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HR 6822 115th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Computer security and identity theft Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Telephone and wireless communication

Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act

Introduced: September 13, 2018 Introduced by: Schneider, Bradley Scott Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Sep 13, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Sep 13, 2018
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Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act

This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish regulations requiring providers of voice services to implement caller-identification information-authentication technology that can:

  • verify that caller-identification information transmitted with a call is accurate, and
  • alert a subscriber if a call cannot be verified.
What's happening now September 13, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6822: Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6822/
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"H.R. 6822: Discourage Dishonest Dialing Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6822/.
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H.R. 6822, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6822/.
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