S 2800 · 101th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1990

Introduced 1990-06-27· Sponsored by Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]· Senate

Bill Progress

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House
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 815.(1990-09-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Communications Competitiveness and Infrastructure Modernization Act of 1990 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit a telephone company from providing video programming in its telephone exchange service area unless such video programming is provided through a subsidiary that is separate from such carrier and that: (1) maintains separate books and accounts; (2) carries out directly its own marketing and sales; and (3) does not own real or personal property in common with the parent telephone company. Requires any contract between a telephone company and its video programming subsidiary to be regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and be without cost to ratepayers of the telephone company involved. Allows such requirement to be waived by the FCC in the public interest. Prohibits a carrier which provides telephone exchange service from subsidizing directly or indirectly its separate video program subsidiary, subject to divestiture by the FCC. Prohibits a video program packager from providing affiliated video programming services in excess of one-fourth of the total number of video program services simultaneously available for customer selection. Requires …

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Cosponsors (8)

2 Democrats6 Republicans