Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006
Latest action · Mar 2, 2006 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 368.
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 18, 2006
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit: (1) the obtaining by fraud or other unauthorized means of confidential phone records information from a telecommunications carrier or IP-enabled voice service provider (covered entity); and (2) the sale of such records by any person, including any employee of a covered entity. Exempts law enforcement agencies.
Imposes a fine and/or imprisonment for up to five years. Doubles such penalties for violations occurring in a 12-month period involving more than $100,000 or more than 50 customers of a covered entity.
Cosponsors 37
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 18, 2006 to Sep 11, 2006; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Original | Jan 18, 2006 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Jan 18, 2006 |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Original | Jan 18, 2006 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Jan 18, 2006 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jan 18, 2006 |
| D-ND | Byron L. Dorgan | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| D-IN | Evan Bayh | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Jan 25, 2006 | |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Jan 31, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Feb 1, 2006 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Feb 2, 2006 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Feb 7, 2006 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Feb 8, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 18, 2006Reported Mar 2, 2006 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Mar 2, 2006Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Specter without amendment. Without written report.
- Mar 2, 2006Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 368.
- Jan 18, 2006Introduced in Senate
- Jan 18, 2006Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 9, 2006S. 2178, Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006<p>Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on march 2, 2006</p>
- Mar 9, 2006S. 2178, Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006Cost estimate for the bill as reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on march 2, 2006
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 109-130 | INTERNET DATA BROKERS: WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR PRIVATE RECORDS?1,455 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 21, 2006–Sep 29, 2006 |
| S. Hrg. 109-452 | PROTECTING CONSUMERS' PHONE RECORDS76 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Feb 8, 2006 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2177 | Phone Records Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Jan 18, 2006 |
| HR 4657 | Secure Telephone Operations Act of 2006 | Related bill | Feb 16, 2006 |
| HR 4662 | Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Feb 17, 2006 |
| HR 4709 | Telephone Records and Privacy Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Jan 12, 2007 |
| HR 4714 | Phone Records Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Feb 8, 2006 |
| HR 4943 | Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act | Related bill | Mar 16, 2006 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to make the stealing and selling of telephone records a criminal offense.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 2, 2006Reported to Senate
- Jan 18, 2006Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.