3.0.0 1504 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z 2023-01-13T04:50:23Z Senate S S 2005-07-27 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-07-27T16:19:47Z 2005-07-27 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2005-07-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2005-07-27 True L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2005-09-06 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2005-09-06 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-10-03 False G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2005-10-04 False C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2005-10-06 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2005-10-21 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-10-25 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2005-10-26 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2005-11-10 False M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2005-11-16 False B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2005-11-16 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2005-11-18 False S000320 Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [R-AL] Richard Shelby R AL C. 2005-12-12 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2005-12-19 False B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2006-02-01 False Science, Technology, Communications Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Broadband Cable television Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Commerce Competition Consumer protection Copyright Damages Deaf Disabled Educational television Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Federal Communications Commission Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Hearing disorders Housing and Community Development Independent regulatory commissions Injunctions Intellectual property Land use Law Parties to actions Public broadcasting Punitive damages Quality of products Right of privacy Right-of-way Standards State laws Telecommunication industry Telecommunication rates Telemarketing Telephone Television Television programs Television relay systems Transportation and Public Works Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2005-07-27 Introduced in Senate 2005-10-06T15:40:53Z Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act - Subjects any telecommunications conduct, activity, service, or service provider only to the requirements of this Act, and not to any other federal, state, or local common carrier law or regulation concerning telecommunications or information services.

Prohibits any state or local government from regulating direct-to-home satellite services. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to forbear from regulating mobile services unless determined necessary because of lack of competition or for the protection of public health and safety.

Requires each telecommunications carrier deemed to be an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) and each eligible telecommunications carrier (a carrier eligible for federal universal service support) to offer basic telephone service (BTS) to business and residential customers throughout the LEC's service territory. Directs the FCC to establish federal quality standards for BTS service relating to reasonable uptime, installation and repair intervals, and voice quality. Provides penalties for standards violations.

Prohibits (with exceptions): (1) a consumer from being denied access to any content provided over facilities used to provide broadband communications service (the transmission of communications at a capacity greater than 64 kilobits per second); and (2) a broadband service provider from blocking subscriber access to such content. Prohibits a broadband service provider from preventing a customer from using voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) applications offered by a competitor.

Requires the FCC, with respect to service providers, to develop rules and regulations regarding telecommunications services, including billing and access for persons with disabilities.

Requires: (1) facilities-based providers to establish commercial arrangements regarding their ability to interconnect with other facilities-based providers; and (2) the FCC to govern interconnectivity between such providers and narrowband communications service providers.

Requires an incumbent LEC to provide unbundled access to copper local loops at commercially reasonable rates, terms, and conditions.

Allows an incumbent local exchange provider serving less than two percent of the access lines of the country to elect to continue to be subject to current federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements.

Prohibits a video service provider (VSP) from being required to: (1) obtain a state or local video franchise; (2) build out its video distribution system in any particular manner; or (3) provide access to its distribution facilities and equipment to any other VSP. Authorizes state and local government charges against VSPs for the cost of managing public rights-of-way used by VSPs.

Requires the FCC to prescribe regulations to promote: (1) competition and diversity in the multichannel video programming market; and (2) the continuing development of communications technologies.

Sets forth requirements for state- or locally-owned networks seeking to provide communications service and requires such governments to have an open bidding process allowing non-governmental entities to compete for the provision of such service.

]]> Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act Display Title Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a market driven telecommunications marketplace, to eliminate government managed competition of existing communication service, and to provide parity between functionally equivalent services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act Introduced in Senate 2005-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1504is/xml/BILLS-109s1504is.xml 2005-07-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.