HR 90 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Know Your Caller Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ

Latest action · Dec 5, 2001 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseDec 4, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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.

Cosponsors 51

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 30, 2001 to Mar 6, 2001.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
D-MA	Barney Frank	Jan 30, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Jan 30, 2001
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Jan 30, 2001
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Jan 30, 2001
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks	Jan 30, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn	Jan 30, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood	Jan 30, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Jan 30, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Jan 30, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca	Jan 30, 2001
D-CT	John B. Larson	Jan 30, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Jan 30, 2001
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Jan 30, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Jan 30, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald	Jan 30, 2001

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Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001Markup Feb 28, 2001Reported Mar 12, 2001
	Communications and Technology Subcommittee	Referred Feb 7, 2001Discharged Feb 7, 2001
Senate	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Referred Dec 5, 2001

Actions 14

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 5, 2001Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 4, 2001Mr. Tauzin moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 4, 2001Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8763-8765)
Dec 4, 2001DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 90.
Dec 4, 2001Passed/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, 2001Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 12, 2001Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 107-13.
Mar 12, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 8.
Feb 28, 2001Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Feb 28, 2001Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Feb 7, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 7, 2001Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Discharged.
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H8763–H8765Text printed H8763	Gene Green D-TX, Rodney P. Frelinghuysen R-NJ, W. J. (Billy) Tauzin D-LA (text)	Dec 4, 2001

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 107-13

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

Mar 7, 2001H.R. 90, Know Your Caller Act of 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001</p>
Mar 7, 2001H.R. 90, Know Your Caller Act of 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit telemarketers from interfering with the caller identification service of any person to whom a telephone solicitation is made, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Know Your Caller Act of 2001
Short Titles as Reported to House: Know Your Caller Act of 2001
Short Titles as Passed House: Know Your Caller Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Dec 5, 2001Referred in Senate
Dec 4, 2001Engrossed in House
Mar 12, 2001Reported in House
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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