SEC. 2. CALLER ID SPOOFING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1040. Caller ID spoofing 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, in or affecting interstate 
or foreign commerce, knowingly uses or provides to an-
other— 
‘‘(1) false caller ID information with intent to 
defraud; or 
‘‘(2) caller ID information pertaining to an ac-
tual person without that person’s consent and with 
intent to deceive the recipient of a call about the 
identity of the caller; 
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as 
provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—Whoever violates subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) if the offense is committed for commercial 
gain, be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both; and 
‘‘(2) be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than one year, or both, in any other case. 
‘‘(c) LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCEPTION.—It is a de-
fense to a prosecution for an offense under this section 
that the conduct involved was lawfully authorized inves-
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tigative, protective, or intelligence activity of a law en-
forcement agency of the United States, a State, or a polit-
ical subdivision of a State, or of an intelligence agency 
of the United States, or any activity authorized under 
chapter 224 of this title. 
‘‘(d) FORFEITURE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The court, in imposing sen-
tence on a person who is convicted of an offense 
under this section, shall order that the defendant 
forfeit to the United States— 
‘‘(A) any property, real or personal, consti-
tuting or traceable to gross proceeds obtained 
from such offense; and 
‘‘(B) any equipment, software or other 
technology used or intended to be used to com-
mit or to facilitate the commission of such of-
fense. 
‘‘(2) PROCEDURES.—The procedures set forth 
in section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 
U.S.C. 853), other than subsection (d) of that sec-
tion, and in Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of 
Criminal Procedure, shall apply to all stages of a 
criminal forfeiture proceeding under this section. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
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‘‘(1) the term ‘caller ID information’ means in-
formation regarding the origination of the telephone 
call, such as the name or the telephone number of 
the caller; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘telephone call’ means a call 
made using or received on a telecommunications 
service or VOIP service; 
‘‘(3) the term ‘VOIP service’ means a service 
that— 
‘‘(A) provides real-time 2-way voice com-
munications transmitted using Internet Pro-
tocol, or a successor protocol; 
‘‘(B) is offered to the public, or such class-
es of users as to be effectively available to the 
public (whether part of a bundle of services or 
separately); and 
‘‘(C) has the capability to originate traffic 
to,
or
terminate
traffic
from,
the
public 
switched telephone network or a successor net-
work; 
‘‘(4) the term ‘State’ includes a State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and any 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States; and 
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‘‘(5) a term used in a definition in this sub-
section has the meaning given that term in section 
3 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
153).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 47 of title 18, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘1040. Caller ID spoofing.’’. 
SEC.
3.
OTHER
SPECIFIED
UNLAWFUL
ACTIVITIES
FOR 
MONEY LAUNDERING. 
(a) FRAUD AND RELATED ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION 
WITH ELECTRONIC MAIL.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title 
18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘section 
1037 (Fraud and related activity in connection with elec-
tronic mail),’’ after ‘‘1032’’. 
(b) CALLER ID SPOOFING.—Section 1956(c)(7)(D) 
of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
‘‘section 1040 (Caller ID spoofing),’’ before ‘‘section 
1111’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Harassment 
through Outbound Number Enforcement Act of 2007’’ or the 
‘‘PHONE Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. CALLER ID SPOOFING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 1040. Caller ID spoofing 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever, in or affecting interstate or 
foreign commerce, knowingly uses or provides to another— 
‘‘(1) false caller ID information with intent 
wrongfully to obtain anything of value; or 
‘‘(2) caller ID information pertaining to an ac-
tual person or other entity without that person’s or 
entity’s consent and with intent to deceive any person 
or other entity about the identity of the caller; 
or attempts or conspires to do so, shall be punished as pro-
vided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PUNISHMENT.—Whoever violates subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) if the offense is a violation of subsection 
(a)(1), be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than 5 years, or both; and 
‘‘(2) if the offense is a violation of subsection 
(a)(2), be fined under this title or imprisoned not 
more than one year, or both. 
‘‘(c) LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCEPTION.—This section 
does not prohibit lawfully authorized investigative, protec-
tive, or intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency 
of the United States, a State, or a political subdivision of 
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