,,ii #aacth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #bief ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,november #bj1 #bjad ,mr4 ,nelson 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,donnelly1 ,ms4 ,collins1 and ,mr4 ,booker7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and ,transportation ,a ,,bill ,to prevent caller ,,id spoofing1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,phone ,scam ,prevention ,act of #bjad4 #b4 ,availability of whitelist services 7a7 ,in general ,part ,i of title ,,ii of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq47 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #bcb4 ,availability of whitelist services 7a7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the term voice service means any service that furnishes voice communications to an end user using resources from the ,north ,american ,numbering ,plan or any successor plan adopted by the ,commission under section #bea7;e77#a72 7#b7 the term exempt entity means-- 7,a7 the ,federal ,government1 a ,state1 a political subdivision of a ,state1 or an agency thereof2 and 7,b7 any entity with respect to which the ,commission determines that allowing calls that originate from that entity to connect directly with the voice service customer premises equipment 7commonly referred to as ,,cpe7 of a subscriber would serve the public interest2 and 7#c7 the term whitelist means a list of telephone numbers1 designated by a subscriber1 for which calls originating from those numbers to the subscriber are permitted to connect directly with the voice service ,,cpe of the subscriber4 7b7 ,requirement ,to offer whitelist service ,a provider of a voice service shall offer each subscriber the option to designate a whitelist1 if technically feasible 7as determined by the ,commission on a periodic basis74 7c7 ,treatment of nonapproved telephone numbers 7#a7 ,in general ,if a subscriber elects to designate a whitelist under subsection 7b71 the provider of the voice service of the subscriber shall ensure that any call the provider receives for termination that is not associated with a telephone number on the whitelist of the subscriber or the telephone number of an exempt entity is processed according to preferences set by the subscriber with respect to the whitelist1 including by limiting or disabling the ability of an incoming call to connect with the ,,cpe of the subscriber4 7#b7 ,safe harbor ,whitelist processing that1 in accordance with the preferences of a subscriber1 limits or disables connection with the ,,cpe of a subscriber shall not be considered to be-- 7,a7 blocking traffic2 or 7,b7 an unjust or unreasonable practice under section #bja of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bja74 7d7 ,number of telephone numbers on whitelist free of charge 7#a7 ,in general ,a provider of a voice service shall allow a subscriber 7or a designated representative thereof7 to designate not less than #aj telephone numbers to be on the whitelist under subsection 7b71 free of charge4 7#b7 ,telephone numbers of exempt entities ,the telephone number of an exempt entity shall not be considered to be on the whitelist of a subscriber for purposes of calculating the #aj telephone numbers that may be designated under paragraph 7#a74 4 7b7 ,effective date ,section #bcb of the ,communications ,act of #aicd1 as added by subsection 7a71 shall take effect on the date that is #b years after the date of enactment of this ,act4 #c4 ,authentication of call origination ,part ,i of title ,,ii of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bja et seq471 as amended by section #b1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #bcc4 ,authentication of call origination 7a7 ,definition ,in this section1 the term voice service means any service that furnishes voice communications to an end user using resources from the ,north ,american ,numbering ,plan or any successor plan adopted by the ,commission under section #bea7;e77#a74 7b7 ,development of authentication standards by ,commission ,not later than #e years after the date of enactment of the ,phone ,scam ,prevention ,act of #bjad1 the ,commission shall develop authentication standards for providers of a voice service to validate the calling party number and caller identification information of a call originated through a voice service so that the subscriber receiving the call may obtain-- 7#a7 a secure assurance of the origin of the call1 including-- 7,a7 the calling party number2 and 7,b7 caller identification information for the call2 or 7#b7 notice that an assurance described in paragraph 7#a7 is unavailable4 7c7 ,adoption of authentication standards by entities ,each provider of a voice service that is allocated telephone numbers from the portion of the ,north ,american ,numbering ,plan that pertains to the ,united ,states shall adopt the authentication standards developed under subsection 7b74 4 #d4 ,expanding and clarifying prohibition on inaccurate caller id information 7a7 ,communications from outside the ,united ,states ,section #bbg7;e77#a7 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;e77#a77 is amended by striking in connection with any telecommunications service or ,,ip-enabled voice service and inserting or any person outside the ,united ,states if the recipient of the call is within the ,united ,states1 in connection with any voice service4 7b7 ,coverage of text messages and other voice services ,section #bbg7;e77#h7 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bbg7;e77#h77 is amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a71 by striking telecommunications service or ,,ip-enabled voice service and inserting voice service 7including a text message sent using a text messaging service72 7#b7 in the first sentence of subparagraph 7,b71 by striking telecommunications service or ,,ip-enabled voice service and inserting voice service 7including a text message sent using a text messaging service72 and 7#c7 by striking subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the following3 7,c7 ,text message ,the term text message-- 7i7 means a real-time or near real-time message consisting of text1 images1 sounds1 or other information that is transmitted from or received by a device that is identified as the transmitting or receiving device by means of a telephone number2 7ii7 includes a short message service 7commonly referred to as ,,sms7 message1 an enhanced message service 7commonly referred to as ,,ems7 message1 and a multimedia message service 7commonly referred to as ,,mms7 message2 and 7iii7 does not include a real-time1 #b-way voice or video communication4 7,d7 ,text messaging service ,the term text messaging service means a service that permits the transmission or receipt of a text message1 including a service provided as part of or in connection with a voice service4 7,e7 ,voice service ,the term voice service means any service that furnishes voice communications to an end user using resources from the ,north ,american ,numbering ,plan or any successor plan adopted by the ,commission under section #bea7;e77#a74 4 7c7 ,rules of construction ,nothing in this ,act shall be construed to modify1 limit1 or otherwise affect-- 7#a7 the authority1 as of the day before the date of enactment of this ,act1 of the ,federal ,communications ,commission to interpret the term call to include a text message 7as defined under section #bbg7;e77#h7 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd1 as added by subsection 7b772 or 7#b7 any rule or order adopted by the ,federal ,communications ,commission in connection with-- 7,a7 the ,telephone ,consumer ,protection ,act of #aiia 7,public ,law #ajb-bdc2 #aje ,stat4 #bcid7 or the amendments made by that ,act2 or 7,b7 the ,,can-,,spam ,act of #bjjc 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ggja et seq474 7d7 ,regulations ,not later than #ah months after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,federal ,communications ,commission shall prescribe regulations to implement the amendments made by this section4 7e7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is #f months after the date on which the ,federal ,communications ,commission prescribes regulations under subsection 7d74