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        <fullName>Rep. Ackerman, Gary L. [D-NY-5]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Profit Honesty in Offering Number Emancipation Act of 2006 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of telephone exchange service, exchange access, or commercial mobile service from imposing a customer charge for providing for number portability. </p> <p>Authorizes a provider to impose a one-time separate charge in connection with porting a number to or from another provider. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to set the maximum amount of such charge.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Profit Honesty in Offering Number Emancipation Act of 2006</title>
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        <title>To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a provider of telephone exchange service, exchange access, or commercial mobile service from imposing a charge for number portability (other than a one-time, separate charge to port a number), and for other purposes.</title>
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