15 U.S.C. § 6151
Section 6151 · National Do-Not-Call Registry
This is the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 132 S. Ct. 740 - Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC (2012)
Most recently applied in ACA Int'l v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n (March 2018)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The Federal Trade Commission is authorized under section 6102(a)(3)(A) of this title to implement and enforce a national do-not-call registry.
The do-not-call registry provision of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (16 C.F.R. 310.4(b)(1)(iii)), which was promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission, effective March 31, 2003, is ratified.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
Codification
Section was formerly set out as a note under section 6102 of this title.
Section was enacted as part of Pub. L. 108–82, and not as part of the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act which comprises this chapter.
Short Title of 2008 Amendment
Pub. L. 110–188, §1, Feb. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 635, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 6152 and 6154 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 6152 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Do-Not-Call Registry Fee Extension Act of 2007’.”
Pub. L. 110–187, §1, Feb. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 633, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 6155 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 108–10, §1, Mar. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 557, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Do-Not-Call Implementation Act’.”