abjj7;f7 of  
title #dg1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations7 with the called party4  4 
7b7 ,deadline for regulations ,not later

 than #ahj days after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal    
,communications ,commission shall       
promulgate such regulations and make    
such revisions to its regulations as may
 be necessary to implement the          
amendments made by subsection 7a74