Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016

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Introduced

19 March 2015

Last action

28 November 2016 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 687.

Summary

Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2015 Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require an intermediate provider that offers the capability to transmit certain voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charges a rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for the transmission, to: (1) register with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and (2) comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC. Defines "intermediate provider" as any entity that: (1) carries or processes traffic that is generated from the placement of a call from a connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource or a call placed to a connection using such a numbering resource, and (2) does not itself originate or terminate such traffic in the context of the carriage or processing. Prohibits certain long-distance voice service providers (including local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, commercial mobile radio services, interconnected voice over Internet Protocol [VoIP] services, and certain non-interconnected VoIP services) from using an intermediate provider to transmit voice communications and signals unless the intermediate provider is so registered. Directs the FCC, in promulgating rules for such standards, to: (1) ensure the integrity of the transmission of voice communications to all customers in the United States, (2) prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such voice communications, and (3) make a registry of intermediate providers publicly available on the FCC website. Prohibits this Act from being contrued to preempt the authority of a state agency or public utility commission to collect data, or enforce state law and regulations, regarding the completion of intrastate voice communications.

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Timeline

19 March 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Source: IntroReferral
19 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
29 June 2016
Reported
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Source: Committee
28 November 2016
Calendars
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 687.
Source: Calendars
28 November 2016
Reported
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-383.
Source: Committee
28 November 2016
Reported
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-383.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to → Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015
related to ← Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2016

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/827
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/827
us · 114-s-827 · source updated 5 December 2025