[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3022 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3022

 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. Markey 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 ``Rest of 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, or that 
receives any subsidy derived from, any support mechanism under section 
254, or any other governmental mechanism, fund, tax, or program, shall 
identify on each subscriber's bill--
            ``(1)(A) 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;
            ``(B) the identity of any governmental mechanism, fund, 
        tax, or program from which the subscriber receives a subsidy, 
        and the identity of the governmental authority whose rules 
        require or authorize the subsidy;
            ``(2) the basis for the contribution, assessment, or 
        subsidy (such as per subscriber, per line, or percentage of 
        some or all charges or revenues); and
            ``(3)(A) 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; and
            ``(B) the average amount per month by which the 
        subscriber's service is reduced by any subsidy identified under 
        paragraph (1)(B).''.
    (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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