Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2011
Latest action · Apr 5, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2139)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 5, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cell Phone Bill Shock Act of 2011 - Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring a commercial mobile service provider to: (1) notify a subscriber who has used in excess of a certain percentage of the monthly limit of specified services (voice minutes, text messages, or data megabytes) agreed to in a service contract; (2) obtain a subscriber's consent before it allows the subscriber to use such services in excess of the monthly limit; and (3) ensure that the subscriber is not charged for any such notice or any consent.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Apr 5, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2139)
- Apr 5, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2139)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2011Introduced in Senate
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