Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991

Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
Long title	A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit certain practices involving the use of telephone equipment for advertising and solicitation purposes.
Enacted by	the 102nd United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 102–243
Codification
Acts amended	Communications Act of 1934
U.S.C. sections created	47 U.S.C. § 227
U.S.C. sections amended	47 U.S.C. § 201
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 1462 by Ernest Hollings (D-SC) on July 11, 1991; Passed the Senate on November 7, 1991 (Voice vote); Passed the House as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 on November 26, 1991 (Voice vote) with amendment; Senate agreed to House amendment on November 27, 1991 (Voice vote); Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on December 20, 1991;
United States Supreme Court cases
	Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC, 565 U.S. 368 (2012); Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, No. 14-857, 577 U.S. ___ (2016); Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc., No. 19-631, 591 U.S. ___ (2020); Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, 592 U.S. ___ (2021);

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1991 and signed into law by President George H. W. Bush as Public Law 102-243. It amended the Communications Act of 1934. The TCPA is codified as 47 U.S.C. § 227. The TCPA restricts telephone solicitations (i.e., telemarketing) and the use of automated telephone equipment. The TCPA limits companies or debt collectors from calling clients or prospective customers using automatic dialing systems, artificial or prerecorded voice messages, SMS text messages, and fax machines. It also specifies several technical requirements for fax machines, autodialers, and voice messaging systems—principally with provisions requiring identification and contact information of the entity using the device to be contained in the message.