[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6320

  To double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or 
             inaccurate caller identification information.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2021

 Mr. Rice of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Lamb) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or 
             inaccurate caller identification information.

    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 2021''.

SEC. 2. INCREASING PENALTIES FOR SPOOFERS.

     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''.
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