[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1258 Engrossed in House (EH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1258

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of 
             caller ID information, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING MANIPULATION OF CALLER ID 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 ID 
Information.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person 
        within the United States, in connection with any real time 
        voice communications service, regardless of the technology or 
        network utilized, to cause any caller ID service to transmit 
        misleading or inaccurate caller ID information, with the intent 
        to defraud or deceive.
            ``(2) Protection for blocking caller id information.--
        Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prevent or 
        restrict any person from blocking the capability of any caller 
        ID service to transmit caller ID information.
            ``(3) Regulations.--
                    ``(A) Deadline.--Not later than 6 months after the 
                date of 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), the Commission shall 
                examine whether the regulations under subsection 
                (b)(2)(B) should be revised to require calls that are 
                not made for a commercial purpose to residential 
                telephone lines using an artificial or prerecorded 
                voice to deliver a message to transmit caller ID 
                information that is not misleading or inaccurate.
            ``(4) Law enforcement exception.--This section does not 
        prohibit lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or 
        intelligence activity of a law enforcement agency of the United 
        States, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, or of 
        an intelligence agency of the United States, or any activity 
        authorized under chapter 224 of title 18, United States Code.
            ``(5) Savings provision.--Except as provided for in 
        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 ID 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 id information.--The term `caller ID 
                information' means information provided to an end user 
                by a caller ID service regarding the name or the 
                telephone number of the caller or other information 
                regarding the origination of a call made using any real 
                time voice communications service, regardless of the 
                technology or network utilized.
                    ``(B) Caller id service.--The term `caller ID 
                service' means any service or device designed to 
                provide the user of the service or device with the name 
                or the telephone number of the caller or other 
                information regarding the origination of a call made 
                using any real time voice communications service, 
                regardless of the technology or network utilized. Such 
                term includes automatic number identification 
                services.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 14, 2010.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1258

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of 
             caller ID information, and for other purposes.