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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 3010 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve the enforcement of prohibitions on robocalls, including fraudulent robocalls. · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Amendments to Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009

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Section 227(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1) ) is amended by inserting or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States, after United States, . IP-Enabled voice service Section 227(e)(8)(C) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)(C) ) is amended by striking has the meaning and all that follows and inserting the following: means the provision of real-time voice communications offered to the public, or such class of users as to be effectively available to the public, transmitted using Internet protocol, or a successor protocol, (whether part of a bundle of services or separately) with interconnection capability such that the service can originate traffic to, or terminate traffic from, the public switched telephone network, or a successor network. .
Section 227(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e) ) is amended— by striking paragraph (4); by redesignating paragraph
(3)as paragraph (4); by inserting after paragraph
(2)the following: A provider of a spoofing service shall take such steps as the Commission may prescribe to verify that a person does not use the service in violation of this subsection. The Commission shall impose reasonable recordkeeping and reporting obligations on a provider of a spoofing service, and shall adopt any other regulation that the Commission determines necessary, to prevent or investigate violations of this subsection. Notwithstanding chapter 121 of title 18, United States Code, for purposes of enforcing this subsection, the Commission may by subpoena require a provider of a spoofing service to disclose to the Commission the caller identification information transmitted by a subscriber to or customer of the spoofing service. ; and in paragraph (8), by adding at the end the following: The term spoofing service means a service that substitutes, or permits a user to substitute, another name or any number (including a telephone number, pseudo-number, or other number) for display as the caller identification information for a call or text message. . Section 227(e)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(1) ), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by striking paragraph (3)(B) and inserting paragraph (4)(B) . Section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by inserting (including a text message sent using a text messaging service) before the period at the end; in the first sentence of subparagraph (B), by inserting (including a text message sent using a text messaging service) before the period at the end; and by adding at the end the following: The term text message — means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number; includes a short message service (commonly referred to as SMS ) message, an enhanced message service (commonly referred to as EMS ) message, and a multimedia message service (commonly referred to as MMS ) message; and does not include a real-time, 2-way voice or video communication. The term text messaging service means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message, including a service provided as part of or in connection with a telecommunications service or an IP-enabled voice service. . Section 227(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to— modify or limit the authority of the Commission under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 ( Public Law 102–243 ; 105 Stat. 2394), the amendments made by that Act, or the CAN–SPAM Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), as of the day before the date of enactment of the Robocall Enforcement Improvements Act of 2014 , to interpret the term call to include a text message; or modify, limit, or otherwise affect any rule or order adopted by the Commission in connection with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, the amendments made by that Act, or the CAN–SPAM Act of 2003. . Section 227(e)(3)(A) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 227(e)(3)(A) ) is amended by striking Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, the Commission and inserting The Commission . Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement the amendments made by this section. The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 6 months after the date on which the Federal Communications Commission prescribes regulations to implement the amendments made by this section.
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Amendments to Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009
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