[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 594 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 210
117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 594

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 4, 2021

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

                           December 17, 2021

              Reported by Ms. Cantwell, without amendment

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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''.
                                                       Calendar No. 210

117th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 594

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

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                           December 17, 2021

                       Reported without amendment