Congress 107 - HR 90 - Know Your Caller Act of 2001

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Administrative procedure Caller ID telephone service Civil actions and liability Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Consumer education Consumer protection Damages Direct mail advertising Equipment and supplies Federal Communications Commission Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Independent regulatory commissions Injunctions Law Mailing lists Marketing Punitive damages Science, Technology, Communications State courts State laws Telemarketing Telephone

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Know Your Caller Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make it unlawful for any person making a telephone solicitation to: (1) interfere with or circumvent a caller identification service from accessing or providing the call recipient with identifying information about the call; or (2) fail to provide caller identification information that is accessible by a caller identification service, if such person has the capability to provide such information.

Provides a cause of action for a person or entity, or a State attorney general on behalf of its residents, for violations of such prohibition or regulations.

Requires the Federal Communications Commission to study and report to Congress with respect to the transmission capabilities of caller identification information.

Actions

Dec 5, 2001

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 4, 2001

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 4, 2001

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8763-8764)
Dec 4, 2001

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8763-8764)
Dec 4, 2001

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 90.
Dec 4, 2001

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8763-8765)
Dec 4, 2001

Mr. Tauzin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 12, 2001

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.
Mar 12, 2001

Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-13.
Feb 28, 2001

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Feb 28, 2001

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 7, 2001

Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Discharged.
Feb 7, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Jan 3, 2001

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jan 3, 2001

Introduced in House

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