Preservation of Telephone Service for Disabled Ratepayers Act of 1983

Summary

Preservation of Telephone Service for Disabled Ratepayers Act of 1983 - Declares that no telephone operation serving the disabled that was affiliated with a Bell operating company on the effective date of this Act shall be affiliated with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company after the date of divestiture or transferred to any entity not affiliated with a Bell operating company, unless the Federal Communications Commission determines that such affiliation or transfer will not impair the ability of disabled persons to obtain specialized terminal equipment at affordable rates.

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Timeline

1. 12 September 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 12 September 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 12 September 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] · R · Sponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

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