[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2147 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2147

  To double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or 
inaccurate caller identification information, and to extend the statute 
  of limitations for forfeiture penalties for persons who commit such 
                              violations.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2019

   Ms. Collins (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Peters, Ms. 
McSally, and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which 
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                             Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or 
inaccurate caller identification information, and to extend the statute 
  of limitations for forfeiture penalties for persons who commit such 
                              violations.

    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 ``Anti-Spoofing Penalties 
Modernization Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING PENALTIES AND EXTENDING STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR 
              SPOOFERS.

    (a) Increasing Penalties.--Section 227(e)(5) of the Communications 
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
                ``$20,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$1,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$2,000,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$10,000'' and 
        inserting ``$20,000''.
    (b) Extending Statute of Limitations.--Clause (iv) of section 
227(e)(5)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)(A)) 
is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``2-year'' and inserting 
        ``3-year''; and
            (2) by striking ``2 years'' and inserting ``3 years''.
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