SRES 157
113th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas.
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2013
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
Dec 19, 2013
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and with a preamble. With written report No. 113-130.
Jul 30, 2013
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 23, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3865)
May 23, 2013
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) all communications service providers must appropriately complete telephone calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by such providers; (2) no entity may unreasonably discriminate against communications service in rural areas; and (3) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should pursue violators of FCC rules, impose enforcement actions to discourage uncompleted telephone calls and unreasonable discrimination, and establish a definitive solution to discrimination against communications service in rural areas.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 276.
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