{"abstract":"In this document, we revise the current Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) rules, and adopt new rules to provide consumers with several options for avoiding unwanted telephone solicitations. These new rules establish a national do-not-call registry, set a maximum rate on the number of abandoned calls, require telemarketers to transmit caller ID information, and modify the Commission's unsolicited facsimile advertising requirements.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2003/07/25/03-18766.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":64,"title":47},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":68,"title":47}],"citation":"68 FR 44144","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2003-09-23","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective August 25, 2003, except for Sec. 64.1200(c)(2), which contains the national do-not-call rules, and will become effective on October 1, 2003; Sec. 64.1200(a)(5) and (a)(6), which contain the call abandonment rules, and will become effective on October 1, 2003; Sec. 64.1601(e), which contains the caller ID rules, and will become effective on January 29, 2004; and Sec. Sec. 64.1200(a)(3)(i), (d)(1), (d)(3), (d)(6), (f)(3), and (g)(1), which contain information collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget. The Commission will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date for these sections. Written comments by the public on the new and modified information collections are due September 23, 2003.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["CG Docket No. 02-278, FCC 03-153"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-18766","effective_on":"2003-08-25","end_page":44179,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/07/25/03-18766.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/07/25/03-18766/rules-and-regulations-implementing-the-telephone-consumer-protection-act-tcpa-of-1991","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-18766?publication_date=2003-07-25","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-07-25/03-18766/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":36,"page_views":{"count":3287,"last_updated":"2026-04-05 02:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-07-25/pdf/03-18766.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-07-25","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/07/25/03-18766.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":44144,"subtype":null,"title":"Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991","toc_doc":"Do-Not-Call Implementation Act; unwanted telephone solicitations","toc_subject":"Common carrier services:","topics":["Telephone"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}