,,ii #aadth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #agei ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #ad1 #bjae,mr4 ,reid 7for ,mr4 ,nelson 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1 and ,mr4 ,donnelly77 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 #bjae4 #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the term ,commission means the ,federal ,communications ,commission2 and 7#b7 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 to the ,north ,american ,numbering ,plan adopted by the ,commission under section #bea7;e77#a7 of the ,communications ,act of #aicd 7#dg ,u4,s4,c4 #bea7;e77#a774 #c4 ,report on existing technological solutions to combat inaccurate caller identification information 7a7 ,publication of report ,the ,commission shall publish on the website of the ,commission a report that identifies existing technology solutions that a consumer can use to protect the consumer against misleading or inaccurate caller identification information4 7b7 ,contents of report ,the report described in subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 analyze existing technologies that can enable consumers to guard against misleading or inaccurate caller identification information2 7#b7 describe how the technologies described in paragraph 7#a7 protect consumers2 and 7#c7 detail whether and how voice service providers are making the technologies described in paragraph 7#a7 available to subscribers4 #d4 ,report on plan to develop call origination authentication standards 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #a year after the date of enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission shall submit to ,congress a report detailing a plan to expeditiously develop1 not later than #f years after the submission of the report1 reasonable authentication standards for a voice service provider 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 obtain1 to the extent technologically feasible-- 7#a7 a secure assurance of the origin of the call1 including-- 7,a7 the calling party number2 and 7,b7 caller identification for the call2 or 7#b7 notice that an assurance described in paragraph 7#a7 is unavailable4 7b7 ,recommendation on legislation ,the report submitted under subsection 7a7 may include recommendations on whether legislation is necessary to promote or facilitate the adoption of authentication standards for caller identification information4 #e4 ,expanding and clarifying prohibition on inaccurate caller id information 7a7 ,communications from outside ,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 ,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 ,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 ,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 ,commission prescribes regulations under subsection 7d74