Stop Attempted Fraud Against Everyone's Cell and Land Line (SAFE CALL) Act
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 31, 2006
Stop Attempted Fraud Against Everyone's Cell and Land Line (SAFE CALL) Act - Prohibits any person from obtaining or causing the disclosure of, or from requesting a person to obtain, customer proprietary network information relating to another person by: (1) making a false statement to a telecommunications carrier; or (2) providing a carrier any information knowing that it is counterfeit, was fraudulently obtained, or contains a false statement. Prohibits a person from selling or disclosing customer information relating to any other person knowing it was obtained in such manner.
Treats a violation of the above prohibitions as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Gives all the functions and powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under that Act to the Commission to enforce compliance.
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