Public Law 115-129 · S. 96 · Became law

Improving Rural Call Quality and Reliability Act of 2017

Official title: “To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure the integrity of voice communications and to prevent unjust or unreasonable discrimination among areas of the United States in the delivery of such communications.”

House: voice vote · Senate: without objection
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