H.R. 460: Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017

CBO Score

$4 million

Date of Report

Mon January 30th, 2017

CBO Report Details

Legislation Details

115th Congress

To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications.

Sponsor: Rep. David Young — R — IA

This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require intermediate providers that offer the capability to transmit voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charge a rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for such a transmission, to: (1) register with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and (2) comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC.

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