A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to regulate terminal equipment and to direct the Commission to conduct a study on the costing of satellite common carrier communication services and a report on data common carrier competition.

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Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to regulate terminal equipment. Directs the Commission to conduct a study of the costing policies related to domestic and international satellite common carrier communication services. Specifies that such study shall include an analysis of the effect of such policies on other forms of domestic and international common carrier services. Directs the Commission to conduct a study of competition in the common carrier industry which shall include consideration of the impact of Commission policies and regulations on such structures.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 August 1976

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