109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5126
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit ma-
nipulation of caller identification information, and for 
other purposes.
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 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 
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION.—Nothing in this 
subsection may be construed to prevent or restrict 
any person from blocking the capability of any caller 
identification service to transmit caller identification 
information.
‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months 
after the enactment of this subsection, the Commis-
sion shall prescribe regulations to implement this 
subsection. 
‘‘(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 
regarding 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 
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 voice commu-
nications transmitted through end user
equipment using TCP/IP protocol, or a 
successor protocol, for a fee or without 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) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to affect or alter the application 
of the Commission’s regulations regarding the re-
quirements for transmission of caller identification 
information for telemarketing calls, issued pursuant 
to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 
(Public Law 102–243) and the amendments made 
by such Act.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 2006. 
Attest:
Clerk.
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5126
AN ACT 
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to pro-
hibit manipulation of caller identification infor-
mation, and for other purposes.