A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the imposition of access charges on residential and single line business subscribers of telephone exchange service.

Summary

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from permitting the assessment of a charge to recover the costs of services and facilities provided for interstate or foreign telecommunications on: (1) any residential subscriber of telephone exchange service; or (2) any business or individual subscriber that does not have more than one subscriber line within the same exchange area.

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Timeline

1. 20 March 1985

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 20 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 20 March 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 21 March 1985

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 20 March 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Hayes, Charles A. [D-IL-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mitchell, Parren J. [D-MD-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Staggers, Harley O., Jr. [D-WV-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. LaFalce, John J. [D-NY-29] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Kastenmeier, Robert W. [D-WI-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Burton, Sala [D-CA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

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