[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 400 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 400

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 9, 2009

Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Markey of Massachusetts, Mr. Boucher, Ms. 
Eshoo, Mr. Stupak, Ms. Harman, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Gordon of Tennessee, and 
 Mrs. Capps) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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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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