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Union Calendar No. 274 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5126 
[Report No. 109–489] 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of 
caller identification information, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2006 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SIMMONS, and Mr. 
REICHERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce 
JUNE 6, 2006 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CASE, Mr. DAVIS of 
Kentucky, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. BASS, Mr. DICKS, Mrs. BONO, Mr. BOU-
CHER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mr. BUYER, 
Mr. BURGESS, Mrs. CUBIN, and Mr. MURPHY 
JUNE 6, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit ma-
nipulation of caller identification information, and for 
other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Caller ID 
Act of 2006’’. 
SEC.
2.
PROHIBITION
REGARDING
MANIPULATION
OF 
CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION. 
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and 
(g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF INACCURATE 
CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 
person within the United States, in connection with 
any telecommunications service or VOIP service, to 
cause any caller identification service to transmit 
misleading or inaccurate caller identification infor-
mation, unless such transmission is exempted pursu-
ant to paragraph (3)(B). 
‘‘(2)
PROTECTION
FOR
BLOCKING
CALLER 
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION.—Nothing
in
this 
subsection may be construed to prevent or restrict 
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any person from blocking the capability of any caller 
identification service to transmit caller identification 
information. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.— 
‘‘(A)
IN
GENERAL.—Not
later
than
months after the enactment of this subsection, 
the Commission shall prescribe regulations to 
implement this subsection. 
‘‘(B) EXEMPTION.—The regulations under 
this paragraph shall exempt from the prohibi-
tion under paragraph (1) transmissions in con-
nection with authorized activities of law en-
forcement agencies. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) CALLER
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘caller identification informa-
tion’ means information provided by a caller 
identification service regarding the telephone 
number of, or other information regarding the 
origination of, a call made using a telecommuni-
cations service or VOIP service. 
‘‘(B) CALLER IDENTIFICATION SERVICE.— 
The term ‘caller identification service’ means 
any service or device designed to provide the 
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user of the service or device with the telephone 
number of, or other information regarding the 
origination of, a call made using a telecommuni-
cations service or VOIP service. Such term in-
cludes automatic number identification services. 
‘‘(C) VOIP
SERVICE.—The term ‘VOIP 
service’ means a service that— 
‘‘(i) provides real-time 2-way voice 
communications transmitted through cus-
tomer premises equipment using TCP/IP 
protocol, or a successor protocol (including 
when the voice communication is converted 
to or from TCP/IP protocol by the VOIP 
service provider and transmitted to the 
subscriber without use of circuit switch-
ing), for a fee; 
‘‘(ii) is offered to the public, or such 
classes of users as to be effectively avail-
able to the public (whether part of a bun-
dle of services or separately); and 
‘‘(iii) has the capability to originate 
traffic to, and terminate traffic from, the 
public switched telephone network. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, subsection (f) shall not 
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apply to this subsection or to the regulations under 
this subsection.’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Truth in Caller ID Act 
of 2006’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING MANIPULATION OF CALL-
ER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION. 
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) 
as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION
ON
PROVISION
OF
DECEPTIVE 
CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any 
person within the United States, in connection with 
any telecommunications service or VOIP service, to 
cause any caller identification service to transmit 
misleading or inaccurate caller identification infor-
mation, with the intent to defraud or cause harm. 
‘‘(2) PROTECTION FOR BLOCKING CALLER IDEN-
TIFICATION
INFORMATION.—Nothing in this sub-
section may be construed to prevent or restrict any 
person from blocking the capability of any caller 
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identification service to transmit caller identification 
information. 
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months 
after the enactment of this subsection, the Commission 
shall prescribe regulations to implement this sub-
section. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section: 
‘‘(A) CALLER
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘caller identification informa-
tion’ means information provided to an end user 
by a caller identification service regarding the 
telephone number of, or other information re-
garding the origination of, a call made using a 
telecommunications service or VOIP service. 
‘‘(B) CALLER
IDENTIFICATION
SERVICE.— 
The term ‘caller identification service’ means 
any service or device designed to provide the user 
of the service or device with the telephone number 
of, or other information regarding the origina-
tion of, a call made using a telecommunications 
service or VOIP service. Such term includes 
automatic number identification services. 
‘‘(C) VOIP 
SERVICE.—The term ‘VOIP 
service’ means a service that— 
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‘‘(i) provides real-time voice commu-
nications transmitted through end user 
equipment using TCP/IP protocol, or a suc-
cessor protocol, for a fee or without a fee; 
‘‘(ii) is offered to the public, or such 
classes of users as to be effectively available 
to the public (whether part of a bundle of 
services or separately); and 
‘‘(iii) has the capability to originate 
traffic to, and terminate traffic from, the 
public switched telephone network. 
‘‘(5) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to affect or alter the application of 
the Commission’s regulations regarding the require-
ments for transmission of caller identification infor-
mation for telemarketing calls, issued pursuant to the 
Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Public 
Law 102-243) and the amendments made by such 
Act.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 274 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5126 
[Report No. 109–489] 
A BILL 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to pro-
hibit manipulation of caller identification infor-
mation, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 6, 2006 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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