[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2469 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2469

  To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the granting of 
                   regulatory forbearance by default.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 13, 2007

Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Dorgan) 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 prevent the granting of 
                   regulatory forbearance by default.

    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 ``Protecting Consumers through Proper 
Forbearance Procedures Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF FORBEARANCE PETITION CONSIDERATION.

    Section 10(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 160(c)) 
is amended by striking the second and third sentences and inserting the 
following: ``The Commission shall grant or deny any such petition 
within one year after the Commission receives it, except that the 
Commission may extend the one-year period for an additional 90 days if 
the Commission finds that the extension is necessary to meet the 
requirements of subsection (a).''.
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