TELEPHONES

Amendments

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (S. 251), S10115 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions

Advertising: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (see S. 30), S169 [7JA] (see H.R. 1110), H2601 [23FE] (see H.R. 1258), H2923 [3MR]

Armed Forces: improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

———improve equitable relief available for servicemembers called to active duty relative to cellular telephone contracts, residential or motor vehicle leases, and tuition (see H.R. 2874), H6805 [15JN]

Business and industry: require employees at call centers who initiate or receive telephone calls to disclose physical location of such employees (see H.R. 3621), H9806 [22SE]

Community service: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see S. 211), S308 [12JA] (see H.R. 211), H35 [6JA]

Consumers: facilitate number portability in order to increase consumer choice of voice service provider (see H.R. 2357), H5483 [12MY]

———require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (see S. 562), S2965 [10MR] (see H.R. 3993), H12287 [3NO]

———require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated over the term of a subscriber's contract (see S. 2825), S12321 [3DE]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see S. 251), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 560), H380 [15JA]

———prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (see S. 1749), S10110 [5OC]

Courts: provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 876), S4669 [23AP]

———repeal retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies in certain civil actions involving Presidentially authorized surveillance (see S. 1725), S9930 [29SE]

Crime: prevent, promote awareness of, and educate the public on mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 3040), H7445 [25JN]

———prohibit fraud and related activities in connection with purchases of certain wireless prepaid access devices (see H.R. 2449), H5666 [14MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving (see S. 1938), S10777 [27OC] (see H.R. 3994), H12287 [3NO]

Economy: establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (see H.R. 1472), H3400 [12MR]

Education: provide universal service support to Head Start programs (see H.R. 2166), H4998 [29AP]

Electronics: require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken (see H.R. 414), H161 [9JA]

EPA: award grants for electronic device recycling research, development, and demonstration projects (see S. 1397), S7138 [6JY]

FCC: prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 1133), H2602 [23FE]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: establish a telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal or State banking agency (see H.R. 1455), H3399 [12MR]

FTC: explicitly prohibit the sending of text messages containing an unsolicited advertisement to a cellular telephone number listed on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 1391), H3104 [9MR]

———issue new rules preventing telemarketing firms from calling during certain hours (see H.R. 522), H324 [14JA]

———review volume usage service plans of major broadband Internet service providers to ensure that such plans are fairly based on cost (see H.R. 2902), H6903 [16JN]

———revise ``do-not-call'' registry regulations to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls (see H.R. 116), H32 [6JA]

Immigration: reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H2873 [26FE]

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (see S. Con. Res. 45), S10162 [6OC]

———grant consular access by Switzerland to detained U.S. hikers, allow telephone communication, and facilitate reunification with their families (see S. Con. Res. 40), S9653 [22SE] (see H. Con. Res. 189), H9807 [22SE]

Medicare: provide payments for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services when such payments are cost and quality effective (see H.R. 3826), H11457 [15OC]

National Information and Referral Services Day: designate (see H. Res. 187), H2632 [24FE] (see H. Res. 198), H2874 [26FE]

Political campaigns: regulate political outreach through automated prerecorded phone messages (see S. 1077), S5614 [19MY]

———require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (see H.R. 2370), H5484 [12MY]

Privacy: prohibit certain disclosures of cell phone numbers (see H.R. 428), H161 [9JA]

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (see S. 1536), S8271 [29JY] (see H.R. 3535), H9341 [8SE]

———reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting the use of certain communication devices while operating a motor vehicle (see H.R. 3829), H11457 [15OC]

Safety: encourage States to adopt laws that set clear guidelines for contact protocols for personal emergency response systems used by senior citizens (see H. Res. 751), H9730 [17SE]

Supreme Court: provide for non-discretionary review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities (see S. 877), S4669 [23AP]

Taxation: provide an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas (see H.R. 691), H526 [26JA]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure (see H.R. 760), H778 [28JA]

———remove cell phones from limitation on depreciation when used for personal purposes (see H.R. 3802), H11297 [13OC]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S43 [6JA] (see H.R. 690), H526 [26JA]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 47), S40 (see S. 71), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 2203), H5060 [30AP] (see H.R. 3011), H7248 [24JN]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see S. 1192), S6186 [4JN] (see H.R. 1521), H3437 [16MR]

Telecommunications: authorize grants to State and local law enforcement training centers on collection from carriers and use of call location information in emergency situations (see H.R. 3698), H10455 [1OC]

———expand broadband deployment (see S. 1447), S7480 [14JY]

———prohibit unsolicited text message spam (see S. 788), S4310 [2AP]

———require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see S. 649), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 3125), H7836 [8JY]

———require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see H.R. 3717), H10456 [1OC] (see H.R. 3803), H11297 [13OC]

———require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies and authorize training for State and local agencies on collection and use of such information (see H.R. 3682), H10407 [30SE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 348), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 2135), H4914 [28AP]

Letters

Helping Active Duty Deployed Act: Patrick Campbell, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (organization), E1428 [15JN]

Remarks in House

Advertising: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (H.R. 1110), H14896, H14897, H14946 [15DE]

Armed Forces: improve equitable relief available for servicemembers called to active duty relative to cellular telephone contracts and residential or motor vehicle leases, H7348, H7349 [25JN]

———improve equitable relief available for servicemembers called to active duty relative to cellular telephone contracts, residential or motor vehicle leases, and tuition (H.R. 2874), E1428 [15JN]

Credit: prohibit fees for telephone or electronic transfer payments, require warning on adverse effects of excessive credit inquiries, impose readability standards, and establish disclosure requirements, H5017 [30AP]

Dept. of Justice: National Sexual Assault Hotline programs funding, E1500 [18JN]

Economy: establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (H.R. 1472), H3341 [12MR]

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council: establish a telephone number that consumers with complaints or inquiries could call and be routed to the appropriate Federal or State banking agency (H.R. 1455), E651 [12MR]

Immigration: reform detention procedures, H7180, H7181 [24JN]

———reform detention procedures (H.R. 1215), H2866 [26FE], E3015 [15DE]

Infrastructure: funding, H13503 [3DE]

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (S. Con. Res. 45), H11830-H11832 [27OC]

Political campaigns: require disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for Federal office (H.R. 2370), E1119 [12MY]

Roads and highways: reduce Federal highway funds available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting an individual from writing, sending, or reading text messages while operating a motor vehicle (H.R. 3535), H10412 [1OC]

Taxation: prohibit imposition of a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property, H6830 [16JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (H.R. 2203), E1042 [30AP]

Telecommunications: improve broadband services to underserved and rural areas, H566 [27JA]

Remarks in Senate

Advertising: prohibit deceptive altering or disguising of caller identification on outbound telephone calls (S. 30), S173 [7JA]

Consumers: require accurate and reasonable disclosure of the terms and conditions of prepaid telephone calling cards and services (S. 562), S2967 [10MR]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (S. 251), S10112, S10115-S10117 [5OC]

———prohibit possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners (S. 1749), S10112 [5OC]

Courts: provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (S. 876), S4621-S4626, S4678 [23AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a grant program to encourage States to enact laws to reduce injuries and deaths caused by cellphone use and texting while driving (S. 1938), S10785 [27OC], S10943 [29OC]

Iran: allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers, S12516 [5DE], S13873 [23DE]

———allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of detained U.S. hikers (S. Con. Res. 45), S10168 [6OC], S11984 [30NO], S13352 [17DE]

Political campaigns: regulate political outreach through automated prerecorded phone messages (S. 1077), S5620 [19MY]

Supreme Court: provide for non-discretionary review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities (S. 877), S4621-S4626, S4679 [23AP]

Taxation: provide an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2015 [9FE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (S. 144), S129 [6JA]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (S. 1192), S6204 [4JN]

Telecommunications: improve broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2049 [10FE]

———prohibit unsolicited text message spam (S. 788), S4319 [2AP]

———require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (S. 649), S3557 [19MR]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (S. 348), S1063 [29JA]

Reports filed

Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1110) (H. Rept. 111-321), H12197 [2NO]

Safe Prisons Communications Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 251) (S. Rept. 111-79), S9839 [24SE]

Truth in Caller ID Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 30) (S. Rept. 111-96), S10989 [2NO]

Texts of

H.R. 1110, Preventing Harassment Through Outbound Number Enforcement (PHONE) Act, H14896 [15DE]

S. 30, Truth in Caller ID Act, S174 [7JA]

S. 251, Safe Prisons Communications Act, S10115-S10117 [5OC]

S. 562, Prepaid Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, S2968-S2970 [10MR]

S. 876, provide for substitution of the U.S. in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, S4678 [23AP]

S. 877, provide for non-discretionary Supreme Court review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities, S4680 [23AP]

S. 1077, Robocall Privacy Act, S5621 [19MY]

S. 1749, Cell Phone Contraband Act, S10112 [5OC]

S. Con. Res. 40, grant consular access by Switzerland to detained U.S. hikers in Iran, allow telephone communication, and facilitate reunification with their families, S9682 [22SE]

S. Con. Res. 45, allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of U.S. hikers detained by Iran, H11830 [27OC]

S. Con. Res. 45, allow telephone communication by and facilitate reunification with the families of U.S. hikers detained in Iran, S10166, S10168 [6OC]