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S 2825 111th Congress Senate

Cell Phone ETF Act

Official title: A bill to require cell phone early termination fees to be pro-rated over the term of a subscriber's contract, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 3, 2009 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory proceduresFederal Communications Commission (FCC)Telecommunication rates and feesTelephone and wireless communication
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 3, 2009
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 Latest action December 3, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act or the Cell Phone ETF Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring, at a minimum, that providers of commercial mobile service: (1) prorate any early termination fee over the term of a subscriber's contract; and (2) link the fee to the cost to the provider of the handset provided to the subscriber, reduced by the price paid by the subscriber for the handset at the start of a subscriber's contract.

Prohibits construing this Act to preempt related state or local laws.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5583 Identical bill Cell Phone ETF Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2825: Cell Phone ETF Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2825/
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"S. 2825: Cell Phone ETF Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2825/.
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S. 2825, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2825/.
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