Sec. 304. TERMINATION OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE CONTRACTS
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## SEC. 304 TERMINATION OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAMMING AND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE CONTRACTS ###
(a)In General Section 305A of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is amended— ####
(1)in the section heading, by inserting “, multichannel video programming, and internet access” after “telephone”; ####
(2)in subsection (b), by striking “cellular telephone service or telephone exchange service” and inserting “commercial mobile service, telephone exchange service, internet access service, or multichannel video programming service”; ####
(3)in subsection (c), by inserting “for commercial mobile service or telephone exchange service” before “terminated”; ####
(4)in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “cellular telephone service” and inserting “commercial mobile service”; ####
(5)in subsection (e)— #####
(A)by striking “ For any ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) In general > > For any” > ; #####
(B)by striking “ If the ” and inserting the following: > > #### “(2) Reinstatement of service > > If the” > ; and #####
(C)by adding at the end the following: > > #### “(3) Return of provider-owned equipment > > If a servicemember terminates a contract under subsection (a), the servicemember shall return any provider-owned consumer premises equipment to the service provider not later than 10 days after the date on which service is disconnected.” > ; and ####
(6)in subsection (g)— #####
(A)by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (4); and #####
(B)by striking paragraph
(1)and inserting the following: > > #### “(1) > > The term ‘commercial mobile service’ has the meaning given that term in section 332(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 332(d)). > > > #### “(2) > > The term ‘multichannel video programming service’ means a subscription video service offered by a multichannel video programming distributor, as that term is defined in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 522), over a system the distributor owns or controls. > > > #### “(3) > > The term ‘provider-owned consumer premises equipment’ means any equipment that a provider of internet access service or multichannel video programming service rents or loans to a customer during the provision of that service, including gateways, routers, cable modems, voice-capable modems, CableCARDs, converters, digital adapters, remote controls, and any other equipment provided.” > . ###
(b)Clerical Amendments ####
(1)Title heading The heading for title III of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended by striking “TELEPHONE” and inserting “COMMUNICATIONS”. ####
(2)Table of contents The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is amended— #####
(A)by striking the item relating to title III and inserting the following new item:and" ““TITLE III—RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CONTRACTS”;” " #####
(B)by striking the item relating to section 305A and inserting the following new item:" ““Sec. 305A. Termination of telephone, multichannel video programming, and internet access service contracts.”.” " # TITLE IV TRANSITION ASSISTANCE
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