A bill to prohibit the sale or provision of caller ID spoofing services.

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Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the generating or transmitting of: (1) false caller ID information with the intention of wrongfully obtaining anything of value; or (2) caller ID information pertaining to a person or entity without consent and with the intention of deceiving the recipient of a call about the identity of the caller.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 19, 2007

Prohibits, with certain exceptions, selling any service that enables users to modify, generate, or transmit false or misleading caller ID information or attempting or conspiring to do so.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A bill to prohibit the sale or provision of caller ID spoofing services.

Latest action (Jun 19, 2007): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7895)

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 19, 2007

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.