Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Telecommunication rates and fees

Bill Introduced: S.912 Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to allow multichannel video programming distributors to provide video programming to subscribers on an a la carte basis, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.874 Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2013

2013-05-06T20:00:00Z

A bill to prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1685 Broadband Adoption Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to reform and modernize the Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program.

Bill Introduced: S.774 A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms.

2013-04-21T20:00:00Z

A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the Federal Communications Commission's universal service reforms.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1403 Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2013

2013-03-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.6 A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

2013-03-05T19:00:00Z

A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.989 To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other purposes.

2013-03-05T19:00:00Z

To prohibit the use of funds for the Lifeline program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.16 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

2013-02-14T19:00:00Z

Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.176 Stop Taxpayer Funded Cell Phones Act of 2011

2013-01-03T19:00:00Z

To prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6624 Family Telephone Connection Protection Act of 2012

2012-11-29T19:00:00Z

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6526 Restore Effective Statistics to the Calculation of USF Expenditures Act of 2012

2012-09-20T20:00:00Z

To provide that an Order of the Federal Communications Commission adopting a methodology for establishing certain benchmarks for Universal Service Fund high-cost loop support shall have no force or effect and to require the Commission to prepare a report on alternatives to such methodology.

Bill Introduced: S.3301 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2013

2012-06-13T20:00:00Z

An original bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.3291 Fair Telephone Billing Act of 2012

2012-06-12T20:00:00Z

A bill to prohibit unauthorized third-party charges on wireline telephone bills, and for other purposes.

Bill Enacted: H.R.3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

2012-02-21T19:00:00Z

To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.

February 21, 2012: Became Public Law No: 112-96.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

2012-02-21T19:00:00Z

To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.

February 21, 2012: Presented to President.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

2012-02-21T19:00:00Z

To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.

February 21, 2012: Signed by President.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4059 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a position for a representative of Indian Tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal service, and for other purposes.

2012-02-15T19:00:00Z

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish a position for a representative of Indian Tribes on the Joint Board overseeing the implementation of universal service, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.2008 Next Generation Television Marketplace Act of 2011

2011-12-15T19:00:00Z

A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, title 17 of the United States Code, and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission that intervened in the television marketplace, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3675 Next Generation Television Marketplace Act

2011-12-14T19:00:00Z

To repeal certain provisions of the Communications Act of 1934, title 17 of the United States Code, and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission that intervened in the television marketplace, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011

2011-12-08T19:00:00Z

To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes.