---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 6153"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "6153"
heading: "Federal Communications Commission do-not-call regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/6153"
units:
  - "Chapter 87A — National Do-Not-Call Registry"
---

# §6153. Federal Communications Commission do-not-call regulations


Not later than 180 days after March 11, 2003, the Federal Communications Commission shall issue a final rule pursuant to the rulemaking proceeding that it began on September 18, 2002, under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ([47 U.S.C. 227](/usc/47/227.md) et seq.). In issuing such rule, the Federal Communications Commission shall consult and coordinate with the Federal Trade Commission to maximize consistency with the rule promulgated by the Federal Trade Commission (16 CFR 310.4(b)).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–10, § 3, Mar. 11, 2003, 117 Stat. 557.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act, referred to in text, probably means the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, Pub. L. 102–243, Dec. 20, 1991, 105 Stat. 2394, which enacted section 227 of Title 47, Telecommunications, amended sections 152 and 331 of Title 47, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 227 and 609 of Title 47. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1991 Amendment note set out under section 609 of Title 47 and Tables.