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Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007''.

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 following 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 information, 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.--
''(A) Deadline.--Not later than 6 months after the
enactment of this subsection, the Commission shall
prescribe regulations to implement this subsection.
''(B) Consideration of related regulations.--In
conducting the proceeding to prescribe the regulations
required by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the
Commission shall examine whether the Commission's
regulations under subsection (b)(2)(B) of this section
should be revised to require non-commercial calls to
residential telephone lines using an artificial or pre-
recorded voice to deliver a message to transmit caller
identification information that is not misleading or
inaccurate.
''(4) Effect on other laws.--Nothing in this subsection
shall be construed to authorize or prohibit any investigative,
protective, or intelligence activities performed in connection
with official duties, and in accordance with all applicable
laws, by a law enforcement agency of the United States, a
State, or a political subdivision of a State, or by an
intelligence agency of the United States.
''(5) Savings provision.--Except for paragraph (3)(B),
nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect or alter
the application of the Commission's regulations regarding the
requirements for transmission of caller identification
information, issued pursuant to the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-243) and the amendments
made by such Act.
''(6) Definitions.--For purposes of this subsection:
''(A) Caller identification information.--The term
'caller identification information' 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 telecommunications service or VOIP service.
Such term includes automatic number identification
services.
''(C) VOIP service.--The term 'VOIP service' means
a service that--
''(i) provides real-time voice
communications 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 available
to the public (whether part of a bundle of
services or separately); and
''(iii) has the capability to originate
traffic to, or terminate traffic from, the
public switched telephone network.''.

Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 2007.

Attest:

LORRAINE C. MILLER,

Clerk.
Output:
Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person in the United States, in connection with any telecommunication service or VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) service, to cause any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information ("spoofing") with the intent to defraud or cause harm. Prohibits construing these provisions to prevent blocking caller identification or to authorize or prohibit law enforcement or U.S. intelligence agency activities.