[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3232-S3233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2311. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. Fischer) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 5515, to 
authorize

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appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. TERMINATION OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING AND 
                   INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE CONTRACTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 305A of the Servicemembers Civil 
     Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``, multichannel 
     video programming, and internet access'' after ``telephone'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``cellular telephone 
     service or telephone exchange service'' and inserting 
     ``commercial mobile service, telephone exchange service, 
     internet access service, or multichannel video programming 
     service'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ``for commercial mobile 
     service or telephone exchange service'' before 
     ``terminated'';
       (4) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``cellular telephone service'' and inserting 
     ``commercial mobile service'';
       (5) in subsection (e)--
       (A) by striking ``For any'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) In general.--For any'';
       (B) by striking ``If the'' and inserting the following:
       ``(2) Reinstatement of service.--If the''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Return of provider-owned equipment.--If a 
     servicemember terminates a contract under subsection (a), the 
     servicemember shall return any provider-owned consumer 
     premises equipment to the service provider not later than 10 
     days after the date on which service is disconnected.''; and
       (6) in subsection (g)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
       (B) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) The term `commercial mobile service' has the meaning 
     given that term in section 332(d) of the Communications Act 
     of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)).
       ``(2) The term `multichannel video programming service' 
     means a subscription video service offered by a multichannel 
     video programming distributor, as that term is defined in 
     section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
     522), over a system the distributor owns or controls.
       ``(3) The term `provider-owned consumer premises equipment' 
     means any equipment that a provider of internet access 
     service or multichannel video programming service rents or 
     loans to a customer during the provision of that service, 
     including gateways, routers, cable modems, voice-capable 
     modems, CableCARDs, converters, digital adapters, remote 
     controls, and any other equipment provided.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendments.--
       (1) Title heading.--The heading for title III of the 
     Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended by striking 
     ``TELEPHONE'' and inserting ``COMMUNICATIONS''.
       (2) Table of contents.--The table of contents in section 
     1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended--
       (A) by striking the item relating to title III and 
     inserting the following:

``TITLE III--RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, 
            LEASES, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CONTRACTS''; and

       (B) by striking the item relating to section 305A and 
     inserting the following:

``Sec. 305A. Termination of telephone, multichannel video programming, 
              and internet access service contracts.''.
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