[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3011 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3011

 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to improve the disclosure of 
   information concerning telephone charges, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 1999

Mr. Bliley (for himself and Mr. Tauzin) 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 improve the disclosure of 
   information concerning telephone charges, 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 ``Truth in Telephone Billing Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. TELEPHONE BILLING PRACTICES.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 258 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 258) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(c) Truth-in-Billing.--A telecommunications carrier that is 
required to contribute to, or that is otherwise assessed for, any 
support mechanism under section 254, or any other governmental 
mechanism, fund, tax, or program, shall identify on each subscriber's 
bill--
            ``(1) the identity of the governmental mechanism, fund, 
        tax, or program to which the contribution or assessment is 
        made, and the identity of the governmental authority whose 
        rules require or authorize the contribution or assessment;
            ``(2) the basis for the contribution or assessment (such as 
        per subscriber, per line, or percentage of some or all charges 
        or revenues); and
            ``(3) as a separate line-item, the dollar amount that is 
        being attributed to and collected from such subscriber for such 
        governmental mechanism, fund, tax, or program.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 258 is further amended by 
striking the designation and heading of such section and inserting the 
following:

``SEC. 258. BILLING PRACTICES.''.

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