Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014

Bill: 113-hr-3670
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: 
Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013 - 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.
 
Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations requiring a provider of a spoofing service to verify that any person who uses the service is informed of any applicable federal or state law.
 
Defines &quot;spoofing service&quot; as a service that permits a user to knowingly cause any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information. Excludes from such definition a service that transmits or displays without alteration caller identification information generated by another person.
 
Revises the definitions of &quot;caller identification information&quot; and &quot;caller identification service&quot; to include text messages by means of a telephone number and text messaging services.
 
Expands the categories of IP-enabled voice services that are subject to such prohibition.

action_date: 2014-09-08
text: 
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.

action_date: 2014-09-09
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 8, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
 
 
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.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7347)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7347)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3670.
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7347-7349)
action_date: 2014-09-09
text: Mr. Barton moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-572.
action_date: 2014-09-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 113-572.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-05
text: Introduced in House