3.0.0 562 2022-02-03T06:07:54Z 2022-02-03T06:07:54Z Senate S S 2009-03-10 111 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-03-10T19:51:50Z Calling Card Consumer Protection Act 111 3993 HR 2010-06-24 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS 2009-03-10 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 S2968-2970) IntroReferral 2009-03-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2967-2968) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-10 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. 2009-03-10 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2009-03-10 True Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Government information and archives Telecommunication rates and fees Science, Technology, Communications 00 2009-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2009-03-24T19:00:55Z Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009 - 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 each served international preferred destination; (3) the applicable per minute rates for each served international destination; (4) other material 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 an expiration date less than one year after first use (or after additional minutes are purchased); (5) charge a fee for an unconnected call; and (6) deduct a per-minute rate in an increment greater than one minute for calls that are less than one full minute (but allows deducting different destination-specific rates for each full minute of calling time in certain circumstances). Prohibits avoiding liability by stating that the terms are subject to fees or charges.

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. Prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from exercising any authority given to the FTC under this Act.

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

]]> Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009 Display Title Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act of 2009 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 2009-03-10T04:00:00Z 2009-03-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2968-2970) 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.