S 2469 · 97th Congress · Science, Technology, Communications
International Telecommunications Act of 1982
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Introduced2
Committee3
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House5
EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 961.(1982-11-30)
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International Telecommunications Deregulation Act of 1982 - Title I: General - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to set forth a new title of such Act to deal with international telecommunications. Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to enforce such title. States that the title applies to international telecommunications, all radio transmissions that originate or are received outside the United States, and all persons engaged in the United States in such international telecommunications or such radio transmissions. Sets forth the definitions of terms used in the new title. Directs the FCC to establish a plan to carry out the provisions of the international telecommunications title to foster marketplace competition and to implement deregulation within a specified time. Expresses the U.S. policy to rely on marketplace competition and on the private sector to provide international telecommunications services and to encourage the development of effective competition. Establishes a presumption that there are no basic technological, operational, or economic factors which would preclude the provision of international telecommunications service under competitive conditio…
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Cosponsors (2)
1 Democrat1 Republican