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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 7461 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit providers of broadband internet access service from charging cons... · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Prohibition on charging consumers above certain amounts for certain rented equipment

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Section 642 of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 562 ) is amended— by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (e); and by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: A provider of fixed broadband internet access service that enters into a contract with a consumer after the date of the enactment of this paragraph for the provision of such service may not charge the consumer for renting, leasing, or otherwise providing to the consumer equipment (such as a router or modem) employed on the premises of the consumer for the provision of such service, if the consumer has paid to the provider through monthly rental fees the price offered to the consumer by the provider (at the time the contract was entered into) for purchasing the equipment from the provider. .
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