How People Voted
29% For, 71% Against
Take Action
![]() ![]() |
Alert Your Friends and Colleagues |
![]() ![]() |
Write Your Representative in Congress |
| Save & Share | |
| del.icio.us | |
| Digg | |
| Yahoo! | |
H.R. 251, The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007
- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
Comparing revision saved on June 12, 2007, 04:29:54 (webmaster), with revision saved on June 13, 2007, 17:48:48 (webmaster):
H.R. 251 would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of caller identification information.
== Detailed Summary ==
<summary>
Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person in the United States, in connection with any telecommunication service or VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) service, to cause any caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information, unless such transmission is exempted in connection with authorized activities of law enforcement agencies.
</summary>
<!--Leave in the 'summary' tags if you want the latest summary from the Congressional Research Service automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. -->
== Status of the Legislation ==
<status>
Latest Major Action: 6/11/2007: Placed on6/12/2007: Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 112.rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
</status>
<!-- Leave in the 'status' tags if you want the latest reported status from THOMAS automatically to replace the text between the tags once it becomes available. -->
== Points in Favor ==
(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should pass!)
<!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! -->
== Points Against ==
(Log in to edit the wiki and be the first to show why the bill should not pass!)
<!-- First editor: Go ahead and take out the sentence in parentheses, and this notice! -->
Cost per :
Learn More
RSS Feeds for This Bill
Keep yourself updated on user contributions and debates about this bill! (Learn more about RSS.)




Visitor Comments
There are currently no comments for this bill.