HR 1039 · 102th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Telephone Slamming Prohibition Act of 1991

Introduced 1991-02-20· Sponsored by Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-3]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.(1991-03-01)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Telephone Slamming Prohibition Act of 1991 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to regulate the submission of changes in customers' selections of a primary interexchange carrier (carrier). Requires any carrier that solicits a change in a customer's selection of a carrier to: (1) identify the carrier making the solicitation; (2) state that the purpose of the solicitation is to solicit a change of carrier and that the customer's carrier may not be changed unless and until the sale is confirmed; (3) describe any charge for processing the change that may be imposed by the customer's local exchange carrier; and (4) identify and describe the confirmation that the customer has authorized such change. Bars any interexchange carrier from submitting a carrier change order (other than a customer-initiated carrier change) to a local exchange carrier unless and until it has obtained confirmation of the order. Makes such confirmation ineffective unless: (1) the confirmation is solicited more than 24 hours after the carrier obtains from the customer the initial authorization to submit the change; (2) the carrier provides to the customer an explanation of what occurs when a carrier is changed; …

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats