124 STAT. 3572 PUBLIC LAW 111–331—DEC. 22, 2010 Public Law 111–331 111th Congress An Act To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of caller identi- fication 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 ‘‘Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009’’. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING MANIPULATION OF CALLER IDENTI - FICATION INFORMATION. Section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as sub- sections (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new sub- section: ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF INACCURATE CALLER IDENTI- FICATION INFORMATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, in connection with any telecommuni- cations service or IP-enabled voice service, to cause any caller identification service to knowingly transmit misleading or inac- curate caller identification information with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value, unless such transmission is exempted pursuant to paragraph (3)(B). ‘‘(2) PROTECTION FOR BLOCKING CALLER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed to prevent or restrict any person from blocking the capability of any caller identification service to transmit caller identifica- tion information. ‘‘(3) REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009, the Commission shall prescribe regulations to implement this subsection. ‘‘(B) CONTENT OF REGULATIONS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The regulations required under subparagraph (A) shall include such exemptions from the prohibition under paragraph (1) as the Commission determines is appropriate. ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC EXEMPTION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES OR COURT ORDERS.—The regulations required Deadline. 47 USC 609 note. Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009. Dec. 22, 2010 [S. 30]
