[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4493 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4493

    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of 
 wireless services to render bills that itemize the calls made by the 
                              subscriber.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1998

  Mr. Payne introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of 
 wireless services to render bills that itemize the calls made by the 
                              subscriber.

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

SECTION 1. ITEMIZED BILLS REQUIRED.

    Section 332(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) Itemized bills required.--A person engaged in the 
        provision of commercial mobile services shall, without 
        additional charge to the subscriber, render bills for such 
        service in a manner that--
                    ``(A) permits the subscriber to identify the date, 
                origination time, origination and destination numbers, 
                length of call, and charge for each call that is 
                included in any periodic bill for such services, unless 
                the subscriber is charged a single flat fee for 
                unlimited service;
                    ``(B) separately states the charges for local calls 
                and long distance calls, and identifies any additional 
                charges for calls made from outside a local service 
                area; and
                    ``(C) separately states any taxes or fees imposed 
                pursuant to the requirement of any government, and 
                identifies that government.''.
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