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12 2 STA T .63 3 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 1 87—FE B.1 5, 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0– 1 87 110 thCongres s A n Act Toamendth e D o - not- c a l l I m p lementat i on A ct to eliminate the a u tomatic r emo v al o f telephone num b er s re g istered on the F ederal ‘ ‘do-not-call ’ ’ registr y.Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION1. S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ Do-N ot- C a l l I m pr o v eme n t Act o f20 0 7’ ’ . SEC. 2 . P ROHI B ITION O F E X PIR A TION D ATE FOR RE G ISTERED N UM- BERS. The Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (15U . S .C. 6 101 note ) is amended by addin g at the end the follo w ing

‘SEC. 5 . PROHIBITION OF EXPIRATION DATE. ‘‘(a) N O A UT O MA T ICRE MO V A L O F NUM B E RS . — Telephone n u m- bers registered on the national ‘do-not-call’ registry of the Tele- mar k eting Sales Rule (16 C F R 3 10. 4 (b)(1)(iii)) since the establish- ment of the registry and telephone numbers registered on such registry after the date of enactment of this Act , shall not be removed from such registry e x cept as provided for in subsection (b) or upon the re q uest of the individual to whom the telephone number is assigned. ‘‘(b) REMOVAL OF I N VALI D , DISCONNECTED, AND REASSI G NED TELE PH ONE NUMBERS.—The Federal Trade Commission shall periodically check telephone numbers registered on the national ‘do-not-call’ registry against national or other appropriate databases and shall remove from such registry those telephone numbers that have been disconnected and reassigned. Nothing in this section prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from removing invalid telephone numbers from the registry at any time.’’. SEC. 3 . REPORT ON ACCURAC Y . Not later than 9 months after the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall report to Congress on efforts taken Do-N o t - Cal l Impr o ve me n t Ac to f20 0 7.15US C 6 151 note. F e b .15 , 200 8[H . R . 3 5 4 1 ]