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47 U.S.C. 228: Regulation of carrier offering of pay-per-call services

Created in 1992 by Public Law 102-556. Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 15 U.S.C. 5714.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Communications Commission (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–104, §701(a)(1)(A), added subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: "the calling party being charged for information conveyed during the call unless the calling party has a preexisting agreement to be charged for the information or discloses… (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–104, §701(a)(1)(B), added subpar. (E). (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–104, §701(a)(1)(C), added pars. (8) to (11). (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 104–104, §701(b)(2), struck out "or any service the charge for which is tariffed," after "local exchange carrier or its affiliate,". (Telecommunications Act of 1996) Law text · (i)

    1994

    • Pub. L. 103–414, §303(a)(13), redesignated par. (2), relating to compliance procedures, as (3) and pars. (3) to (6) as (4) to (7), respectively. · (c)
    • Pub. L. 103–414, §303(a)(14), which directed substitution of "conversation" for "conservation" in par. (6)(D), was executed by making the substitution in par. (7)(D) to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the redesignation of par. (6) as (7) by Pub. L. 103–414, §303(a)(13… · (c)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.