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H.R. 6822 · 115th Congress

Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

No cosponsors.

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish regulations requiring providers of voice services to implement caller-identification information-authentication technology that can:

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 13, 2018

Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish regulations requiring providers of voice services to implement caller-identification information-authentication technology that can:

  • verify that caller-identification information transmitted with a call is accurate, and
  • alert a subscriber if a call cannot be verified.

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

About this bill and sources

Official title: Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act

Latest action (Sep 13, 2018): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 13, 2018

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

No recorded floor vote found.