Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act”.
Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act
A BILL
To require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe regulations on caller identification information authentication technology, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Regulations relating to caller identification information authentication standards
Requirements for caller identification information authentication technology—
In general— Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall prescribe regulations that—
require providers of voice service to implement, by a date specified by the Commission, caller identification information authentication technology that has the ability to—
verify that any caller identification information transmitted in connection with a call (including a call originating outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States) is accurate; and
alert a subscriber, through a distinctive ringtone, distinctive caller identification information, automatic message, or some other method determined to be appropriate and technologically feasible by the Commission in consultation with providers of voice services, that a call is not able to be verified as described in subparagraph (A), whether because a person has blocked the capability of a caller identification service to transmit such information in accordance with paragraph (2) of section 227(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)) or otherwise; and
in consultation with providers of voice services, provide a method for exempting from the requirements of subparagraph (A) information that is exempted under the regulations promulgated under paragraph (3) of section 227(e) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)) from the prohibition under paragraph (1) of such section.
No additional cost to subscribers— Such regulations shall prohibit providers of voice service from making any additional charge to subscribers for the caller identification information authentication technology required under paragraph (1).
Definitions— In this section:
Caller identification information— The term caller identification information has the meaning given such term in section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)).
Caller identification service— The term caller identification service has the meaning given such term in section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)).
Commission— The term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission.
Voice service— The term voice service has the meaning given such term in section 227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)). This paragraph shall apply before the effective date of the amendment made to such section by subparagraph (C) of section 503(a)(2) of division P of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141) as if such amendment was already in effect.