3.0.0 2998 2020-02-12T18:55:28Z 2020-02-12T18:55:28Z Senate S S 2008-05-08 110 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2008-09-10T17:02:22Z Referred to 2008-05-08T21:30:14Z Calling Card Consumer Protection Act 110 3402 HR 2008-10-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2008-09-10 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1218. Committee 2008-05-08 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3977-3979) IntroReferral 2008-05-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3976-3977) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2008-05-08 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-05-08 True M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2008-05-08 True H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2008-09-10 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2008-09-11 False S000888 Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK] THEODORE STEVENS R AK F. 2008-09-11 False Science, Technology, Communications Civil actions and liability Commerce Consumer education Consumer protection Customer service Fees Government Operations and Politics Injunctions Law Parties to actions Restrictive trade practices State laws Telecommunication industry Telecommunication rates Telephone Wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2008-05-08 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-30T20:05:15Z Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2008 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to require every prepaid telephone calling service provider and prepaid telephone calling card distributor to disclose certain information, including: (1) the number of calling units or minutes of domestic interstate calls provided or the dollar value and the domestic interstate rate per minute; (2) the calling unit or per minute rates for all served international preferred destinations; (3) the applicable per minute rates for all served international destinations; (4) all terms and conditions, including regarding fees, policies on refunds, recharges, decrements, and expiration, and time imitations; and (5) a toll-free customer service number and hours.

Makes it unlawful to: (1) deduct anything but the per minute rate and disclosed fees; (2) provide fewer minutes or charge a higher per minute rate than promoted or advertised; (3) provide fewer minutes than the number of minutes announced, promoted, or advertised through any voice prompt; (4) have (unless clearly disclosed) an expiration date less than one year after first use (or after additional minutes are purchased); and (5) charge a fee for an unconnected call. Prohibits evading liability by using disclaimers or limitations.

Treats violations as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or deceptive act or practice under specified provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Allows state civil enforcement and state laws offering equal or greater protection to consumers.

]]> Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2008 Display Title Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2998is/xml/BILLS-110s2998is.xml 2008-09-10 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 110-1218. 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.