3.0.0 5583 2023-01-11T13:19:53Z 2023-01-11T13:19:53Z House H HR 2010-06-23 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-06-23T14:03:15Z Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act 111 2825 S 2009-12-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Identical bill CRS 2010-06-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-06-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-06-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S001170 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1] Carol Shea-Porter D NH 1 N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2010-06-23 Introduced in House 2010-07-02T15:10:24Z Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act or the Cell Phone ETF Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring, at a minimum, that providers of commercial mobile service: (1) prorate any early termination fee over the term of a subscriber's contract; and (2) link the fee to the cost to the provider of the handset provided to the subscriber, reduced by the price paid by the subscriber for the handset at the start of a subscriber's contract.

Prohibits construing this Act to preempt related state or local laws.

]]> Cell Phone ETF Act Display Title Cell Phone ETF Act Official Title as Introduced To require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated over the term of a subscriber's contract, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Cell Phone ETF Act Short Titles as Introduced Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act Introduced in House 2010-06-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5583ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5583ih.xml 2010-06-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.