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47 U.S.C. 252: Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements

Created in 1996 by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-104). Not changed since. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 47 U.S.C. 251, 47 U.S.C. 271.

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1996Telecommunications Act of 1996added it

47 U.S.C. 252Procedures for negotiation, arbitration, and approval of agreements

(a)Agreements arrived at through negotiation

(b)Agreements arrived at through compulsory arbitration

(c)Standards for arbitration

(d)Pricing standards

(e)Approval by State commission

(f)Statements of generally available terms

(g)Consolidation of State proceedings

(h)Filing required

(i)Availability to other telecommunications carriers

(j)"Incumbent local exchange carrier" defined

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

How it got here

Unchanged since the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Public Law 104-104 (Feb 8, 1996).

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.