Amendment109th Congress
Amendment preserves the right of the FCC to require VoIP providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees.
- Amendment Number
- 988
- Description
- Amendment preserves the right of the FCC to require VoIP providers to contribute to the universal service fund and pay appropriate intercarrier compensation fees.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 8 printed in House Report 109-491 to preserve FCC authority to require VOIP providers to: (1) Contribute to the Federal universal service fund when they interconnect, either directly or indirectly, with incumbent local exchange carrier networks; and (2) Properly compensate network owners for the use of their network just as incumbent and competitive carriers do today.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jun 8, 2006
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Gutknecht amendment (A008) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 20:48:20
- Submitted Date
- Jun 8, 2006
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022