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 NEWS  News  media  Information  202  /  418-  0500  Fax-  On-  Demand  202  /  418-  2830  TTY  202/  418-  2555  Internet:  http://  www.  fcc.  gov  ftp.  fcc.  gov  Federal  Communications  Commission  445  12  th  Street,  S.  W.  Washington,  D.  C.  20554  This  is  an  unofficial  announcement  of  Commission  action.  Release  of  the  full  text  of  a  Commission  order  constitutes  official  action.  See  MCI  v.  FCC.  515  F  2d  385  (D.  C.  Circ  1974). 
 FOR  IMMEDIATE  RELEASE  NEWS  MEDIA  CONTACT  September  29,  2003  David  Fiske  202-  418-  0513 
 Richard  Diamond  202-  418-  0506 


 FCC  Do-  Not-  Call  Rules  Remain  in  Force  Enforcement  Begins  October  1 
 FCC  Chairman  Michael  K.  Powell  issued  the  following  statement  before  today’s  scheduled  Do-  Not-  Call  legislation  signing  ceremony  with  President  George  W.  Bush: 
 “The  FCC  will  enforce  its  Do-  not-  call  rules  against  telemarketers  that  have  obtained  the  Do-  Not-  Call  list  from  the  FTC,  beginning  Wednesday.  The  FCC  rules  complement  and  expand 
 on  those  of  the  FTC.  FCC  rules  have  not  been  disturbed  by  recent  court  cases.  Last  week,  the  10  th  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  refused  to  block  the  rules  pending  review—  as  the  telemarketing 
 industry  had  urged—  citing  the  strong  public  interest  of  leaving  the  rules  in  place.  The  Commission  intends  to  continue  to  administer  and  enforce  its  rules  to  the  fullest  extent  possible 
 as  the  litigation  proceeds. 
 “The  Commission  remains  committed  and  determined  to  defend  the  choices  of  the  American  people.” 


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