Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Jul 14, 2015)
Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015
Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website a report that identifies existing technologies that consumers can use to protect against misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.
Requires the FCC, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report detailing a plan to expeditiously develop, within six years after submission of such report, reasonable authentication standards for voice service providers to validate caller information so that subscribers may obtain secure assurances of a call's origin, including the calling party's number and identification.
Extends the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States.
Expands the definition of "caller identification information" to include text messages.
Revises caller identification requirements to make standards applicable to voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan (currently, the requirements apply to telecommunications or IP-enabled voice services).
What just happenedJul 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateJul 14, 2015
- Jul 14, 2015IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Jul 14, 2015IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate