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HRES 234 114th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural conditions and development Telephone and wireless communication

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.

Introduced: April 29, 2015 Introduced by: Latta, Robert E. Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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May 1, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 29, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) all telephone service providers must appropriately complete calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by such providers, and (2) no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in rural areas.

Declares that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should: (1) pursue entities whose violations of FCC rules contribute to a lack of quality telecommunications services in rural areas, (2) impose enforcement actions to discourage such uncompleted calls and unreasonable discrimination, and (3) establish a definitive solution to such discrimination.

What's happening now May 1, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Apr 29, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 234: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-234/
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"H. Res. 234: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-234/.
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H. Res. 234, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-234/.
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[H. Res. 234: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-234/)
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