15 USC § 6154 - Reporting requirements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s6154"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 6154 - Reporting requirements"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6154"
section_name: "Reporting requirements"
chapter_number: 87
chapter_name: "NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 108–10, § 4, Mar. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 557; Pub. L. 110–188, § 3, Feb. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 637.)"
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# § 6154. Reporting requirements

**(a)** **Biennial reports** Not later than December 31, 2009, and biennially thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce that includes—

**(1)** the number of consumers who have placed their telephone numbers on the registry;

**(2)** the number of persons paying fees for access to the registry and the amount of such fees;

**(3)** the impact on the “do-not-call” registry of—

**(A)** the 5-year reregistration requirement;

**(B)** new telecommunications technology; and

**(C)** number portability and abandoned telephone numbers; and

**(4)** the impact of the established business relationship exception on businesses and consumers.

**(b)** **Additional report** Not later than December 31, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission, in consultation with the Federal Communications Commission, shall transmit a report to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce that includes—

**(1)** the effectiveness of do-not-call outreach and enforcement efforts with regard to senior citizens and immigrant communities;

**(2)** the impact of the exceptions to the do-not-call registry on businesses and consumers, including an analysis of the effectiveness of the registry and consumer perceptions of the registry’s effectiveness; and

**(3)** the impact of abandoned calls made by predictive dialing devices on do-not-call enforcement.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 108–10, § 4, Mar. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 557; Pub. L. 110–188, § 3, Feb. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 637.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to reports on regulatory coordination between Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission and reports on “do-not-call” registry for fiscal years 2003 through 2007.