The Federal Communications Commission's comment deadline for a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to review Telephone Consumer Protection Act exemptions required by the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act is Oct. 26, according to the Oct. 9 notice in the Federal Register.
The exemptions may cover debt collection calls. Section eight of the TRACED Act requires the FCC to periodically review any exemptions granted under the TCPA and update them as needed.
The scope of this NPRM will have industry-wide significance for callers in the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry.
According to the FCC, the NPRM includes proposed measures to implement section eight of the TRACED Act and seek comment on how we can best implement it. Specifically, as directed by the TRACED Act, the FCC seeks to ensure that any exemption adopted includes requirements with respect to the classes of parties that may make such calls; the classes of parties that may be called; and the number of such calls that may be made to a particular called party, according to the NPRM.
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The URL above points to a site associated with the debt-collection industry.
Bill Horne Moderator