[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4065 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4065

 To suspend collections for the connection of schools and libraries to 
                 the Internet, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1998

 Mr. Scarborough (for himself, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
Ensign, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Christensen, and Mr. Neumann) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To suspend collections for the connection of schools and libraries to 
                 the Internet, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``E-Rate Tax Moratorium Act of 1998''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF COLLECTIONS.

    Except as otherwise hereafter expressly authorized by Act of 
Congress--
            (1) the Federal Communications Commission shall, effective 
        on the day after the date of enactment of this Act, suspend the 
        requirements for telecommunications carriers to contribute to 
        support mechanisms to provide services to schools, libraries, 
        and health care providers under section 254(h) of the 
        Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h));
            (2) no telecommunications carrier shall, in any bill for 
        telephone service transmitted after 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, include any charges for contributions to 
        such support mechanisms; and
            (3) no telecommunications carrier shall be required to 
        provide discounted rates for telecommunications services 
        pursuant to such section 254(h) except to the extent such 
        carrier is reimbursed from collections permitted to be 
        distributed under section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 3. DISTRIBUTION OF PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Notwithstanding section 2 of this Act, the Federal Communications 
Commission, or an administering entity designated by the Commission, 
may distribute amounts collected before the date of enactment of this 
Act (or collected in accordance with section 2(2)), to provide services 
to schools, libraries, and health care providers under section 254(h) 
of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)) in accordance with 
the regulations of the Commission under such section as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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