[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1291 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  2d Session

                               H. R. 1291

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                                 AN ACT

   To prohibit the imposition of access charges on Internet service 
                   providers, and for other purposes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1291

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                                 AN ACT


 
   To prohibit the imposition of access charges on Internet service 
                   providers, 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 ``Internet Access Charge Prohibition 
Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF CHARGES ON PROVIDERS OF INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.

    Section 254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Prohibition of Charges on Internet Service Providers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding subsection (b)(4) or (d) 
        or any other provision of this title, the Commission shall not 
        impose on any provider of Internet access service (as such term 
        is defined in section 231(e)) any contribution for the support 
        of universal service that is based on a measure of the time 
        that telecommunications services are used in the provision of 
        such Internet access service.
            ``(2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall preclude the Commission from imposing access charges on 
        the providers of Internet telephone services, irrespective of 
        the type of customer premises equipment used in connection with 
        such services.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 16, 2000.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.