[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2171 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 2171

 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a uniform set of 
customer service and consumer protection requirements for providers of 
                 wireless telecommunications services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 16, 2007

   Mr. Pryor introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a uniform set of 
customer service and consumer protection requirements for providers of 
                 wireless telecommunications services.

    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 ``Uniform Wireless Consumer Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MOBILE SERVICES TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subparagraph (A) of section 332(c)(3) (47 U.S.C. 
332(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting ``(i) 
        Notwithstanding sections 2(b) and 221(b) or any other provision 
        of law, a State or local government shall not regulate or 
        adjudicate--
                    ``(I) the entry of, or the rates charged by, any 
                provider of commercial mobile service or private mobile 
                service for any such mobile service or any other 
                service that is primarily intended for receipt on or 
                use with a wireless device that is utilized by a 
                customer of such mobile service in connection with such 
                mobile service; or
                    ``(II) any terms and conditions of such mobile 
                service or any other such service, except pursuant to a 
                law or regulation generally applicable to businesses in 
                the State other than a law or regulation that regulates 
                or has the effect of regulating the entry or rates for 
                any such service.'';
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence, as so amended 
        the following:
            ``(ii) Nothing in this section shall affect the authority 
        of the Commission under this Act to adopt consumer protection 
        requirements applicable to providers of commercial mobile 
        service or private mobile services.'';
            (3) by indenting the sentence beginning ``Nothing in this 
        subparagraph'' 4 ems from the left margin and inserting 
        ``(iii)'' before ``Nothing''; and
            (4) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) in the third 
        sentence as subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and 
        indenting them 6 ems from the left margin.
    (b) Rulemaking.--Within 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Communications Commission shall adopt a final rule 
establishing customer service and consumer protection requirements for 
providers of commercial mobile service or private mobile service (as 
such terms are defined in section 332(d)(1) and (3), respectively, of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)(1) and (3))).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 180 days after the date on which the Commission adopts the 
final rule described in subsection (b).
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