[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6822 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6822

     To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe 
    regulations on caller identification information authentication 
                  technology, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 13, 2018

Mr. Schneider introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe 
    regulations on caller identification information authentication 
                  technology, 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 ``Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act''.

SEC. 2. REGULATIONS RELATING TO CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION 
              AUTHENTICATION STANDARDS.

    (a) Requirements for Caller Identification Information 
Authentication Technology.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prescribe 
        regulations that--
                    (A) require providers of voice service to 
                implement, by a date specified by the Commission, 
                caller identification information authentication 
                technology that has the ability to--
                            (i) verify that any caller identification 
                        information transmitted in connection with a 
                        call (including a call originating outside the 
                        United States if the recipient is within the 
                        United States) is accurate; and
                            (ii) alert a subscriber, through a 
                        distinctive ringtone, distinctive caller 
                        identification information, automatic message, 
                        or some other method determined to be 
                        appropriate and technologically feasible by the 
                        Commission in consultation with providers of 
                        voice services, that a call is not able to be 
                        verified as described in subparagraph (A), 
                        whether because a person has blocked the 
                        capability of a caller identification service 
                        to transmit such information in accordance with 
                        paragraph (2) of section 227(e) of the 
                        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)) 
                        or otherwise; and
                    (B) in consultation with providers of voice 
                services, provide a method for exempting from the 
                requirements of subparagraph (A) information that is 
                exempted under the regulations promulgated under 
                paragraph (3) of section 227(e) of the Communications 
                Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)) from the prohibition 
                under paragraph (1) of such section.
            (2) No additional cost to subscribers.--Such regulations 
        shall prohibit providers of voice service from making any 
        additional charge to subscribers for the caller identification 
        information authentication technology required under paragraph 
        (1).
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Caller identification information.--The term ``caller 
        identification information'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        227(e)(8)).
            (2) Caller identification service.--The term ``caller 
        identification service'' has the meaning given such term in 
        section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
        227(e)(8)).
            (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (4) Voice service.--The term ``voice service'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 227(e)(8) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)). This 
        paragraph shall apply before the effective date of the 
        amendment made to such section by subparagraph (C) of section 
        503(a)(2) of division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
        2018 (Public Law 115-141) as if such amendment was already in 
        effect.
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