§ 6154. Reporting requirements

• (a) 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) 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.