HR 3670 · 113th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014

Introduced 2013-12-05· Sponsored by Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2014-09-10)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to expand the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information (which makes it unlawful to cause a caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value) to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations requiring a provider of a spoofing service to verify that any person who uses the service is informed of any applicable federal or state law. Defines "spoofing service" as a service that permits a user to knowingly cause any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information. Excludes from such definition a service that transmits or displays without alteration caller identification information generated by another person. Revises the definitions of "caller identification information" and "caller identification service" to include text messages by means of a telephone nu…

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H.R. 3670, Anti-Spoofing Act of 2014

Aug 20, 2014

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 30, 2014

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Cosponsors (20)

13 Democrats7 Republicans