[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1654 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1654

   To prohibit the sale or provision of caller ID spoofing services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 19, 2007

    Mr. Kyl introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the sale or provision of caller ID spoofing services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
    Section 1040 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
    ``(a) Offense.--Whoever, using any means or facility of interstate 
or foreign commerce--
            ``(1) knowingly generates, transmits, or causes to be 
        generated or transmitted--
                    ``(A) false caller ID information with intent 
                wrongfully to obtain anything of value; or
                    ``(B) caller ID information pertaining to an actual 
                person or other entity without that person's or 
                entity's consent and with intent to deceive any person 
                or other entity about the identity of the caller; or
            ``(2) knowingly offers, sells, or makes available a service 
        that enables users to modify, generate, or transmit false or 
        misleading caller ID information or attempts or conspires to do 
        so, shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) Exceptions.--Paragraph (a)(2) does not prohibit offering, 
selling, or making available any such service that transmits, in the 
signaling data with each call, (1) information sufficient to indicate 
to the recipient's telephone carrier that the caller ID information is 
not accurate, (2) if available, the originating telephone number or 
other information identifying the origin of the call, and (3) the 
identity of the provider of the service that enabled the user to 
modify, generate, or transmit the chosen caller ID information.''.
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