S 2125 · 113th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications

Public Safety and Economic Security Communications Act of 2014

Introduced 2014-03-13· Sponsored by Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]· Senate

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Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2014-03-13)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Public Safety and Economic Security Communications Act of 2014 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require an intermediate provider that offers the capability to transmit certain voice communications and signaling information from one destination to another, and that charges a rate to any other entity (including an affiliated entity) for the transmission, to: (1) register with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and (2) comply with service quality standards to be established by the FCC. Defines "intermediate provider" as any entity that: (1) carries or processes traffic that is generated from the placement of a call from a connection using a North American Numbering Plan resource or a call placed to a connection using such a numbering resource, and (2) does not itself originate or terminate such traffic in the context of the carriage or processing. Prohibits certain long-distance voice service providers (including local exchange carriers, interexchange carriers, commercial mobile radio services, interconnected voice over Internet Protocol [VoIP] services, and certain non-interconnected VoIP services) from using an intermediate provider to transmit voice co…

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Cosponsors (11)

10 Democrats1 Independent