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AN ACTTo protect the public interest and the future development of pay-per-call technology by providing for the regulation and oversight of the applications and growth of the pay-per-call industry, 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. [15 U.S.C. 5701] SHORT TITLE, FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Telephone Disclosure and Dispute Resolution Act”.11

Public Law 102–556, 106 Stat. 4181, approved Oct. 28, 1992.

 (b) Findings.—The Congress finds the following: (1) The use of pay-per-call services, most commonly through the use of 900 telephone numbers, has grown exponentially in the past few years into a national, billion-dollar industry as a result of recent technological innovations. Such services are convenient to consumers, cost-effective to vendors, and profitable to communications common carriers. (2) Many pay-per-call businesses provide valuable information, increase consumer choices, and stimulate innovative and responsive services that benefit the public. (3) The interstate nature of the pay-per-call industry means that its activities are beyond the reach of individual States and therefore requires Federal regulatory treatment to protect the public interest. (4) The lack of nationally uniform regulatory guidelines has led to confusion for callers, subscribers, industry participants, and regulatory agencies as to the rights of callers and the oversight responsibilities of regulatory authorities, and has allowed some pay-per-call businesses to engage in practices that abuse the rights of consumers. (5) Some interstate pay-per-call businesses have engaged in practices which are misleading to the consumer, harmful to the public interest, or contrary to accepted standards of business practices and thus cause harm to the many reputable businesses that are serving the public. (6) Because the consumer most often incurs a financial obligation as soon as a pay-per-call transaction is completed, the accuracy and descriptiveness of vendor advertisements become crucial in avoiding consumer abuse. The obligation for accuracy should include price-per-call and duration-of-call information, odds disclosure for lotteries, games, and sweepstakes, and obligations for obtaining parental consent from callers under 18. (7) The continued growth of the legitimate pay-per-call industry is dependent upon consumer confidence that unfair and deceptive behavior will be effectively curtailed and that consumers will have adequate rights of redress. (8) Vendors of telephone-billed goods and services must also feel confident in their rights and obligations for resolving billing disputes if they are to use this new marketplace for the sale of products of more than nominal value.
<num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">TITLE I—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">CARRIER OBLIGATIONS AND CONSUMER RIGHTS CONCERNING PAY-PER-CALL TRANSACTIONS </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tI/s101" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="101">SEC. 101. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s228">47 U.S.C. 228</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">AMENDMENT TO COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1934. </heading><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 101 added a new section 228 to the Communications Act of 1934.<b>]</b> </editorialNote> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tI/s102" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="102">SEC. 102. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s227">47 U.S.C. 227</ref> nt<b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. </heading><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 102 contained a technical amendment to the effective date provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (which was an amendment to section 227 of the Communications Act of 1934).<b>]</b> </editorialNote> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="II">TITLE II—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REGULATION OF UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE ACTS AND PRACTICES IN CONNECTION WITH PAY-PER-CALL SERVICES </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="201">SEC. 201. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5711">15 U.S.C. 5711</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REGULATIONS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Advertising regulations.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall prescribe rules in accordance with this subsection to prohibit unfair and deceptive acts and practices in any advertisement for pay-per-call services. Such rules shall require that the person offering such pay-per-call services—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">clearly and conspicuously disclose in any advertising the cost of the use of such telephone number, including the total cost or the cost per minute and any other fees for that service and for any other pay-per-call service to which the caller may be transferred;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the case of an advertisement which offers a prize or award or a service or product at no cost or for a reduced cost, clearly and conspicuously disclose the odds of being able to receive such prize, award, service, or product at no cost or reduced cost, or, if such odds are not calculable in advance, disclose the factors determining such odds;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the case of an advertisement that promotes a service that is not operated or expressly authorized by a Federal agency but that provides information on a Federal program, include at the beginning of such advertisement a clear disclosure that the service is not authorized, endorsed, or approved by any Federal agency;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">shall not direct such advertisement at children under the age of 12, unless such service is a bona fide educational service;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the case of advertising directed primarily to individuals under the age of 18, clearly and conspicuously state in such advertising that such individual must have the consent of such individual's parent or legal guardian for the use of such services;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">be prohibited from using advertisements that emit electronic tones which can automatically dial a pay-per-call telephone number;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/G" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="G">(G) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that, whenever the number to be called is shown in television and print media advertisements, the charges for the call are clear and conspicuous and (when shown in television advertisements) displayed for the same duration as that number is displayed;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/H" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="H">(H) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in delivering any telephone message soliciting calls to a pay-per-call service, specify clearly, and at no less than the audible volume of the solicitation, the total cost and the cost per minute and any other fees for that service and for any other pay-per-call service to which the caller may be transferred; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/1/I" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">(I) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">not advertise an 800 telephone number, or any other telephone number advertised or widely understood to be toll free, from which callers are connected to an access number for a pay-per-call service.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Pay-per-call service standards.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall prescribe rules to require that each provider of pay-per-call services—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">include in each pay-per-call message an introductory disclosure message that—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/A/i" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">describes the service being provided;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/A/ii" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">specifies clearly and at a reasonably understandable volume the total cost or the cost per minute and any other fees for that service and for any other pay-per-call service to which the caller may be transferred;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/A/iii" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iii">(iii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">informs the caller that charges for the call begin at the end of the introductory message;</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/A/iv" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="iv">(iv) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">informs the caller that parental consent is required for calls made by children; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/A/v" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="v">(v) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">in the case of a pay-per-call service that is not operated or expressly authorized by a Federal agency but that provides information on any Federal program, a statement that clearly states that the service is not authorized, endorsed, or approved by any Federal agency;</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">enable the caller to hang up at or before the end of the introductory message without incurring any charge whatsoever;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">not direct such services at children under the age of 12, unless such service is a bona fide educational service;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">stop the assessment of time-based charges immediately upon disconnection by the caller;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">disable any bypass mechanism which allows frequent callers to avoid listening to the disclosure message described in subparagraph (A) after the institution of any price increase and for a period of time sufficient to give such frequent callers adequate and sufficient notice of the price change;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">be prohibited from providing pay-per-call services through an 800 number or other telephone number advertised or widely understood to be toll free;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/G" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="G">(G) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">be prohibited from billing consumers in excess of the amounts described in the introductory message and from billing for services provided in violation of the rules prescribed by the Commission pursuant to this section;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/H" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="H">(H) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">ensure that any billing statement for such provider's charges shall—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/H/i" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">display any charges for pay-per-call services in a part of the consumer's bill that is identified as not being related to local and long distance telephone charges; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/H/ii" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">for each charge so displayed, specify, at a minimum, the type of service, the amount of the charge, and the date, time, and duration of the call;</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/I" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="I">(I) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">be liable for refunds to consumers who have been billed for pay-per-call services pursuant to programs that have been found to have violated the regulations prescribed pursuant to this section or title III of this Act or any other Federal law; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/2/J" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="J">(J) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">comply with such additional standards as the Commission may prescribe to prevent abusive practices.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Access to information.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall by rule require a common carrier that provides telephone services to a provider of pay-per-call services to make available to the Commission any records and financial information maintained by such carrier relating to the arrangements (other than for the provision of local exchange service) between such carrier and any provider of pay-per-call services.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Evasions.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The rules issued by the Commission under this section shall include provisions to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices that evade such rules or undermine the rights provided to customers under this title, including through the use of alternative billing or other procedures.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Exemptions.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The regulations prescribed by the Commission pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) may exempt from the requirements of such paragraph—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/5/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">calls from frequent callers or regular subscribers using a bypass mechanism to avoid listening to the disclosure message required by such regulations, subject to the requirements of paragraph (2)(E); or</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/5/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">pay-per-call services provided at nominal charges, as defined by the Commission in such regulations.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Consideration of other rules required.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In conducting a proceeding under this section, the Commission shall consider requiring, by rule or regulation, that providers of pay-per-call services—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/6/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">automatically disconnect a call after one full cycle of the program; and</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/6/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">include a beep tone or other appropriate and clear signal during a live interactive group program so that callers will be alerted to the passage of time.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/7" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Special rule for infrequent publications.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The rules prescribed by the Commission under subparagraphs (A) and (G) of paragraph (1) may permit, in the case of publications that are widely distributed, that are printed annually or less frequently, and that have an established policy of not publishing specific prices, advertising that in lieu of the cost disclosures required by such subparagraphs, clearly and conspicuously disclose that use of the telephone number may result in a substantial charge.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/a/8" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Treatment of rules.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A rule issued under this subsection shall be treated as a rule issued under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Rulemaking.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall prescribe the rules under subsection (a) within 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Such rules shall be prescribed in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s201/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Enforcement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any violation of any rule prescribed under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule respecting unfair or deceptive acts or practices under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45). Notwithstanding section 5(a)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(2)), communications common carriers shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission for purposes of this title.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="202">SEC. 202. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5712">15 U.S.C. 5712</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ACTIONS BY STATES. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Whenever an attorney general of any State has reason to believe that the interests of the residents of that State have been or are being threatened or adversely affected because any person has engaged or is engaging in a pattern or practice which violates any rule of the Commission under section 201(a), the State may bring a civil action on behalf of its residents in an appropriate district court of the United States to enjoin such pattern or practice, to enforce compliance with such rule of the Commission, to obtain damages on behalf of their residents, or to obtain such further and other relief as the court may deem appropriate.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Notice.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The State shall serve prior written notice of any civil action under subsection (a) upon the Commission and provide the Commission with a copy of its complaint, except that if it is not feasible for the State to provide such prior notice, the State shall serve such notice immediately upon instituting such action. Upon receiving a notice respecting a civil action, the Commission shall have the right (1) to intervene in such action, (2) upon so intervening, to be heard on all matters arising therein, and (3) to file petitions for appeal.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Venue.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any civil action brought under this section in a district court of the United States may be brought in the district wherein the defendant is found or is an inhabitant or transacts business or wherein the violation occurred or is occurring, and process in such cases may be served in any district in which the defendant is an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be found.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Investigatory Powers.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">For purposes of bringing any civil action under this section, nothing in this Act shall prevent the attorney general from exercising the powers conferred on the attorney general by the laws of such State to conduct investigations or to administer oaths or affirmations or to compel the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary and other evidence.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/e" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="e">(e) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Effect on State Court Proceedings.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit an authorized State official from proceeding in State court on the basis of an alleged violation of any general civil or criminal antifraud statute of such State.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/f" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="f">(f) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Limitation.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Whenever the Commission has instituted a civil action for violation of any rule or regulation under this Act, no State may, during the pendency of such action instituted by the Commission, subsequently institute a civil action against any defendant named in the Commission's complaint for violation of any rule as alleged in the Commission's complaint.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/g" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="g">(g) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Actions by Other State Officials.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/g/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Nothing contained in this section shall prohibit an authorized State official from proceeding in State court on the basis of an alleged violation of any general civil or criminal statute of such State.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s202/g/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">In addition to actions brought by an attorney general of a State under subsection (a), such an action may be brought by officers of such State who are authorized by the State to bring actions in such State for protection of consumers and who are designated by the Commission to bring an action under subsection (a) against persons that the Commission has determined have or are engaged in a pattern or practice which violates a rule of the Commission under section 201(a).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s203" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="203">SEC. 203. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5713">15 U.S.C. 5713</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ADMINISTRATION AND APPLICABILITY OF TITLE. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s203/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Except as otherwise provided in section 202, this title shall be enforced by the Commission under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). Consequently, no activity which is outside the jurisdiction of that Act shall be affected by this Act, except for purposes of this title.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s203/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Actions by the Commission.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall prevent any person from violating a rule of the Commission under section 201 in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were incorporated into and made a part of this title. Any person who violates such rule shall be subject to the penalties and entitled to the privileges and immunities provided in the Federal Trade Commission Act in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, power, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Act were incorporated into and made a part of this title.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s204" styleType="OLC" role="definitions"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="204">SEC. 204. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5714">15 U.S.C. 5714</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC" role="undesignated-level"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">For purposes of this title:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s204/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">pay-per-call services</term>” has the meaning provided in section 228(i) of the Communications Act of 1934, except that the Commission by rule may, notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 228(i)(1) of such Act, extend such definition to other similar services providing audio information or audio entertainment if the Commission determines that such services are susceptible to the unfair and deceptive practices that are prohibited by the rules prescribed pursuant to section 201(a).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s204/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">attorney general</term>” means the chief legal officer of a State.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s204/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">State</term>” means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tII/s204/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Commission</term>” means the Federal Trade Commission.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="III">TITLE III—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">BILLING AND COLLECTION </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="301">SEC. 301. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5721">15 U.S.C. 5721</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">REGULATIONS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">In General.—</heading> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/a/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Rules required.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall, in accordance with the requirements of this section, prescribe rules establishing procedures for the correction of billing errors with respect to telephone-billed purchases. The rules prescribed by the Commission shall also include provisions to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices that evade such rules or undermine the rights provided to customers under this title.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/a/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Substantial similarity to credit billing.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall promulgate rules under this section that impose requirements that are substantially similar to the requirements imposed, with respect to the resolution of credit disputes, under the Truth in Lending and Fair Credit Billing Acts (15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/a/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Treatment of rule.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A rule issued under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a rule issued under section 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 57(a)(1)(B)).</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Rulemaking Schedule and Procedure.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall prescribe the rules under subsection (a) within 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act. Such rules shall be prescribed in accordance with section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Enforcement.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any violation of any rule prescribed under subsection (a) shall be treated as a violation of a rule under section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices. Notwithstanding section 5(a)(2) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 45(a)(2)), communications common carriers shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission for purposes of this title.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="d">(d) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Correction of Billing Errors and Correction of Credit Reports.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">In prescribing rules under this section, the Commission shall consider, with respect to telephone-billed purchases, the following:</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The initiation of a billing review by a customer.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Responses by billing entities and providing carriers to the initiation of a billing review.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Investigations concerning delivery of telephone-billed purchases.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Limitations upon providing carrier responsibilities, including limitations on a carrier's responsibility to verify delivery of audio information or entertainment.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Requirements on actions by billing entities to set aside charges from a customer's billing statement.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Limitations on collection actions by billing entities and vendors.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/7" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="7">(7) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The regulation of credit reports on billing disputes.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/8" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="8">(8) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The prompt notification of credit to an account.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/9" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="9">(9) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Rights of customers and telephone common carriers regarding claims and defenses.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s301/d/10" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="10">(10) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The extent to which the regulations should diverge from requirements under the Truth in Lending and Fair Credit Billing Acts in order to protect customers, and in order to be cost effective to billing entities.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s302" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="302">SEC. 302. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5722">15 U.S.C. 5722</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">RELATION TO STATE LAWS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s302/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">State Law Applicable Unless Inconsistent.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This title does not annul, alter, or affect, or exempt any person subject to the provisions of this title from complying with, the laws of any State with respect to telephone billing practices, except to the extent that those laws are inconsistent with any provision of this title, and then only to the extent of the inconsistency. The Commission is authorized to determine whether such inconsistencies exist. The Commission may not determine that any State law is inconsistent with any provision of this chapter if the Commission determines that such law gives greater protection to the consumer.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s302/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Regulatory Exemptions.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall by regulation exempt from the requirements of this title any class of telephone-billed purchase transactions within any State if it determines that under the law of that State that class of transactions is subject to requirements substantially similar to those imposed under this chapter or that such law gives greater protection to the consumer, and that there is adequate provision for enforcement.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s303" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="303">SEC. 303. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5723">15 U.S.C. 5723</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">ENFORCEMENT. </heading> <content style="-uslm-dtd:text" class="block">The Commission shall enforce the requirements of this title. For the purpose of the exercise by the Commission of its functions and powers under the Federal Trade Commission Act, a violation of any requirement imposed under this title shall be deemed a violation of a requirement imposed under that Act. All the functions and powers of the Commission under that Act are available to the Commission to enforce compliance by any person with the requirements imposed under this title, irrespective of whether that person is engaged in commerce or meets any other jurisdictional tests in that Act. The Commission may prescribe such regulations as are necessary or appropriate to implement the provisions of this title.</content> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304" styleType="OLC" role="definitions"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="304">SEC. 304. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s5724">15 U.S.C. 5724</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">DEFINITIONS. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" styleType="OLC" role="undesignated-level"><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">As used in this title—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">telephone-billed purchase</term>” means any purchase that is completed solely as a consequence of the completion of the call or a subsequent dialing, touch tone entry, or comparable action of the caller. Such term does not include—</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/1/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">a purchase by a caller pursuant to a preexisting agreement with the vendor;</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/1/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">local exchange telephone services or interexchange telephone services or any service that the Federal Communications Commission determines, by rule—</chapeau> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/1/B/i" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="i">(i) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is closely related to the provision of local exchange telephone services or interexchange telephone services; and</content> </clause> <clause style="-uslm-dtd:clause" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/1/B/ii" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="ii">(ii) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">is subject to billing dispute resolution procedures required by Federal or State statute or regulation; or</content> </clause> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/1/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the purchase of goods or services which is otherwise subject to billing dispute resolution procedures required by Federal statute or regulation.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">A “<term style="-uslm-dtd:quote">billing error</term>” consists of any of the following:</chapeau> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/A" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="A">(A) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A reflection on a billing statement for a telephone-billed purchase which was not made by the customer or, if made, was not in the amount reflected on such statement.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/B" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="B">(B) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A reflection on a billing statement of a telephone-billed purchase for which the customer requests additional clarification, including documentary evidence thereof.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/C" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="C">(C) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A reflection on a billing statement of a telephone-billed purchase that was not accepted by the customer or not provided to the customer in accordance with the stated terms of the transaction.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/D" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="D">(D) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A reflection on a billing statement of a telephone-billed purchase for a call made to an 800 or other toll free telephone number.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/E" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="E">(E) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The failure to reflect properly on a billing statement a payment made by the customer or a credit issued to the customer with respect to a telephone-billed purchase.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/F" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="F">(F) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">A computation error or similar error of an accounting nature on a statement.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/G" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="G">(G) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Failure to transmit the billing statement to the last known address of the customer, unless that address was furnished less than twenty days before the end of the billing cycle for which the statement is required.</content> </subparagraph> <subparagraph style="-uslm-dtd:subparagraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/2/H" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="H">(H) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Any other error described in regulations prescribed by the Commission pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</content> </subparagraph> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">Commission</term>” means the Federal Trade Commission.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/4" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="4">(4) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">providing carrier</term>” means a local exchange or interexchange common carrier providing telephone services (other than local exchange services) to a vendor for a telephone-billed purchase that is the subject of a billing error complaint.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/5" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="5">(5) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">vendor</term>” means any person who, through the use of the telephone, offers goods or services for a telephone-billed purchase.</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIII/s304/6" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="6">(6) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The term “<term style="-uslm-dtd:term">customer</term>” means any person who acquires or attempts to acquire goods or services in a telephone-billed purchase.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> </section> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="IV">TITLE IV—</num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS </heading> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="401">SEC. 401. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">PROPOSAL FOR DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL OF INNOVATIVE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES. </heading> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401/a" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="a">(a) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Demonstration Proposal.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, shall submit to Congress a proposal for demonstrating the ability of new and innovative communications equipment and services to further the national goals of conserving energy and protecting public health and safety.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Factors To Be Addressed.—</heading><chapeau style="-uslm-dtd:text">The demonstration proposal required by subsection (a) shall address—</chapeau> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401/b/1" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="1">(1) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the feasibility of using communications technologies to read meters from remote locations;</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401/b/2" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="2">(2) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the feasibility of managing the consumption of electrical power and natural gas by residences and businesses, thereby reducing the demand for new and additional sources of energy, and controlling the cost of providing improved utility services; and</content> </paragraph> <paragraph style="-uslm-dtd:paragraph" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401/b/3" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="3">(3) </num><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">the public safety implications of monitoring utility services outages during earthquakes, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters.</content> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s401/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Project To Demonstrate Energy Conservation Potential.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">Upon submission of the demonstration proposal to the Congress, the Secretary of Energy shall consider requesting from the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information the authority to use radio frequencies, pursuant to section 305 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 305), to carry out demonstration projects consistent with the proposal that are designed to demonstrate the energy conservation potential of communications technologies and which are administered by the Secretary of Energy.</content> </subsection> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s402" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="402">SEC. 402. </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s227">47 U.S.C. 227</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. </heading><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 402 contained amendments to section 227(b)(2) of the Communications Act of 1934.<b>]</b> </editorialNote> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided> </section> <section style="-uslm-dtd:section" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s403" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="403">SEC. 403. </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">INTERCEPTION OF CELLULAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS. </heading> <elided style="-uslm-dtd:omitted-text">* * * * * * *</elided><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:legis-comment"><b>[</b>Section 403(a) contained amendments to section 302 of the Communications Act of 1934.<b>]</b> </editorialNote> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s403/b" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="b">(b) </num><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Report to Congress.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">The Commission shall report to Congress no later than June 1, 1993, on available security features for both analog and digital radio signals. This report shall include a study of security technologies currently available as well as those in development. The study shall assess the capabilities of such technologies, level of security afforded, and cost, with wide-spread deployment of such technologies.</content> </subsection> <subsection style="-uslm-dtd:subsection" identifier="/us/sComp/102/556/tIV/s403/c" styleType="OLC"> <num style="-uslm-dtd:enum" value="c">(c) </num><editorialNote style="-uslm-dtd:usc-reference" role="uscRef"><b>[</b><ref href="/us/usc/t47/s302a">47 U.S.C. 302a note</ref><b>]</b> </editorialNote><heading style="-uslm-dtd:header">Effect on Other Laws.—</heading><content style="-uslm-dtd:text">This section shall not affect section 2512(2) of title 18, United States Code.</content> </subsection> </section>