RBI Act of 2013 [S.1858]
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[Grants ]
Rural Broadband Investment Act of 2013 or the RBI Act of 2013 - Suspends regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that resulted in a revised method of determining levels of support for rural telephone carriers under the Universal Service Fund by allowing study area unseparated loop cost to be limited annually pursuant to a schedule announced by the Wireline Competition Bureau. (Thus, eliminates a distribution analysis method provided for in the FCC's Transformation Order known as the Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed
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S.1858: RBI Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Begich
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 12/18/2013
USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 [S.1766]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Funding ]
USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require at least 75% of all amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers in a rural state for the purpose of making certain contributions to universal service funds established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be allocated to consumers in that rural state. Defines "rural state" as a state in which the total population density is not more than 200 people per square mile, as determined by the latest available decennial
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S.1766: USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 11/21/2013
Consumer Choice in Online Video Act [S.1680]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Media and Advertising ]
Consumer Choice in Online Video Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to provide plain language disclosures to assist consumers in making informed decisions about the purchase of Internet service, including: (1) network management practices that limit service speeds or prioritize content, (2) usage-based billing terms, and (3) information regarding different tiers of service. Directs ISPs offering usage-based billing
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S.1680: Consumer Choice in Online Video Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Rockefeller
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S7953-7954) on 11/12/2013
Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013 [S.1144]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit local exchange carriers or providers of interconnected VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service from placing, or causing to be placed, a third-party charge that is not directly related to the provision of telephone services on the bill of a customer, unless: (1) the third-party charge is from a contracted third-party vendor and for a product or service that the carrier or provider markets or sells jointly with its own service, (2) the customer provided affirmative
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S.1144: Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S4407-4408) on 06/12/2013
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [HCR-16]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Small Business ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over-the-air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.
HCR-16: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 02/28/2013
To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other purposes. [HB-989]
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[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Defense ]
[Funding ]
Rescinds $2.2 billion from the unobligated balances of funds available to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for salaries and expenses for FY2013. Prohibits the funds made available to the FCC for FY2013 salaries and expenses from being used for the Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers). Increases the FY2013 amounts otherwise made available to: (1) the Department of Transportation (DOT) for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations by $500 million, and (2) the
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HB-989: To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other purposes.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Flores
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/08/2013
STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 [HB-5728]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Media and Advertising ]
STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 - Title I: Communications Provisions - (Sec. 101) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to reauthorize and revise provisions expiring under the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA). Extends until December 31, 2019, the exemption from retransmission consent requirements (which prohibit multichannel video programming distributors [MVPDs] from retransmitting broadcasting station signals without the authority of the originating station) for satellite retransmissions of network station signals
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HB-5728: STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Anna Eshoo
Signed By President. on 12/04/2014
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 [HB-5376]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014 - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile service or commercial mobile data service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers).
HB-5376: Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Austin Scott
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 08/01/2014
Next Generation Television Marketplace Act [HB-3720]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Next Generation Television Marketplace Act - Repeals provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 concerning: (1) the carriage of distant television stations and significantly viewed signals by satellite carriers, (2) the retransmittal of television signals to eligible state counties in the designated market area of another state by cable operators or satellite carriers, (3) the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) qualified carrier certification process, (4) the designation of cable channels for commercial video programming use, (5) the carriage
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HB-3720: Next Generation Television Marketplace Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet. on 01/27/2014
Video CHOICE Act of 2013 [HB-3719]
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[Media and Advertising ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Video Consumers Have Options in Choosing Entertainment Act of 2013 or the Video CHOICE Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to allow the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), if a negotiation for a replacement or extended retransmission consent agreement between a television broadcast station and a multichannel video programming distributor (MVPD) reaches an impasse resulting in the expiration of the carriage rights of the MVPD, to authorize interim carriage of such station by the MVPD pending the conclusion of a new agreement.
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HB-3719: Video CHOICE Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Anna Eshoo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 12/13/2013
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 [HB-3675]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking proceeding to adopt rules establishing: minimum comment and reply periods for rulemakings; policies to ensure that the public has notice and an opportunity to respond to comments, ex parte communications, or materials submitted toward the end of, or after, the comment period; procedures for publishing the status of open rulemakings and items circulated for
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HB-3675: Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 03/12/2014
Government By the People Act of 2014 [HB-20]
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[Funding ]
[Taxes ]
Government By the People Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to allow a refundable credit of 50% of qualified congressional House campaign contributions paid or incurred during the taxable year (contributions of cash by an individual to a House candidate or a political committee established and maintained by a national political party if the contribution is not prohibited under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 [FECA], to be known as "My Voice Federal" contributions). Directs the Government by the People Oversight Commission,
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HB-20: Government By the People Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Maloney
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr H2246-2250) on 03/06/2014
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011 [HB-176]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011 [sic] - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile communications service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers).
HB-176: Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 01/04/2013
Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 [HB-1685]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Poverty ]
Broadband Adoption Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt a final rule establishing support for broadband under the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program to enable qualifying low-income customers residing in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband service at reduced charges by reimbursing providers who elect to participate in the program for each such customer served. Establishes a program model under which qualifying individuals may elect to apply support
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HB-1685: Broadband Adoption Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Janice Schakowsky
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 04/26/2013
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013 [HB-1403]
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[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider the following types of regulation of inmate telephone service: (1) prescribing a maximum uniform per-minute rate (paid to telephone service providers), (2) prescribing a maximum uniform service connection or other per-call rate, (3) prescribing variable maximum rates depending on factors such as carrier costs or the size of the correctional facility, (4) requiring providers of inmate telephone
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HB-1403: Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 03/29/2013
Preventing Unwarranted Communications Shutdowns Act of 2020 [HB-8659]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
Limits the authority of the President to exercise certain emergency powers related to communications (e.g., suspending or amending rules and regulations applicable to facilities or stations for wire communications).
HB-8659: Preventing Unwarranted Communications Shutdowns Act of 2020
Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Introduced In House on 10/23/2020
The Heroes Act [S.4800]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
[Disaster Relief ]
A bill to provide Coronavirus relief.
S.4800: The Heroes Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Schumer
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 581. on 11/09/2020
A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [SCR-7]
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[Taxes ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Declares that Congress should not impose any new performance fee, tax, royalty, or other charge relating to the public performance of sound recordings on a local radio station for broadcasting sound recordings over the air, or on any business for such public performance of sound recordings.
SCR-7: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins
Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S978-979) on 02/28/2011
Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2011 [S.732]
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[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2011 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring a commercial mobile service provider to: (1) notify a subscriber who has used in excess of a certain percentage of the monthly limit of specified services (voice minutes, text messages, or data megabytes) agreed to in a service contract; (2) obtain a subscriber's consent before it allows the subscriber to use such services in excess of the monthly limit; and (3) ensure that the subscriber is not charged for any such notice
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S.732: Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2011
Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Udall
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2139) on 04/05/2011
RADIOS Act [S.455]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Reforming Airwaves by Developing Incentives and Opportunistic Sharing Act or the RADIOS Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), subject to specified national security, classified information, and public safety exceptions, and in consultation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to: (1) biennially inventory each radio spectrum band from 300 megahertz to at least 6.5 gigahertz managed by each such agency,
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S.455: RADIOS Act
Sponsored by: Sen. John Kerry
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S1141-1142) on 03/02/2011