HR 496 · 107th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications
Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2001-03-22)
Plain Language Summary
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Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to define a "two percent carrier" as an incumbent local telecommunications exchange carrier with fewer than two percent of the Nation's subscriber lines installed in the aggregate nationwide. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in adopting rules that apply to incumbent local exchange carriers, to separately evaluate the burden that any proposed regulatory, compliance, or reporting requirements would have on two percent carriers. Prohibits the FCC from requiring a two percent carrier to: (1) file cost allocation manuals or Automated Reporting and Management Information systems; or (2) establish or maintain a separate affiliate to provide any common carrier or noncommon carrier services or to maintain separate officers, personnel, facilities, books or accounts, or other operations. States that the participation or withdrawal from participation by a two percent carrier of one or more study areas in the common line tariff administered and filed by the National Exchange Carrier Association or any successor tariff or administrator shall not obligate such carrier to par…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 496, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001
Mar 12, 2001<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 496, Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001
Mar 12, 2001Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 28, 2001
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (13)
4 Democrats9 Republicans