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HR 3788 112th Congress House Taxation Emergency communications systems Sales and excise taxes State and local taxation Telephone and wireless communication User charges and fees

E911 Surcharge Fairness Act of 2011

Introduced: January 18, 2012 Introduced by: Davis, Danny K. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.
Jan 18, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Jan 18, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

E911 Surcharge Fairness Act of 2011 - Prohibits any state or local government from: (1) imposing a new unfair or inequitable E911 fee, tax, or surcharge with respect to any prepaid mobile service, provider, or customer; or (2) enforcing a new or existing E911 fee in an unfair or inequitable manner.

Defines "E911 fee" as any 911 or E911 fee, tax, or surcharge specifically imposed or designated by a state or local government for the support of 911 or E911 communications systems and related public safety purposes.

Defines as "unfair or inequitable" any E911 fee that: (1) cannot be collected from end-users who are the intended payors of the fees under the existing wireless business model of the prepaid mobile service provider, or (2) is enforced in a manner that imposes strict liability on a prepaid mobile service provider for its inability to collect such fee as so prescribed.

Defines an "unfair or inequitable manner" as: (1) the imposition against a prepaid mobile service provider or seller of any E911 fee that the provider cannot collect from its end-user customers who are the intended payors of the fees under its existing wireless business model, (2) the enforcement of an E911 fee against a prepaid mobile service provider in a manner that creates strict liability for the provider or seller for its inability to collect as so prescribed, or (3) the imposition of a E911 fee in a manner that results in the fee being subject to other state or local taxes when such taxes are not equally imposed on the E911 fees paid by postpaid mobile service customers.

What's happening now January 25, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3788: E911 Surcharge Fairness Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-3788/
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