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S. 1759 114th Congress Senate

Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to prevent caller ID spoofing, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 14, 2015 See on congress.gov
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This bill died when the 114th Congress ended
It never became law before the 114th Congress (2015–2016) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jul 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 14, 2015
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 Latest action July 14, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015

Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to publish on its website a report that identifies existing technologies that consumers can use to protect against misleading or inaccurate caller identification information.

Requires the FCC, within one year after enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a report detailing a plan to expeditiously develop, within six years after submission of such report, reasonable authentication standards for voice service providers to validate caller information so that subscribers may obtain secure assurances of a call's origin, including the calling party's number and identification.

Extends the prohibition on the provision of inaccurate caller identification information to persons outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States.

Expands the definition of "caller identification information" to include text messages.

Revises caller identification requirements to make standards applicable to voice communications using resources from the North American Numbering Plan (currently, the requirements apply to telecommunications or IP-enabled voice services).

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2558 Spoofing Prevention Act of 2016
  • S 253 Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
  • S 2644 FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Jul 14, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1759: Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1759/
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"S. 1759: Phone Scam Prevention Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1759/.
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S. 1759, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1759/.
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