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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2699 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require providers of cable |
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| 6 | 6 | | service and telephone service to charge veterans’ organizations residential |
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| 7 | 7 | | rates for such services, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. V |
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| 11 | 11 | | ANDREWintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require pro- |
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| 15 | 15 | | viders of cable service and telephone service to charge |
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| 16 | 16 | | veterans’ organizations residential rates for such services, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Tele-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | communication Protection Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 2699 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. RESIDENTIAL RATES FOR VETERANS’ ORGANIZA-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | TIONS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) I |
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| 29 | 29 | | NGENERAL.—Title VII of the Communications 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | at the end the following: 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘SEC. 723. RESIDENTIAL RATES FOR VETERANS’ ORGANIZA-6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | TIONS. 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—A provider of a covered service 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | shall charge a veterans’ organization for a covered service 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | delivered to the property at which the organization pri-10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | marily operates the rate that the provider would charge 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | for the service if the organization were an individual or 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | household residing at the property, if the rate is less than 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the rate that the provider would charge the organization 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | for the service without regard to this section. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(b) D |
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| 44 | 44 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(1) C |
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| 46 | 46 | | OVERED SERVICE.—The term ‘covered 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | service’ means— 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(A) a cable service (as defined in section 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | 602); and 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(B) a voice service (as defined in section 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 227(e)(8)), except for a commercial mobile serv-22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ice (as defined in section 332(d)). 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(2) V |
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| 54 | 54 | | ETERANS’ ORGANIZATION.—The term 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | ‘veterans’ organization’ means any organization rec-25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs pursu-26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 2699 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | ant to section 5902 of title 38, United States 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Code.’’. 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) E |
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| 63 | 63 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—Section 723 of the Commu-3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | nications Act of 1934, as added by subsection (a), applies 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | with respect to covered services (as such term is defined 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | in such section) provided on or after the date of the enact-6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ment of this Act. 7 |
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