US Congress Senate Bill 2825 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-12-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act or the Cell Phone ETF Act - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring, at a minimum, that providers of commercial mobile service: (1) prorate any early termination fee over the term of a subscriber's contract; and (2) link the fee to the cost to the provider of the handset provided to the subscriber, reduced by the price paid by the subscriber for the handset at the start of a subscriber's contract. Prohibits construing this Act to preempt related state or local laws.

Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act

Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]

Sen. Russell Feingold [D-WI]

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]

Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-03		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB5583 (Same As) 2010-06-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/2825/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s2825/BILLS-111s2825is.pdf