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Union Calendar No. 8
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 90
[Report No. 107–13]
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit telemarketers from
interfering with the caller identification service of any person to whom
a telephone solicitation is made, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 3, 2001
Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Energy and Commerce
MARCH 12, 2001
Additional sponsors: Mr. BACA, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. HORN, Mr. MEEKS of
New York, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. WATKINS,
Mr. CASTLE, Mr. FRANK, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. BASS, Mr.
REGULA, Mr. LUCAS of Kentucky, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. THOMAS M.
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. PETRI, Mr. BENTSEN, Mr.
GILCHREST, Mr. WAMP, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. QUINN, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr.
SIMMONS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr.
LANTOS, Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. HART, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. EVANS,
Mr. BAIRD, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. STRICKLAND, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. UPTON, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. PHELPS, Mr.
GOODLATTE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. ROSS
MARCH 12, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit tele-
marketers from interfering with the caller identification
service of any person to whom a telephone solicitation
is made, 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 ‘‘Know Your Caller Act
of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF INTERFERENCE WITH CALLER
IDENTIFICATION SERVICES.
Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 227) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON INTERFERENCE WITH CALLER
IDENTIFICATION SERVICES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any
person within the United States, in making any tele-
phone solicitation—
‘‘(A) to interfere with or circumvent the
capability of a caller identification service to ac-
cess or provide to the recipient of the telephone
call involved in the solicitation any information
regarding the call that such service is capable
of providing; and
‘‘(B) to fail to provide caller identification
information in a manner that is accessible by a
caller identification service, if such person has
capability to provide such information in such a
manner.
For purposes of this section, the use of a tele-
communications service or equipment that is incapa-
ble of transmitting caller identification information
shall not, of itself, constitute interference with or
circumvention of the capability of a caller identifica-
tion service to access or provide such information.
‘‘(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months
after the enactment of the Know Your Caller Act of
2001, the Commission shall prescribe regulations to
implement this subsection, which shall—
‘‘(A) specify that the information regard-
ing a call that the prohibition under paragraph
(1) applies to includes—
‘‘(i) the name of the person or entity
who makes the telephone call involved in
the solicitation;