NEWSRELEASE
For Release: July 14, 2005
Contact: John McDowell, (202) 205-6941
john.mcdowell@sba.gov
SBA Number: 05-34
ADVO
Statement on President Bushs Signing
Of The Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005
Small Business To Benefit
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chief Counsel for Advocacy Thomas M. Sullivan released the following statement on the occasion of President Bushs signing of the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005 into law.
Small business owners across the country are happy that President Bush has signed into law the Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005. This new law will help stem the flood of annoying unsolicited junk faxes clogging the fax machines of consumers and business owners alike. I am pleased that Congress listened to the voice of small business and made sure that the long-standing established business relationship exception to the ban on sending unsolicited commercial and advertising faxes was in the bill. Now small business owners can send faxes to customers, clients, and vendors without being required to obtain their prior signature, as long as the fax contains an opt out provision for recipients who no longer want to receive them. The law balances the needs of customers and businesses in a win-win solution to a vexing problem.
The Office of Advocacy, the small business watchdog of the government, examines the role and status of small business in the economy and independently represents the views of small business to federal agencies, Congress, and the President. It is the source for small business statistics presented in user-friendly formats and it funds research into small business issues.
For more information, visit the Office of Advocacy website at www.sba.gov/advo.
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The Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent voice for small business within the federal government. The presidentially appointed Chief Counsel for Advocacy advances the views, concerns, interests of small business before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, federal courts, and state policy makers. For more information, visit www.sba.gov/advo, or call (202) 205-6533.