CUNA has filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its regulatory
review of certain exemptions to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
(TCPA). The review was mandated by the Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal
Enforcement and Deterrence Act (TRACED Act).
In its letter, CUNA argues that “the initial comments
demonstrate overwhelming support for retaining the current exemptions,
particularly the exemption for commercial informational calls to residential
lines, without imposing additional restrictions.” The letter also points
out the importance of such critical informational calls to credit union members,
and highlights submitted comments against arbitrary caps or “opt out”
requirements. In addition, CUNA echoed trade group requests for modest
modifications to the financial services exigency exemption to make it more
effective, and reiterated its longstanding request for the FCC to extend
existing residential informational call exemptions to wireless phones.
Please contact Damon
Smith with any questions.