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Expressing the sense of the Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural areas of the United States and that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas.

S. Res. 157 · 113th Congress · May 23, 2013 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the Senate that—
(1)
all providers must appropriately complete calls to all areas of the United States regardless of the technology used by the providers;
(2)
no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in rural areas of the United States; and
(3)
the Federal Communications Commission should—
(A)
aggressively pursue those that violate the rules of the Federal Communications Commission and create these problems, and impose swift and meaningful enforcement actions to discourage—
(i)
practices leading to telephone calls not being completed in rural areas of the United States; and
(ii)
unreasonable discrimination against telephone users in rural areas of the United States; and
(B)
move forward with clear, comprehensive, and enforceable actions in order to establish a robust and definitive solution to discrimination against telephone users in rural areas of the United States.