[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5095 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5095

 To prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification 
                      on outbound telephone calls.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2006

 Mr. Engel (for himself and Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification 
                      on outbound telephone calls.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TELEPHONE CALLER IDENTIFICATION FRAUD PROHIBITED.

    (a) Conduct Prohibited.--Not later than 270 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Federal Trade Commission shall 
promulgate a rule under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade 
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) to prohibit, as an unfair or 
deceptive act or practice, making any outbound telephone call that 
alters, masks, or disguises, or employing any technology to alter, 
mask, or disguise, the automatic number identification of the caller, 
with the intent to deceive the person to whom the call is made.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of the rule required by this Act--
            (1) the term ``automatic number identification'' means the 
        10 digit telephone number used by a telecommunications carrier 
        to determine the telephone number of the calling party on any 
        outbound telephone call, such as is used to provide telephone 
        customers with caller identification services; and
            (2) the term ``telecommunications carrier'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 3(44) of the Communications Act of 
        1934 (47 U.S.C. 153(44)).
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