A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the regulation of utility pole attachments.

Summary

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions for pole attachments used for wire communication, in any case in which such rates, terms, and conditions are not regulated by any State authority. Stipulates that a just and reasonable rate shall assure the utility of recovery of not less than the additional costs of providing pole attachments nor more than the actual capital and operating expenses of the utility attributable to that portion of the pole used by the attachment.

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Timeline

1. 1 August 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 August 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 August 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 August 1977

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Wirth, Timothy [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Broyhill, James T. [R-NC-10] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Moffett, Toby [D-CT-6] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Ottinger, Richard L. [D-NY-20] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsif00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → Communications Act Amendments of 1978