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TELECOM
ACT OF 1996
SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES.
(a) Short Title: This Act may be cited as the 'Telecommunications
Act of 1996'.
(b) References: Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section
or other provision, the reference shall be considered
to be made to a section or other provision of the Communications
Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
Sec.
3. Definitions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
TITLE
I--TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
Subtitle
A--Telecommunications Services
Sec. 101. Establishment
of part II of title II.Part
II--Development of Competitive Markets
Sec. 251. Interconnection.
Sec. 252. Procedures
for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements.
Sec. 253. Removal of barriers to entry.
Sec. 254. Universal service.
Sec. 255. Access by persons with disabilities.
Sec. 256. Coordination
for interconnectivity.
Sec. 257. Market entry barriers proceeding.
Sec. 258. Illegal changes in subscriber carrier selections.
Sec. 259. Infrastructure sharing.
Sec. 260. Provision of telemessaging service.
Sec. 261. Effect on other requirements.
Sec. 102. Eligible telecommunications carriers.
Sec. 103. Exempt telecommunications companies.
Sec. 104. Nondiscrimination principle.
Subtitle
B--Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating
Companies
Sec. 151.
Bell operating company provisions.
Part
III--Special Provisions Concerning Bell Operating Companies
Sec. 271.
Bell operating company entry into interLATA services.
Sec. 272. Separate affiliate; safeguards.
Sec. 273. Manufacturing by Bell operating companies.
Sec. 274. Electronic publishing by Bell operating companies.
Sec. 275. Alarm monitoring services.
Sec. 276. Provision of payphone service.
TITLE
II--BROADCAST SERVICES
Sec. 201. Broadcast
spectrum flexibility.
Sec. 336. Broadcast spectrum flexibility.
Sec. 202. Broadcast ownership.
Sec. 203. Term of licenses.
Sec. 204. Broadcast license renewal procedures.
Sec. 205. Direct broadcast satellite service.
Sec. 206. Automated ship distress and safety systems.
Sec. 365. Automated ship distress and safety systems.
Sec. 207. Restrictions on over-the-air reception devices.
TITLE
III--CABLE SERVICES
Sec. 301. Cable
Act reform.
Sec. 302. Cable service provided by telephone companies.
Part
V--Video Programming Services Provided by Telephone
Companies
Sec. 651. Regulatory
treatment of video programming services.
Sec. 652. Prohibition on buy outs.
Sec. 653. Establishment of open video systems
Sec. 303. Preemption of franchising authority regulation
of telecommunications services.
Sec. 304. Competitive availability of navigation devices.
Sec. 629. Competitive availability of navigation devices.
Sec. 305. Video programming accessibility.
Sec. 713. Video programming accessibility.
TITLE
IV--REGULATORY REFORM
Sec. 401. Regulatory
forbearance.
Sec. 10. Competition in provision of telecommunications
service.
Sec. 402. Biennial review of regulations; regulatory
relief.
Sec. 11. Regulatory reform.
Sec. 403. Elimination of unnecessary Commission regulations
and functions.
TITLE
V--OBSCENITY AND VIOLENCE
Subtitle A--Obscene, Harassing, and Wrongful Utilization
of Telecommunications Facilities
Sec. 501.
Short title.
Sec. 502. Obscene or harassing use of telecommunications
facilities under the Communications Act of 1934.
Sec. 503. Obscene programming on cable television.
Sec. 504. Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers.
Sec. 640. Scrambling of cable channels for nonsubscribers.
Sec. 505. Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video
service programming.
Sec. 641. Scrambling of sexually explicit adult video
service programming.
Sec. 506. Cable operator refusal to carry certain programs.
Sec. 507. Clarification of current laws regarding communication
of obscene materials through the use of computers.
Sec. 508. Coercion and enticement of minors.
Sec. 509. Online family empowerment.
Sec. 230. Protection for private blocking and screening
of offensive material.
Subtitle
B--Violence
Sec. 551. Parental
choice in television programming.
Sec. 552. Technology fund.
Subtitle
C--Judicial Review
Sec. 561.
Expedited review.
TITLE
VI--EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS
Sec. 601.
Applicability of consent decrees and other law.
Sec. 602. Preemption of local taxation with respect
to direct-to-home services.
TITLE
VII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 701.
Prevention of unfair billing practices for information
or services provided over toll-free telephone calls.
Sec. 702. Privacy of customer information.
Sec. 222. Privacy of customer information.
Sec. 703. Pole attachments.
Sec. 704. Facilities siting; radio frequency emission
standards.
Sec. 705. Mobile services direct access to long distance
carriers.
Sec. 706. Advanced telecommunications incentives.
Sec. 707. Telecommunications Development Fund.
Sec. 714. Telecommunications Development Fund.
Sec. 708. National Education Technology Funding Corporation.
Sec. 709. Report on the use of advanced telecommunications
services for medical purposes.
Sec. 710. Authorization of appropriations. |
