3.0.0 2825 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z Senate S S 2009-12-03 111 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-03T18:05:08Z Cell Phone ETF Act 111 5583 HR 2010-06-23 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Identical bill CRS 2009-12-03 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2009-12-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-12-03 True W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2009-12-03 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2009-12-03 True Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication Science, Technology, Communications 00 2009-12-03 Introduced in Senate 2010-03-12T15:26:27Z 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 Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act Display Title Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act Short Titles as Introduced Cell Phone ETF Act Introduced in Senate 2009-12-03T05:00:00Z 2009-12-03 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.