Senate bill · 108th Congress · Did not become law
A bill to ratify the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to establish the do-not-call registry.
Sponsor: Sen. John Ensign R-NVWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 25, 2003
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 25, 2003 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1655.
- Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R. 3161, which became Public Law 108-82 on 9/29/2003.Source: Congress.gov, record updated September 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1655, 108th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/108/s/1655
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 8, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
63 cosponsors — 27 Republicans, 34 Democrats, 2 independents
35 of 63 cosponsors (56%) are from the other party.
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), George Allen (R-VA), Evan Bayh (D-IN), Joseph Biden (D-DE), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Conrad Burns (R-MT), Ben Campbell (R-CO), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Norm Coleman (R-MN), Susan Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), Jon Corzine (D-NJ), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Pete Domenici (R-NM), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Richard Durbin (D-IL), John Edwards (D-NC), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL), William Frist (R-TN), Daniel Graham (D-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Thomas Harkin (D-IA) and 33 more.
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.