[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[S. 2919 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
2d Session
S. 2919
To promote the accurate transmission of network traffic identification
information.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 24, 2008
Mr. Stevens (for himself, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Smith, Mr. Dorgan, Mr. Thune,
Mr. Pryor, and Ms. Snowe) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation
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A BILL
To promote the accurate transmission of network traffic identification
information.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Signaling Modernization Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. PHANTOM TRAFFIC.
Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 715. NETWORK TRAFFIC IDENTIFICATION ACCOUNTABILITY
STANDARDS.
``(a) Duties of Voice Communications Service Providers.--A
provider of voice communications service shall ensure that all
voice communications service traffic that originates on its
network contains the signaling information reasonably needed to
facilitate intercarrier billing in accordance with industry
standards, as determined by the Commission. Except as otherwise
permitted by the Commission, a provider that transports or
transits traffic between voice communications service providers
shall forward without altering the signaling information it
receives from another provider that is reasonably needed to
facilitate intercarrier billing in accordance with industry
standards.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Voice communications service.--The term
`voice communications service' means telecommunications
service or IP-enabled voice service.
``(2) IP-enabled voice service.--The term `IP-
enabled voice service' means the provision of real-time
two-way voice communications offered to the public, or
such classes of users as to be effectively available to
the public, transmitted through customer premises
equipment using Internet protocol, or a successor
protocol, with two-way transmission capability such
that the service can originate traffic to, and
terminate traffic from, the public switched telephone
network.''.
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING.
Within 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Federal Communications Commission shall complete all actions necessary
to establish rules and enforcement provisions to implement the
requirements of section 715 of the Communications Act of 1934. In
determining the signaling information that is reasonably needed to
facilitate intercarrier billing, the Commission shall consider, at a
minimum--
(1) industry standards regarding the transmission of call detail
information;
(2) the technical limitations of signaling equipment used in the
industry; and
(3) the costs and resources required to modify equipment or
procedures to accommodate any changes from industry standards.
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