Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to expand and clarify the prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014 2. Expanding and clarifying prohibition on inaccurate caller ID information (a) Communications from outside United States Section 227(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1) or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States, United States, (b) Text messaging service Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8) (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting (including a text message sent using a text messaging service) (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (B), by inserting (including a text message sent using a text messaging service) (3) by adding at the end the following: (D) Text message The term text message (i) includes a short message service (SMS) message, an enhanced message service (EMS) message, and a multimedia message service (MMS) message; and (ii) does not include a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. (E) Text messaging service The term text messaging service . (c) Coverage of outgoing-Call-Only IP-Enabled voice service Section 227(e)(8)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)(C) has the meaning means the provision of real-time voice communications offered to the public, or such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, transmitted using Internet protocol, or a successor protocol, (whether part of a bundle of services or separately) with interconnection capability such that the service can originate traffic to, or terminate traffic from, the public switched telephone network, or a successor network. (d) Regulations (1) In general Section 227(e)(3)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(3)(A) Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, the Commission The Commission (2) Deadline The Federal Communications Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement the amendments made by this section not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date on which the Federal Communications Commission prescribes regulations to implement the amendments made by this section. September 8, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Summary: Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information (which makes it unlawful to cause a caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value) to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Revises the definitions of "caller identification information" and "caller identification service" to include text messages sent using a text messaging service. Defines "text message" as real-time or near real-time messages consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information transmitted from or received by a device identified by a telephone number. Excludes from such definition a real-time, two-way voice or video communication. Expands the categories of IP-enabled voice services that are subject to such prohibition to include services with interconnection capability, whether part of a bundle of services or separately, that can originate traffic to the public switched telephone network.