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S 2825 111th Congress Senate Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Telecommunication rates and fees Telephone and wireless communication

Cell Phone ETF Act

Introduced: December 3, 2009 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dec 3, 2009
Introduced in Senate
 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.

What's happening now December 3, 2009

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

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