Telecommunication Rates And Fees
US Congress 112th Congress
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 [S.3301]
[Finance ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Elections ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Education ]
[Veterans ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Crime ]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for FY2013 to the Department of the Treasury for: (1) departmental offices, (2) department-wide systems and capital investments programs, (3) the Office of Inspector General, (4) the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, (5) the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), (6) the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, (7) the Alcohol
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Durbin
Committee On Appropriations. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Durbin. With Written Report No. 112-177. on 06/14/2012
Spread the world
Gettr US Congress 112th Congress
Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2012 [S.3291]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2012 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit local exchange carriers or providers of interconnected VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service from placing a third-party charge that is not directly related to the provision of telephone services on the bill of a customer, unless the third-party charge is: (1) from a certified third-party vendor, (2) for a product or service that the carrier or provider markets or sells jointly with its own service, and (3) consented to and believed to be requested by the
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 06/13/2012
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
A bill to amend section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to provide that funds received as universal service contributions and the universal service support programs established pursuant to that section are not subject to certain provisions of title 31, United States Code, commonly known as the Antideficiency Act. [S.297]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Funding ]
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to make federal provisions prohibiting the obligation or expenditure of funds either in excess of appropriated amounts or in violation of sequestration orders under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1986 inapplicable to: (1) any amount collected or received as federal universal service contributions, or (2) the expenditure or obligation of amounts attributable to such contributions.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Rockefeller
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S616) on 02/07/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011 [S.2008]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011 - 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)
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim DeMint
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. on 12/16/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 [S.1939]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require states to install broadband conduits (conduits for fiber optic cables that support broadband or wireless facilities for broadband service) in certain highway construction projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that any requesting broadband provider has access to such installed broadband conduit on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Environment And Public Works. on 12/01/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to continue aggressive growth in the Nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the United States Government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way". [HR-175]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that, in order to continue aggressive growth in the nation's telecommunications and technology industries, the U.S. government should "Get Out of the Way and Stay Out of the Way" by: (1) promoting investment through deregulation and free-market competition; (2) reforming the Universal Service Fund and encouraging broadband deployment in rural unserved and underserved areas through public-private partnerships; (3) making additional spectrum available for commercial use through unencumbered
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Latta
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 06/01/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act. [HCR-21]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Taxes ]
[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.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The House Committee On The Judiciary. on 02/28/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2012 [HB-6624]
[Telecommunications ]
[Crime ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2012 - 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
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Bobby Rush
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 11/30/2012
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
RESCUE Act of 2012 [HB-6526]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Restore Effective Statistics to the Calculation of USF Expenditures Act of 2012 or the RESCUE Act of 2012 - Prohibits the Order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the Matter of Connect America Fund and High-Cost Universal Service Support from having any force or effect after the enactment of this Act. (The FCC Order relates to Universal Service Fund [USF] expenditures and the adoption, on April 25, 2012, of a methodology for establishing benchmarks for capital and operating costs reimbursable to rate-of-return cost companies from
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeffrey Landry
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 09/26/2012
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a position for a representative of Indian Tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal service, and for other purposes. [HB-4059]
[Telecommunications ]
[Native American Affairs ]
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require one member of the Federal-State Joint Board on universal service (recommends changes to universal service implementation regulations) to be a Tribal representative who is nominated by the Federal Communication Commission's (FCC) Office of Native Affairs and Policy and appointed by the FCC.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 02/16/2012
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Next Generation Television Marketplace Act [HB-3675]
[Telecommunications ]
[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
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Scalise
Referred To The Subcommittee On Intellectual Property, Competition And The Internet. on 01/06/2012
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 [HB-3630]
[Finance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Small Business ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Health ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Unemployment ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
[Crime ]
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 - Title I: Extension of Payroll Tax Reduction - (Sec. 101) Amends the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 to extend through the remainder of 2012 the 2% reduction in employment tax rates for employees and self-employed individuals. Eliminates the special rule for 2012 limiting the amount of wages eligible for such tax rate reduction. Title II: Unemployment Benefit Continuation and Program Improvement - Extended Benefits, Reemployment, and Program Integrity
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Fred Upton
Became Public Law No: 112-96. on 02/22/2012
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011 [HB-3481]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011 - 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).
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The House Committee On Energy And Commerce. on 11/18/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
To direct the Federal Communications Commission to revisit the universal service support program under section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, and for other purposes. [HB-3118]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from forbearing from requirements specified in the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the designation of eligible telecommunications carriers (ETC) to receive support under the universal service support program. Directs the FCC, within 120 days, to suspend ETC designations received through forbearance of such requirements. Requires an eligible ETC, in advertising the availability of services supported by federal universal service support mechanisms, to specify that the service charges
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Andy Harris
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 10/07/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Next Generation 9-1-1 Advancement Act of 2011 [HB-2629]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Next Generation 9-1-1 Advancement Act of 2011 - Revises the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to provide for matching grants (with a federal share of up to 80%), through October 1, 2017, to eligible state or local governments or tribal organizations for: (1) implementing and operating 9-1-1 and E9-1-1 services, migrating to an IP-enabled emergency network, and adopting and operating Next Generation 9-1-1 services and applications; (2) implementing IP-enabled emergency services and applications enabled by
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 08/01/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Broadband Affordability Act of 2011 [HB-2163]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Poverty ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Economic Development ]
Broadband Affordability Act of 2011 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a broadband lifeline program enabling qualifying low-income customers residing in urban and rural areas to purchase broadband service at reduced charges by reimbursing providers for each such customer served. Requires that the program: (1) be similar in structure to the Lifeline program for basic telephone service, (2) prevent awarding duplicative subsidies for an individual eligible household, and (3) promote competition from broadband service
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Rep. Anna Eshoo
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 06/16/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 [HB-1695]
[Telecommunications ]
[Infrastructure ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Construction ]
Broadband Conduit Deployment Act of 2011 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to require states to install broadband conduits (conduits for fiber optic cables that support broadband or wireless facilities for broadband service) in certain highway construction projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that any requesting broadband provider has access to such installed broadband conduit on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis, for a charge not to exceed a cost-based rate.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Markey
Referred To The Subcommittee On Highways And Transit. on 05/04/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 112th Congress
Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act [HB-166]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Internet Investment, Innovation, and Competition Preservation Act - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from regulating the rates, terms, conditions, provisioning, or use of an information service or an Internet access service unless: (1) there is a market failure in the provision of such service; (2) there is substantial evidence such failure is preventing a substantial number of consumers nationwide from accessing a substantial amount of lawful Internet content, applications, and services
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Communications And Technology. on 02/01/2011
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009 [S.562]
[Telecommunications ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require every prepaid telephone calling service provider and prepaid telephone calling card distributor to disclose certain information, including: (1) the number of calling units or minutes of domestic interstate calls provided or the dollar value and the domestic interstate rate per minute; (2) the calling unit or per minute rates for each served international preferred destination; (3) the applicable per minute rates for each served international
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S2967-2968) on 03/10/2009
Spread the world
US Congress 111th Congress
Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act [S.3628]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Ethics ]
Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act or the DISCLOSE Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to prohibit: (1) independent expenditures and payments for electioneering communications by government contractors if the value of the contract is at least $10 million; and (2) recipients of assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA) from making any contribution to any political party, committee, or candidate for public office,
(continued...)
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Motion To Proceed To Consideration Of The Motion To Reconsider The Vote By Which Cloture Was Not Invoked On The Motion To Proceed To S. 3628 (record Vote No. 220) Agreed To In Senate By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S7383-7388) on 09/23/2010