Caller ID Scam Prevention Act of 2014

Bill: 113-s-2787
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2014-09-10
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
Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Caller ID Scam Prevention 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.</p> <p>Revises the definitions of "caller identification information" and "caller identification service" to include text messages sent using a text messaging service.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2787 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 10, 2014 Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Blunt ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To expand and clarify the prohibition on inaccurate caller ID information.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Caller ID Scam Prevention Act of 2014 . 2. Expanding and clarifying prohibition on inaccurate caller ID information (a) Communications from outside United States Section 227(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1) ) is amended by inserting or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States, after United States, . (b) Text messaging service Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting (including a text message sent using a text messaging service) before the period at the end; (2) in the first sentence of subparagraph (B), by inserting (including a text message sent using a text messaging service) before the period at the end; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (D) Text message The term text message — (i) means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number; (ii) includes a short message service (commonly referred to as SMS ) message, an enhanced message service (commonly referred to as EMS ) message, and a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as MMS ) message; and (iii) does not include a real-time, 2-way voice or video communication. (E) Text messaging service The term text messaging service means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an IP-enabled voice service. . (c) Coverage of outgoing-Call-Only IP-Enabled voice service Section 227(e)(8)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)(C) ) is amended by striking has the meaning and all that follows and inserting means the provision of real-time voice communications offered to the public, or such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, transmitted using Internet protocol, or a successor protocol, (whether part of a bundle of services or separately) with interconnection capability such that the service can originate traffic to, or terminate traffic from, the public switched telephone network, or a successor network. . (d) Regulations (1) In general Section 227(e)(3)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, the Commission and inserting The Commission . (2) Deadline Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement the amendments made by this section. (e) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date on which the Federal Communications Commission prescribes regulations to implement the amendments made by this section.