H.R. 5095 · 109th Congress
To prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Eliot Engel
- Introduced
- 2006-04-05
- Latest action
- 2006-04-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Summary
Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to promulgate a rule to prohibit, as an unfair or deceptive act or practice, making any outbound telephone call that alters, masks, or disguises, or employs any technology to alter, mask, or disguise, the automatic number identification of the caller, with the intent to deceive the person to whom the call is made.