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HR 2120 107th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Affiliated corporations Antitrust law Commerce Competition Department of Justice Government Operations and Politics Law Monopolies Restrictive trade practices Telecommunication industry Telephone

Broadband Antitrust Restoration and Reform Act

Introduced: June 12, 2001 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Jun 13, 2001
Motion to Report Measure Defeated by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 19.
Jun 13, 2001
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 12, 2001
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 12, 2001
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Broadband Antitrust Restoration and Reform Act - Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit a Bell operating company (BOC) or an affiliate thereof from providing interLATA service in any of its in-region States under the authority of any amendment to the Communications Act of 1934 enacted after June 13, 2001: (1) unless it files with the Attorney General an application to provide such service; and (2) until the Attorney General either approves or fails to act on such application within 90 days.

Authorizes the Attorney General to issue rules to establish requirements applicable to the form and contents of applications, and to make recommendations regarding withdrawal of applications or the filing of an application subsequent to withdrawal.

Prohibits the Attorney General from approving an application upon determining that the applicant: (1) has monopoly power in the local exchange market; and (2) is using or is likely to use its monopoly power in order to engage in exclusionary or other anti-competitive conduct. Authorizes the Attorney General, upon making such determination, to reinstate with respect to such applicant any Federal regulation in effect as of June 13, 2001, which the Attorney General determines was designed to protect against exclusionary conduct or other abusive monopoly power.

What's happening now June 25, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1