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SJRES 77 102th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Armed forces abroad International Affairs Iraq Kuwait Military intervention Military occupation Persian Gulf Persian Gulf War Saudi Arabia Telephone rates

A joint resolution relative to telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Storm personnel.

Introduced: February 21, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 15 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 29, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Apr 29, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
Apr 26, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
Apr 18, 1991
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Apr 18, 1991
Referred jointly to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 18, 1991
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Apr 18, 1991
Received in the House.
Apr 17, 1991
Passed Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Apr 17, 1991
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Apr 16, 1991
By Senator Hollings from Committee on Commerce filed written report. Report No. 102-38.
Mar 21, 1991
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 56.
Mar 21, 1991
Committee on Commerce. Reported to Senate by Senator Hollings with an amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Mar 19, 1991
Committee on Commerce. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Feb 21, 1991
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
Feb 21, 1991
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for: (1) the Department of State to undertake to convince the Government of Saudi Arabia to eliminate the surcharge on telephone calls by U.S. service persons where Saudi facilities are not used in transmission and to reduce the charge applicable to calls using Saudi facilities; (2) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to exercise its existing regulatory authority to ensure that local and interexchange telephone service providers adopt flexible billing procedures and policies in connection with costs incurred by service persons or their families for telephone calls to and from the Persian Gulf; (3) the FCC to work with State authorities to ensure that no family or spouse is disconnected from basic telephone service due to financial hardship imposed by such costs; and (4) U.S. long distance service carriers to file, and the FCC to immediately consider, special reduced rates to and from the Saudi Arabia theater for the duration of the conflict.

What's happening now April 29, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.

 Bill text 4 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Feb 21, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 77: A joint resolution relative to telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Storm personnel.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-SJRES-77/
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