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Senate Bill 594
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2021
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Introduced in Senate on Mar 4, 2021
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S. 594 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 594


To double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 4, 2021

Ms. Collins (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Hawley, and Mr. Peters) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

A BILL

To double the existing penalties for the provision of misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Anti-Spoofing Penalties Modernization Act of 2021”.

SEC. 2. Increasing penalties for spoofers.

Section 227(e)(5) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(5)) is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)—

(A) by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$20,000”; and

(B) by striking “$1,000,000” and inserting “$2,000,000”; and

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking “$10,000” and inserting “$20,000”.